2008 NYFA Choreography Fellows

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York’s leading provider of unrestricted funding to individual artists, has awarded 136 Fellowships to 144 New York artists representing eight artistic disciplines that cover the visual, performing and literary arts. Reflected in the total are eight artistic collaborations. A NYFA Fellowship comes with an unrestricted grant in the amount of $7000.

This year’s 144 NYFA Fellows–who were chosen among over 4,500 applicants–includes
architects, choreographers, composers, fiction writers, painters, photographers, playwrights, screenwriters and video artists. The Fellows were selected by peer panels, which were assembled according to each artistic discipline.

Choreographers:

Luciana Achugar
Roxane Butterfly
Shemy Deganit
Miguel Gutierrez
Saar Harari and Lee Sher
Michel Kouakou
Nicholas Leichter
Jennifer Monson
Erick Montes – Gregory Millard Fellow
Max Pollak
Sally Silvers
Donna Uchizono

For additional information about NYFA, its fellowship program and a complete ist of 2008 NYFA Fellows, click here.