Funders, Sponsors, & Contributors

 

Sheila

 

Sheila was made possible (in part) by a DCA Art Fund Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and production support from the Movement Lab at Barnard College of Columbia University.

 

Son

 

  • Tandum Lett

  • Noshi Norris

  • Vernon Reid

  • Idea Reid

  • Guy de Lancey

  • Barnard College of Columbia University

Filmed on Staten Island, New York
A Gabri Christa Production © www.gabrichrista.com

 

Magdalena

 

The MAGDALENA project: has been supported through

  • Pilot Award Alzheimer Foundation and Alzheimer UK 2019 Magdalena Project

  • Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute, 2018 - 2019

  • Netherland- America Foundation, awarded for Magdalena film 2018

  • Snug Harbor Residency

  • Department of Parks, Commission Arts at Fresh Kills Park Staten Island, 2017

 

One Day At A Time (Un Dia Kada Momentu)

 

  • Maduro and Curiel’s Bank NV

  • Prins Bernard Cultuur Fond Caribisch Gebied

  • Refinerîa Isla Curaçao

  • Ennia Insurance

 

Moving Body – Moving Image Festival

 

  • COOL grant for Teaching & Learning Center (Barnard College) 2018

 

KASITA: Another Building 3

 

Funders:

  • Ministerie van Onderwijs, Wetenschap en Cultuur Bonaire (OCW)

  • Prins Bernard Cultuur Fonds, Caribisch Gebied

  • Tourism Cooperation Bonaire (TCB)

  • Maduro and Curiels Bank Bonaire (MCB)

  • Bonaire Wegenbouw Maatschappij

  • OBNA Bank

  • Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire

Sponsors:

  • IBO NV. (Crane)

  • Ilse van Zadelhof -Pattinaja

  • Ennia Insurance

  • Insel Air

  • Vernon Reid

  • Landhuis Wanapa

Contributors:

  • Alexis Marnel

  • Alexis Wilson

  • Sasha Dees

  • Tanay Selvaratnam

  • Farai Chaideya

  • Pamela Handman-Geber

  • Clarence Brooks

Staten Island Ballet Commission, 2011 (5 fingers make a hand)
Barishnikov /Summerstages Fellow, 2010 (Dance Conduction)

 

SAVONETA

 

Funders:

  • Dance Films Association Finishing Funds Award

  • National Black Programming Committee of PBS

  • Netherland –America Foundation

 

Additional Grants & Support

 

  • Jerome Foundation, Fellowship New Work 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007

  • New York State Council on the Arts composer award for collab. w/ Burnt Sugar Arkestra, 2004

  • Council on the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island (COASHI), 2002

  • ABC TELEVISION, creative excellence award for first short film: HIGH SCHOOl 2002

  • The Live Music for Dance Program of the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust 2001

  • Bessie Schonberg/First Light Commissioning Program of Dance Theater Workshop 2001

  • United States Information Agency, grant to present work internationally 2000 (YEYE)

  • JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM Fellowship, 1999

  • Dance Theater Workshop grant for creating new work, 1998

  • The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals, a public/private partnership of the

  • National Endowment of the Arts, the Unites States Information Agency, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts with administrative support from Arts International, 1998

  • University of Washington, Full Tuition Scholarship, 1996 - 1998

  • New Faces/ New Visions/ New Voices commission 1995

  • National Performance Network grant for creating new work 1994

  • Suitcase Fund Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY, Travel and creation grant 1992

  • Other private donations and in kind: Caryn Davis

  • Pittsburgh Dance Council grant for creating new work 1994

  • First Light program of Dance Theater Workshop with funds from Jerome Foundation of St. Paul, MN, grant for creation new work 1994

  • Cultural Council of the Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands 1991

  • Cultural Council of the Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands, Choreography Fellowship 1990

  • Dutch Ministry of Culture, The Hague, The Netherlands 1990

  • City of Amsterdam Dance Council, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Choreography Fellowship 1989

  • Rens - Holle Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,Scholarship study Cuban Folklore 1986

  • St. Mama Cash, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Travel Grant 1986

  • City of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1986

  • STICUSA ( Foundation for Cultural Collaboration, 1986

 

Awards and Honors

 

  • Honor List Critic Eva Yaa Asantewaa for Magdalena: Best Performances of 2018

  • Faculty Partner of the Year 2017

  • Georgie Award for advocating for Culture to the Youth of Staten Island 2016

  • Best Film; Canada Diversity Film Festival (One Day at A Time) 2016

  • Best Short Documentary: Harlem International Film Festival (One Day at A Time) 2016

  • Best Short Film: Harlem International Film Festival (Kasita) 2014

  • Pangea Film Festival named “one of the world’s 100 most promising filmmakers” 2010

  • ABC TV Creative Excellence Award for “High School” 2002 and 2001 Ringshout

  • Jury selection for last 4 films: Constellation Change Screen Dance International Film festival (London), CINEDANS Festival (Amsterdam), official selection Dance America West (Los Angeles), CineDans on Tour Capetown, South Africa, China: Beijing, Shanghai and Kunming, Dance on Camera New York, Cantor Film Center, official entry Monaco Dance on camera Festival, University of Utah, Dance Theater Workshop. Nueva Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, Bonn Film Festival, Dance on Camera Festival New York, Denver Pan African Film Festival, Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam, Screendance Miami, Harlem International Film Festival, Twin Cities Festival, Black Women Film Festival