Wolver Maroon was awarded a Production and Touring Grant from New England Foundation for the Arts. Tour support runs from 2025-2028. You can check out our Touring Page and contact Tour Manager Sarah Lewitus at touring.heartstuckbernie@gmail.com

Since 1996, the National Dance Project has been one of the country’s major sources of funding and field building for dance, supporting the creation and sharing of new projects. The 12 NDP Advisors, made up of artists, presenters, producers, arts administrators, and cultural strategists, selected these projects out of a record 219 competitive applications; 60% of the awardees are first-time NDP recipients. Each artist/company receives $45,000 for the creation of the new dance project as well as $10,000 in unrestricted general operating support. Additionally, each grantee receives $10,000 to support Production Residencies for Dance and/or Community Engagement for their project. A total of $700,000 is allocated to support U.S. nonprofit organizations to present these projects through NDP’s Presentation grant.

“Over the past five months, our Advisors have remained steadfast in helping us equitably steward funds for new dance projects across the country,” said NEFA’s senior program director for dance, Indira Goodwine-Josias. “The result is a cohort of projects that center artistic prowess, community partnerships, and social impact that speak to current world events and hopes for the future.”

“At the Doris Duke Foundation, we strive to create an environment where artists can dream beyond the material limits of the modern performance ecosystem and be encouraged to take artistic risks,” said Ashley Ferro-Murray, program director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Foundation. “We are proud to come together with Mellon, NEFA, and all NDP advisors to support NEFA’s National Dance Project and make dynamic creation and production support more widely available to these artists.”

“The National Dance Project’s 2024 cohort is a powerful reminder of the exciting complexity and multiplicity of the national contemporary dance community” said Emil Kang, program director for Arts and Culture at the Mellon Foundation. “As always, we are grateful to our colleagues at the Doris Duke Foundation, NEFA, and especially to the NDP advisors for their advocacy and understanding of dance artists and the communities that support them.”

NEFA’s National Dance Project is generously supported with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation, with funding for special initiatives from the Aliad Fund at the Boston Foundation.