Foofwa receives Grant
The choreographer Foofwa d’Imobilité has been awarded an individual grant of 25,000 dollars for 2009 from the « Foundation for Contemporary Arts » in New York.
Founded in 1963 by John Cage and Jasper Johns, the « Foundation for Contemporary Arts » supports « remarkable and promising » contemporary artists every year. Foofwa d’Imobilité was nominated for this award after his enormous success with « Benjamin de Bouillis » in June 2008 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.
The official 2009 Grants to Artists Celebration was on February 23, 2009 in New York City, USA.
> Foundation for Contemporary Arts 2009 Grant Recipients – Foofwa