ATTACHMENT
2024 Performing Arts Grant Program Applications
Applicant Discipline 2024 Grant
Requested
2024 Review
Panel Score
2024 Grant
Recommended by
Subcommittee
2024 Grant
Recommended by
Cultural Affairs
Commission
2024 Grant
Approved by
City Council
Brief Description of Proposed 2024 Project
Actors' Gang, The Theatre $15,000 92 $11,250 $11,250
Shakespeare in the Park for families (8 performances).
Angel City Chorale Music $15,000 91 $11,250 $11,250
Two chorale concerts, led by Sue Fink, showcasing medleys and popular repertoire
Benita Bike's DanceArt Dance $2,000 96 $1,700 $1,700
Dance performance, with audience interaction and discussion.
Brazil Arts Connection Music $5,600 86 $3,640 $3,640
"Masters of Brazilian Music" live performance plus musical history.
BrockusRED Dance $15,000 83 $8,250 $8,250
"Celebration" performance of new work, plus youth outreach and community events.
Center Theatre Group Theatre $15,000 99 $12,750 $12,750 "LA Writers' Workshop Festival" ten staged public readings of new plays.
Contra-Tiempo Dance $15,000 96 $12,750 $12,750
Three activist dance theater events in collaboration with social justice organizations.
Culver City Chamber Orchestra Music $5,000 86 $3,250 $3,250 Classical concert featuring piano and flute soloists performing works by Ravel and Vivaldi.
Culver City Public Theatre Theatre $15,000 86 $9,750 $9,750 "Gideon and the Blundersnorp" and "Romeo and Juliet" (8 performances)
Culver City Symphony Orchestra Music $15,000 90 $11,250 $11,250 The newly-named Music Director/Conductor will lead concert, featuring classical symphony and contemporary work.
Donna Sternberg & Dancers Dance $15,000 95 $12,750 $12,750 "Awe and Wonder" dance performances connecting
choreographers with scientists.
Ebell of Los Angeles, The Theatre $5,275 89 $3,429 $3,429 "The Everywhere of Her" touring presentation of musical by Velina Hasu Houston and Carla Lucero.
ATTACHMENT
2024 Performing Arts Grant Program Applications
Applicant Discipline 2024 Grant
Requested
2024 Review
Panel Score
2024 Grant
Recommended by
Subcommittee
2024 Grant
Recommended by
Cultural Affairs
Commission
2024 Grant
Approved by
City Council
Brief Description of Proposed 2024 Project
Emersion Music Music $15,000 91 $11,250 $11,250
"Reconstruction: Harmonizing Our Tomorrow" immersive outdoor concert experience.
Heidi Duckler Dance Dance $15,000 93 $11,250 $11,250
"UnCaged" site-specific performance inspired by Ceija Stojka.
Helix Collective Music $10,000 94 $7,500 $7,500
Ten-piece ensemble performs soundtracks from films of Eastern Europe.
International Children Education
Association Theatre $15,000 77 $0 $0
"Cultural Harmony: Exploring Chinese Opera"
Jazz Bakery Music $10,000 86 $6,500 $6,500
Carmen Lundy, jazz vocalist and composer, presents new works with band.
Kontrapunktus Music $10,000 88 $6,500 $6,500
Two classical concerts featuring baroque music repertoire.
Los Angeles Choreographers &
Dancers Dance $15,000 93 $11,250 $11,250
"HEART" and "Urban Transposition" new and updated dance program, with community engagement.
Los Angeles Women's Theatre
Festival Theatre $12,000 87 $7,800 $7,800
"Women's Voices" performances created from original stories.
Luminario Ballet Dance $15,000 89 $9,750 $9,750
"Zarathustra!" dance performance of original works inspired by natural elements.
Mixed eMotion Theatrix Dance $12,000 94 $9,000 $9,000
"So Now You Know" dances based on personal histories from the LGBTQIA+ community.
No Easy Props Dance $15,000 88 $9,750 $9,750
"West Coast Funk-n-Soul" showcasing streetdance by
choreographer Zulu Gremlin.
Orchestra NOVA LA Music $6,400 87 $4,160 $4,160
Orchestra concert with works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, and Jesse Montgomery.
ATTACHMENT
2024 Performing Arts Grant Program Applications
Applicant Discipline 2024 Grant
Requested
2024 Review
Panel Score
2024 Grant
Recommended by
Subcommittee
2024 Grant
Recommended by
Cultural Affairs
Commission
2024 Grant
Approved by
City Council
Brief Description of Proposed 2024 Project
PALEF (Performing Arts for Life
and Education Foundation) Theatre $15,000 85 $0 $0
"Godspell 2024…A Call to Healing"
Psychopomp Dance Theater Dance $3,104 91 $2,328 $2,328
"Names" site-specific, acrobatic dance theater inspired by the Exodus story.
Rogue Artists Ensemble Theatre $15,000 85 $8,250 $8,250 "Far Worse Things" staged reading of modern gothic horror.
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Music $3,665 95 $3,115 $3,115
"Family Jazz Orchestra" performance by professonal ensemble.
Synchromy Music $9,750 95 $8,288 $8,288
"Minute to Midnight" one-act opera by composer Dante DeSilva and librettist Alan Olejniczak.
UniverSoul Hip Hop Dance $15,000 90 $11,250 $11,250
"H.O.P.E." freestyle dance with spoken word, music, and audience participation.
Vox Femina Los Angeles Music $15,000 86 $9,750 $9,750
"In Her Image" community choral concert celebrating women and featuring composer Jocelyn Hagen.
Westside Youth Orchestra Music $7,000 90 $5,250 $5,250
Concert by young classical musicians, including orchestra and rock band.
Total Requested/Recommended Grants $371,794 $244,960 $244,960