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…that the National Performance Network (NPN) has brought innovative performing artists to all corners of the United States for over two decades? If you’ve ever gone to a play, dance performance, music concert or poetry slam… If you’ve participated in a creative workshop or movement class… If your child attended a school assembly program with a storyteller… You, too, may have been part of this effort. (more >>)
In November 2009, NPN’s Performing Americas Program (PAP) traveled to Mexico City, México to attend various performing arts events, most notably the Latin American Contemporary Dance Festival produced by our hosts at the Federal University of Mexico in Mexico City (UNAM).
…and what it has meant to me. by Jane Comfort
When we did our first NPN residency, in 1989 at Dancer’s Collective in Atlanta, I was thrilled to finally be a part of a performing network that I had known about for years. I hoped that more tours would follow, but I had no idea how many great NPN experiences were coming our way.
The dates and locations of the 2010 Mid-Year Meetings (formerly known as regional meetings) for NPN and VAN Partners have been set.
Midwest: March 27 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
West: April 14 at MACLA in San Jose
South: May 15 at Ashé Cultural Arts Center in New Orleans
VAN: May 20 at Asian-Arts Initiative in Philadelphia
Northeast: May 21 at Asian-Arts Initiative in Philadelphia
More information will be posted when it becomes available.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awards $100,000 to the National Performance Network to support the design and implementation of the NPN Forth Fund Pilot Program including developmental support for six Creation Fund projects
