New Performance Traditions
For The 2021 50 Arts Commissions For Folk And Traditional Arts
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/16/2021
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
In recognition of the Hewlett Foundation’s 50th anniversary, the Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions initiative supports the creation and premiere of 50 exceptional works of performing arts. This grant will support Musical Traditions in commissioning, developing, and presenting “The Rebirth of Aspara: Artistic Lineage, Cultural Resilience, and the resurrection of Cambodian Arts from the Ashes of Genocide.†The lead artist is classical Cambodian dancer, choreographer, and singer Charya Burt. The work will combine re-imagined traditional dance, as well as music and poetry, to explore how Khmer arts have embodied the essence of Cambodian culture from ancient mythology to its post-genocide revitalization.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.newperformancetraditions.org
Address
55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102-3916, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
New Performance Traditions develops and presents the work of music composer Paul Dresher and other multidisciplinary contemporary performing artists. Each year, the organization typically produces and presents 50 performances to audiences of 9,000 people. The organization also provides low-cost services that promote artistic creation, including performance and rehearsal space, recording and live streaming technologies, fiscal sponsorship, and artist residencies. This grant to New Performance Traditions advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for capital campaign assessment, planning, and feasibility study
New Performance Traditions, formerly known as Musical Traditions, supports diverse artists and ensembles with residencies, affordable space and equipment rentals, grants, fiscal sponsorship services, and project development support. Each year, 6 artists benefit from artists in residence program that include working space, production funding, and technical assistance from the organization. In addition, the organization supports the work of its founder, contemporary music composer Paul Dresher. Support for New Performance Traditions aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Artists strategy. This organizational effectiveness grant will help the organization to undertake a capital campaign assessment and development process.
