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2023 Performing Arts Grant Program Applications
2023 Grant
2023 2023 Grant Recommended by 2023 Grant
2023 Grant Review Panel Recommended Cultural Affairs Approved by Brief Description of Applicant Requested Total Score by Subcommittee Commission City Council Proposed 2023 Project Actors' Gang, The $10,000 90 $9,000 $9,000
Shakespeare in the Park for families (8 performances).
Angel City Chorale $7,350 81 $5,954 $5,954
Upbeat choral performance at Fiesta La Ballona.
ArtsUP! LA $10,000 90 $9,000 $9,000
Original performances from Arts by the Blind at Blue Door Theatre.
Benita Bike's DanceArt $2,000 70 $1,400 $1,400
Dance performance, with audience interaction and discussion.
Black Skeptics LA $10,000 80 $8,000 $8,000
"White Nights, Black Paradise," a historical play by Sikivu Hutchinson.
Brazil Arts Connection $4,150 85 $3,528 $3,528
"A Journey from Samba to Bossa Nova" musical performance plus history of Brazilian music.
BrockusRED $10,000 79 $7,900 $7,900
"Spice of Life" premiere dance performance at Fiesta La Ballona.
Center Theatre Group $10,000 88 $8,800 $8,800
West coast premiere of "Our Dear Dead Druglord" a dark
comedy by Alexis Scheer.
Culver City Chamber Orchestra $5,000 81 $4,050 $4,050
25th anniversary concert with guest conductor Andres
Cardenes.
Culver City Public Theatre $10,000 80 $8,000 $8,000
"Bunnicula" a musical adaptation for the whole family. (8 performances)
Culver City Symphony Orchestra $10,000 86 $8,600 $8,600 "Back in Downtown" classical concert featuring conductor finalist, and American composers.
ATTACHMENT
2023 Performing Arts Grant Program Applications
2023 Grant
2023 2023 Grant Recommended by 2023 Grant
2023 Grant Review Panel Recommended Cultural Affairs Approved by Brief Description of Applicant Requested Total Score by Subcommittee Commission City Council Proposed 2023 Project Donna Sternberg & Dancers $10,000 83 $8,300 $8,300
"Moon Stone" premiere dance performance inspired by a moon rock in the Wende Museum collection.
Heidi Duckler Dance $10,000 84 $8,400 $8,400
"Ebb & Flow" two day multidisciplinary arts festival featuring new works and local artists.
Indian Performing Art Center $7,990 84 $6,712 $6,712
"Aaj Shyam Tonight, An Evening of Kathak Dance" featuring Shweta Saraswat with live Hindustani music.
International Children Education
Association $10,000 78 $7,800 $7,800
"Fantastical Planets" Mandarin musical theater performed by youth.
Invertigo Dance Theatre $10,000 84 $8,400 $8,400
"SOL" premiere multidisciplinary dance performance plus storytelling and community engagement.
Jazz Bakery $10,000 89 $8,900 $8,900
Ari Hoenig Trio, jazz drummer, composer and educator,
excerpts from "Golden Treasures."
Jazz Hands for Autism $10,000 90 $9,000 $9,000
Concert featuring performances by musicians with autism, of all ages and all abilities.
Kontrapunktus $10,000 80 $8,000 $8,000
Two classical concerts featuring baroque music repertoire.
Leela Dance Collective $10,000 88 $8,800 $8,800
Three performances of new works that combine traditional kathak dance and modern styles.
Los Angeles Choreographers &
Dancers $10,000 80 $8,000 $8,000
"Urban and Tribal Dances" program featuring new and updated works, plus community engagement.
Los Angeles Doctors Symphony
Orchestra $5,900 81 $4,779 $4,779
"Radio Jukebox" orchestra concert with works by Beethoven, Dvorak, Faure, Moncayo, Gershwin, Williams, and more
ATTACHMENT
2023 Performing Arts Grant Program Applications
2023 Grant
2023 2023 Grant Recommended by 2023 Grant
2023 Grant Review Panel Recommended Cultural Affairs Approved by Brief Description of Applicant Requested Total Score by Subcommittee Commission City Council Proposed 2023 Project Los Angeles Women's Theatre
Festival $10,000 85 $8,500 $8,500
"Teen Talks" solo performances created in collaboration with Culver City Teen Center.
MashUp Contemporary Dance
Company $10,000 83 $8,300 $8,300
"Changing the Landscape" two days of dance performances and community dialogues.
Rogue Artists Ensemble $10,000 84 $8,400 $8,400
"Cowboy Elektra" staged reading of original musical in
development.
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra $5,000 83 $4,150 $4,150
"Family Jazz Orchestra" performance by professonal ensemble.
Synchromy $9,000 85 $7,650 $7,650
"Sunrise Town" an evening of songs, including new
commissioned work about Culver City's racial history.
Vox Femina Los Angeles $10,000 84 $8,400 $8,400
"Sounds of SoCal" free community choral concert celebrating Los Angeles.
Westside Youth Orchestra $8,000 79 $6,320 $6,320
"Beethoven & Bizet meet Bernstein & Williams" season final concert featuring young musicians.
Totals $254,390 $213,043 $213,043 -$