2003-2004 AWARDS
The Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Fund, established in 1986 in memory of the distinguished international teacher of movement and dance, has great pleasure in announcing the recipients of its 2003-2004 Scholarships. The twenty two Scholarships awarded this year will enable movement and dance practitioners to undertake a wide range of projects, to extend their understanding of performance, choreography, and/or teaching in a range of dance forms, attend workshops, make conference presentations, and undertake research which should further their movement/dance work with others.
Awards for 2003-2004 have been made to
- dancers/teachers to study: Afro-Brazilian dance, classical Indian dance in Orissa, Bharata Natyam with Chandraleka, at the Susan Klein school;
- young dancers to travel to the US to study at the Cunningham Studio, and with Trisha Brown; a talented young Flamenco dancer to attend Flamenco classes in Madrid; a dancer to spend 9 months on the professional programme at the Limon Institute;
- a community dance worker to present at the Dance and the Child International Conference; a dance artist to present choreographic research at the national PARIP conference;
- a drama movement therapist to attend a one month teacher training course in Sivananda Yoga; a teacher to attend Irish dance workshops and to take a teacher's qualification; a teacher to study the teaching of boys' ballet at the Cuban School;
- two dancers to attend the New York Tap Festival;
- a composer/accompanist to study Peruvian music; a dancer to extend his photographic skills;
- a junior Morris Dance leader to study the Europeade Festival prior to taking a youth team in 2004; dancers to travel to Jamaica to extend contracts for performance and educational exchanges, and to study outreach projects with the Dance Theater of Harlem; a performer/choreographer to lead a four part residency;
- two dancers/teachers to study community and integrated projects in Addis Ababa.
Of the 22 recipients this year, 11 are 30 years of age or under, 10 are 31-50, and one is over 50. There are 12 female awardees and 10 male. Geographical spread is good, with 11 awardees coming from London and environs, 10 from other parts of England and one from Wales. Awardees will travel to 6 continents and also within the UK.
The LUTSF gratefully acknowledges the support of Gillian Lynne, Lorn Primrose, Geraldine Stephenson, the late Annie Collins, and many individual donors. The Management Committee of LUTSF would like to congratulate Scholarship Winners and is delighted that LUTSF is able to help make some dreams come true.