Alonzo King LINES Ballet
For General Operating Support
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Amount$300,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/12/2013
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Alonzo King LINES Ballet is recognized internationally for its signature dance vocabulary rooted in classical ballet. Each year, it performs for more than 52,000 people in the United States and abroad, including two seasons in San Francisco. It also annually provides pre-professional training for 250 young dancers, free programs that serve 500 local youths, a bachelor of arts in dance in partnership with Dominican University, and more than eighty weekly classes for 5,000 students at its Dance Center in San Francisco’s Central Market neighborhood. The organization plans to expand its performance schedule domestically and internationally, increase the number of male students in many of its programs, maintain the number of classes it offers at the LINES Dance Center, and begin to plan for the succession of its artistic leadership.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.linesballet.org
Address
26 Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103-1508, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Alonzo King LINES Ballet is a contemporary ballet company that nurtures artistry and the development of creative expression in dance. Each year, it performs for more than 50,000 people worldwide through two home seasons in San Francisco and global tours. In addition, LINES Ballet provides dance education and community programs at its Dance Center in San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood and through partnerships with education and social service organizations. This grant to LINES Ballet advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy, which helps communities discover, develop, and experience artistic and cultural practices that provide meaning, inspiration, and joy.
for general operating support
Alonzo King LINES Ballet is recognized internationally for its signature contemporary dance vocabulary rooted in classical ballet. Each year, it performs for more than 50,000 people in the United States and abroad, including two seasons in San Francisco. In addition, LINES Ballet provides more than 75 weekly classes at its Dance Center in San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood, and a suite of other education and community programs that reach more than 5,500 people each year.
