Ambo Dance Theatre
Performing Arts
2025 Art Meets Activism Grant | (Louisville) $6,500 for a year-long collaborative dance making process created by Ambo Dance Theatre’s professional company, community ensemble, youth companies, and JCPS School dancers. Well-Behaved Womxn… will culminate in a series of performances that centers underrepresented women’s histories, fostering empowerment and critical dialogue on feminism and social change. Artistic residencies to support the dance series will be made possible by JCPS dance programs.
Previous Grants
2024 Art Meets Activism Grant | (Louisville) $4,000 to support the production of “There Will Always Be Strings,” an evening-length dance work exploring how early childhood experiences influence attachment style in adulthood. Their first piece of repertory would engage dancers of all ages by producing broader mental health awareness and applying practices for the community and partnering organizations.
2023 Art Meets Activism Grant | (Louisville) $5,943 to support the outreach and production costs of “The Graham Cracker,” our comical modern dance reimagining of “The Nutcracker” as a fantasy-inspired queer love story. Our production team will work to enhance the play’s current queer narrative, build partnerships with other local LGBTQ-supporting organizations and work with JCPS’ (Jefferson County Public Schools) Dance Programs to make our collaborative practices, uplifting narrative and performance opportunities more accessible to diverse populations.
2022 Art Meets Activism Grant | (Louisville) $4,500 to support the production of “Kids These Days,” which addresses the intersectional and unique challenges of today’s teens from their own perspective. This will empower middle and high school age dancers and encourage healthy emotional processing, collaboration, and the development of choreographic skills.