Grantee Database
TILTshift Dance
Grant Year
2026-27
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$17,500.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, TILTshift Dance will successfully produce and implement our 2027 Asian American Dance Festival (AADF) programming. CAC grant funds will allow us to adequately pay and increase our number of artists, residents, and interns, bring on much needed administrative help, and secure accessible venues, all deepening our community reach and impact.
AADF programming includes sub-programs:
AADF: Becoming Asian American (festival) – San Diego’s first and only dance festival, centering AAPI artists and communities, consists of Dance Film Screening, Community Day, Residency Showcase, and Mainstage Showcase.
AADF Collaborative Residency, Internship & Fellowship – A professional development program, offering mentorship for early/mid-career AAPI artists while serving community.
AADF Winter Symposium – A weekend of dance/movement classes, uplifting the visibility of local AAPI dance/movement instructors.
AADF Gatherings – Networking events for AAPI dance/movement professionals.
Organization Summary
As dance makers, we create works for stage, film, and site specific. As dance teachers, we offer classes in modern, contemporary and conditioning/fitness. As dance educators, we hold workshops in choreography and encourage dialog through facilitated “wrecking” events. As community driven dance artists, we provide opportunities and space for other dance artists to work on their craft, to dig into the creative process, to collaborate artistically, and to tell their stories in their own voices. We curate and present the annual Asian American Dance Festival (AADF), San Diego’s first and only full dance festival celebrating AAPI dance artists. In addition to performance showcases, AADF also consists of a residency and internship program for early to mid-career AAPI dance artists.
Organization
TILTshift Dance
Address
13525 Mira Montana Dr
DEL MAR
92014
County
San Diego
Region
Far South
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