Grantee Database
LULA WASHINGTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE FOUNDATION
Grant Year
2019-20
Grant Program
Artists in Communities
Award Amount
$19,000.00
Project Description
“With support from the California Arts Council, LULA WASHINGTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE FOUNDATION will…” support up and coming Next Generation choreographer / teacher / dancer Tamica Washington-Miller to serve young dancers in South Central Los Angeles with deep, year-round training and performance opportunities. Inner city youth ages 16 – 25 will study free of charge with Tamica and the same teachers and dancers who work with LWDT, thus giving them professional exposure.
Organization Summary
Lula Washington Dance Theatre runs a year-round dance school for inner city youth ages three and up. The school includes a Youth Dance Ensemble; an apprentice program; and a professional development process to prepare new dancers for our 8-10 member professional contemporary modern dance company, Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT). The company has been cheered across Israel; China; Russia; Brazil; Kosovo; Germany; and Spain, and in more than 300 cities in the US. Lula augments her own passionate and innovative choreographic work choreography by major guest artists including Rennie Harris; Donald Byrd; Kyle Abraham; David Rousseve; Tamica Washington-Miller; Christopher Huggins; Gaspard Louis; and Tommie Waheed Evans. We fully own our own building which has five dance studios, one of which doubles as a 150-seat performance space. We make this space available for rent to local dance groups and to organizations for their gatherings. It has been used by Dance USA and other groups.
Organization
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Address
3773 CRENSHAW BLVD
LOS ANGELES
90016-5850
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(323) 292-5852
Congressional District
California's 37th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 37
State Senate District
District 28
