2020 MAP Fund Semifinalists

The following 2020 MAP Fund semifinalists received grants of $2,500

• AMERICAN (TELE)VISIONS by Victor I. Cazares. New York Theatre Workshop, New York, NY.
• Antonym (working title) by Sugar Vendil. The Nouveau Classical Project, New York, NY.
• Ars Poetica by Marlanda Dekine-Sapient Soul, Douglas Boyce, & counter)induction, Riverdale, NY.
• The Art of Leaving by Alena Museum & Ragged Wing Ensemble, Oakland, CA.
• The Be Heard Initiative by beheard.world & Tend N Motion (Trend Stream), Boston, MA.
• Black Paradise 1955 by Reg Flowers. Lake County Merry Makers, Idlewild, MI.
• Borders: Explorations in Cultural Disruption and Continuity by Nicholas Cords, Mazz Swift, Kojiro Umezaki, & Michi Wiancko. Silkroad, Boston, MA.
• Bright Galaxy by Sarah Carrier, Parhelion Trio, SYZYGY New Music, & Dušan Týnek. Fractured Atlas, New York, NY.
• BronX BandA by Arturo O’Farrill & Gail Heidel. Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, Bronx, NY.
• Bryan Carter & the Young Swangers.
• Callaloo by Bobby Norfolk, Yavor Vesselinov, & Kalina Mondzholovska. The National Storytelling Network, Overland Park, KS.
• Care Scams by Dia Dear & Harris Kornstein. Dancers’ Group, San Francisco, CA.
• Chocolate Cities Project by David Murray. EastSide Arts Alliance, Oakland, CA.
• Circus Amok Statewide Barnstorm 2020 by Circus Amok Ring Company & Circus Amok Band. Circus Amok, Inc., Brooklyn, NY.
• COMMANDO by Lynn Breedlove, Juba Kalamka, Honey Mahogany & The Living Earth Show, San Francisco, CA.
• CORPS by Milka Djordjevich. STANA, Los Angeles, CA.
• Dances for Solidarity by Sarah Dahnke. Culture Push, New York, NY.
• Delicate Power by Helen Simoneau & Caroline Shaw. Helen Simoneau Danse, Winston-Salem, NC.
• Desire: A Sankofa Dream by Maria Bauman-Morales/MBDance. BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx, NY.
• DINNER by Company SBB / Stefanie Batten Bland. Foundation for Independent Artists, New York, NY.
• Do Eye Know You? by Kym Moore/Antigravity Performance Project, Candace Hunter, Brittany Bland, & Shanti Pillai. Brown University, Providence, RI.
• Edge by Rina Mehta, Rachna Nivas, & Seibi Lee. The Leela Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
• Emmett Till, the Opera by Clare Coss & Mary Watkins. New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY.
• enVISION: sensory beyond sight by ShaLeigh Comerford, Davian Robinson, & Audrey-Anne Bouchard. Fractured Atlas, New York, NY.
• EX/BODY: storm, vibrate, shatter by Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak, Chicago, IL.
• Family Happiness by Juliana F. May. The Field, New York, NY.
• Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
• Forward Music Project 3.0: fever dreams by Amanda Gookin & S. Katy Tucker. Fractured Atlas, New York, NY.
• Freedom of Movement by taisha paggett. Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA.
• Freedom Portraits – working title by Jeremy Thal & New Orleans Airlift, New Orleans, LA.
• The Garden by Walken Schweigert & Open Flame Theatre. Access Philanthropy, Minneapolis, MN.
• Homeland (In)Security: A Border Opera by Guillermo Gómez-Peña & La Pocha Nostra, San Francisco, CA.
• Interchange: Fear vs Truth by Susan Mayo (Islam), Asher Akraam, Switchgrass String Quartet, & Prairie Muses. Chamber Music at The Barn, Wichita, KS.
• In the Court of the Conqueror by George Emilio Sanchez. Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY.
• Iphigenia by Wayne Shorter & esperanza spalding. Real Magic, New York, NY.
• Irreparable by Keith Hamilton Cobb & Jessica Burr. Blessed Unrest Theatre, New York, NY.
• It’s Showtime NYC! with Adesola Osakalumi. Dancing in the Streets, Inc., Bronx, NY.
• Jump!Star (Phase 2) by George Ferrandi, Alan Calpe, & Mirah. Brooklyn, New York.
• Land of the Free by Jessie Montgomery, Thomas Mesa, & Sphinx Virtuosi. Sphinx Organization, Inc., Detroit, MI.
• The Latina #MeToo Movement: Lorena Bobbitt? by Vanessa Garcia, Victoria Collado, Antigona Gonzalez, & Tatiana Ronderos. IATI Theater, New York, NY.
• Letters From Home (working title) by Kalean Ung, Chinary Ung, Marina McClure, & The New Wild. Fractured Atlas, New York, NY.
• The Lynching Suite by M. Lamar. Participant Inc., New York, NY.
• Mammelephant by Superhero Clubhouse & Lanxing Fu, New York, NY.
• Messages from a Formosan Village by Shih-Hui Chen. Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX.
• Mikrokosmos: One Giant Step (working title) by Justin Hicks & Steffani Jemison. Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
• The Motherhood Project by Willow Jade Norton, Sarah Greenman, Molly McCarter, & Kristi Good. Moderate Woo, Eugene, OR.
• The Movement Live Show by Meklit Hadero. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
• New Work (Untitled) by Marc Brew. AXIS Dance Company, Oakland, CA.
• No Danger of Winning by Amy Mihyang Ginther, Thomas Hodges, & Lisa Marie Rollins. Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
• One Minute World by Alexis Gideon & Michael O’Neill. The Tank, New York, NY.
• Over and Over the Waves by Josh Kun. Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.
• Pack by Corinna Schulenburg, Heather Cohn, & Neo Cihi. Flux Theatre Ensemble, New York, NY.
• The People Can Fly by ChE. A Studio in the Woods, New Orleans, LA.
• The Plantain Project by Emily Bate & Yianni Kourmadas. Bowerbird, Philadelphia, PA.
• PRECEDENT by Valerie Oliveiro. Red Eye Theater, Minneapolis, MN.
• Priestess of Twerk by Nia O. Witherspoon. HERE Art Center, New York, NY.
• PUBLIC ENEMY by Iquail Shaheed & Daniel Carlton. DANCE IQUAIL!, Philadelphia, PA.
• The Queen Vs. Nehanda (TQVN) by nora chipaumire with ArKtype/Thomas O. Kriegsmann. French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York, NY.
• Reconstruction (Still Working but the Devil Might Be Inside) by the TEAM, Brooklyn, NY.
• The Ritual of Breath Is the Rite to Resist by Jonathan Berger, Vievee Francis, Enrico Riley, & Niegel Smith. Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH.
• Salsila (Lineage) by Kinding Sindaw, New York, NY.
• She/Her: Memory Trace by Arianne MacBean & The Big Show Co. Dance Resource Center, Los Angeles, CA.
• she is called by Dianne Berkun Menaker & Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Brooklyn, NY.
• The Slowest Wave by The Vangeline Theater, New York, NY.
• solid objects. On the Boards, Seattle, WA.
• SPACES: Oakland/Saint-Denis by Kaimera Productions (Simón Adinia Hanukai, Jonathan Camuzeaux, & Lauren Cox). Fractured Atlas, New York, NY.
• Speaking in the Same Tongue by Dianne McIntyre & Diedre Murray. Cleveland, OH
• ‘Tasha by Cat Brooks & Ayodele Nzinga, PhD. 3Girls Theatre Company, San Francisco, CA.
• Tomorrow’s Memories by Matthew Welch, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Sean San Jose & San Francisco Girls Chorus, San Francisco, CA.
• Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA.
• Unstated by Frank London & Mariana Sadovska. Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY.
• Utopia by Charles L. Mee, Ariel Craft, Creativity Explored, & Katerina Wong – RAWdance. Cutting Ball Theater, San Francisco, CA.
• Utopia Maldita by Richard Marriott, Dan Harder, & Gustavo Vazquez. Circuit Network, San Francisco, CA.
• The Vicksburg Project by Karen Kandel, Eve Beglarian, & Mallory Catlett. Mabou Mines, New York, NY.
• Wall of Forgotten Natives by Volker Goetze & Rosy Simas. Minneapolis American Indian Center, Minneapolis, MN.
• Watershed by Allison Orr & Krissie Marty. Forklift Danceworks, Austin, TX.
• Weathering by Harrison David Rivers, Talvin Wilks, & Sarah Bellamy. Penumbra Theatre, St. Paul, MN.
• You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows, or Weather Room by PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble), Portland, OR.
• 3 RITES: Life, Liberty, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances/Edisa Weeks. The Field, New York, NY.

Read about MAP’s 2020 finalists here.