MFA Dance candidate Sarah Oppenheim wins Choreographer' Commission Grant
January 22, 2015
Congratulations to 1st year MFA Dance candidate Sarah Oppenheim on receiving one of Dance Metro DC's Choreographers' Commission Grants!
This year's Choreographers' Commission Recipients are:
Sarah Oppenheim (Heart Stuck Bernie)
Adrienne Clancy (ClancyWorks Dance Company)
Hayley Cutler (darlingdance company)
The 2015 Choreographer’s Commission Grant is one of only three commissioning awards for professional dance artists in the DC region (the other two are offered by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Dance Place), Dance Metro DC’s 2015 Choreographer’s Commission Grant program exists to support the creation and development new dance works created by dance-makers in the DC metropolitan area.
Dance Metro DC has awarded 3 (three) commission grants awards of $2,000 each towards the development of new work by DC area choreographers. The commission grant program also includes a series of professional development sessions aimed at helping dance artists and choreographers to strengthen their position in the field and enhance the business skills necessary to successfully thrive as a choreographer in the DC area.
The selected commissionees will be presented in a shared evening concert at Dance Place on September 12 & 13, 2015.