WASHINGTON, D.C, Friday, May 4, 2001: The US Government-funded National Endowment for the Arts announced that it will provide nearly $54 million to arts organizations across the country in its second and final round of grants for the fiscal year 2001. They include the Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose (US$5,000), bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer Parijat Desai (sharing a $10,000 grant), the Natya Dance Theatre ($5,000) and the RASIKA India Arts and Culture Council ($5,000). The Abhinaya company will use it to expand their program of instruction in dance for youth. Desai will use her grant in collaboration with other artists of the “Grand Performances” of Los Angeles for free programs. The Natya theatre will work on a project in collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. RASIKA will use its grant to support the Prodigies of India Classical Music Project.
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