Emergency Grants
Hadar Ahuvia
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2017
Hadar Ahuvia, a dancer and choreographer, received a grant in June to perform Everything you has is yours? at the Art Stations Foundation as part of the Stary Browar Nowy Taniac festival in Poznan, Poland, on June 18.
![Hadar Ahuvia](https://images.prismic.io/fca-website/d6bec6c7-fccb-4419-838e-796877a8cd96_2017-EG_Hadar-Ahuvia.jpg?rect=0,0,1599,1066&w=888&h=592)
Yulia Arakelyan
Dance
Portland, OR
2017
Yulia Arakelyan, a dance and performance artist, received a grant in November to premiere Tidal at The Headwaters Theatre in Portland, November 30-December 3.
![Yulia Arakelyan](https://images.prismic.io/fca-website/5706830d-87ba-4835-95fb-68914f532f90_2017-EG_Yulia-Arakelyan.jpg?rect=0,0,4396,2619&w=888&h=529)
Sidra Bell
Dance
White Plains, NY
2017
Sidra Bell, a dancer and choreographer, received a grant in November to premiere MÖNSTER OUTSIDE at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, November 17-18.
![Sidra Bell](https://images.prismic.io/fca-website/74a9c2d0-7e93-4758-a724-9af51655229d_2017-EG_Sidra-Bell.jpg?rect=0,0,2250,1490&w=888&h=588)
Yanira Castro
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2017
Yanira Castro, a dancer and choreographer, received a grant in August to perform CAST at The Chocolate Factory Theater in Long Island City, September 13-23.
![Yanira Castro](https://images.prismic.io/fca-website/c7709368-3281-42e3-a0ed-3010bafc6773_2017-EG_Yanira-Castro.jpg?rect=0,0,1200,800&w=888&h=592)
Anya and Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery
Dance
New York, NY
2017
Anya and Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery, co-artistic directors of MICHIYAYA Dance, received a grant in March to perform Spline at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center in New York, March 25-26.
![Anya and Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery](https://images.prismic.io/fca-website/c9c1bdab-a327-4a0c-a0e8-74580946624c_2017-EG_MICHIYAYA-Dance.jpg?rect=0,0,4096,2712&w=888&h=588)
Parijat Desai
Dance
New York, NY
2017
Parijat Desai, a choreographer and director, received a grant in February to perform JustLikeThat at Harlem Stage in New York, March 31-April 8.
Michelle Ellsworth
Dance
Boulder, CO
2017
Michelle Ellsworth, a dancer and performance artist, received a grant in December to perform The Rehearsal Artist at Invisible Dog Art Center in New York, January 9-11.
Marjani Forté-Saunders
Dance
Pasadena, CA
2017
Marjani Forté-Saunders, a choreographer and dancer, received a grant in November to perform Memoirs of a... Unicorn, presented by New York Live Arts at the Collapsable Hole in New York, November 15-19.
![Marjani Forté-Saunders](https://images.prismic.io/fca-website/999ad160-8a6e-4b45-ae90-dfca0be027be_2017-EG_Marjani-Forte-Saunders.jpg?rect=0,0,720,1080&w=888&h=1332)
Miriam Gabriel and Carlo Antonio Villanueva
Dance
Brooklyn, NY
2017
Miriam Gabriel and Carlo Antonio Villanueva, dancers and choreographers, received a grant in September to perform Untitled (Duet in A) at Gibney Dance Center in New York, September 21-23.
Ana “Rokafella" Garcia
Dance
Bronx, NY
2017
Ana “Rokafella" Garcia, a dancer and choreographer, received a grant in September to perform Return to Rockin at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance in the Bronx, on October 14.