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2009 Local Dance Commissioning Project

In Support of Metro DC Dance Community, Artists Commissioned for World Premieres

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that the 2009 Local Dance Commissions have been awarded to Jason Ignacio and Tehreema Mitha. The commissioned pieces, choreographed specifically for world premieres on the Millennium Stage, will be performed as part of the Center's free, daily 6:00 p.m. performance series September 10-11 and 17-18, 2009.

LDCP awards are given to local (DC, MD, VA) dance choreographers/companies to create a new work or a combination of works to premiere on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage during Prelude (September 2010).

The Millennium Stage Local Dance Commissioning Project supports the local dance community by nurturing the creation of new dance work and presenting that new work to a wide audience via the Millennium Stage, the Kennedy Center's free daily performance series.

The Kennedy Center created the Local Dance Commissioning Project (LDCP) in 2001 to foster new dance works by local artists, and present these artists to the widest possible audience via the Millennium Stage and the internet web-casts. A select number of Washington, D.C. metro area choreographers are chosen each year from a pool of more than 50 applicants. The project provides funds for each artist to create a new piece, a venue to premiere the work, as well as rehearsal space and technical assistance. In addition, each commissioned work will have a second showing at Dance Place. Past LDCP recipients have included Nejla Yatkin, Jason Hartley, Ed Tyler, Boris Willis, Meisha Bosma, Ludovic Jolivet, Helanius J. Wilkins, Aysha Upchurch, Gesel Mason, Karen Reedy, Vincent Thomas, and Cassie Meador.

Project applications will be accepted between October 1, 2009 and January 8, 2010. Applications are due no later than 5PM on Friday, January 8, 2010. Awards will be selected and announced in March 2010. Winning projects will be presented on the Millennium Stage during Prelude in September 2010.