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The 2022 ADF Season
is made possible through the generous support of the SHS Foundation, Duke University, The North Carolina Arts Council, The Shubert Foundation, and City of Durham.

The creation and touring of Fires of Varanasi has been made possible in part through grants from the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; and The Dr. Dash Foundation, whose mission is to preserve and promote rich Indian heritage and culture. Additional support for the creation comes from the Marbrook Foundation; the MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, & The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; the Fredrikson & Byron Foundation; the APAP Cultural Exchange Fund; American Dance Abroad; Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy's 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships; Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s 2020 McKnight Fellowship; the voters of Minnesota through a Creative Support Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and Ranee Ramaswamy’s Equity Response Grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund; a residential fellowship at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Italy; and a residency at the Bogliasco Foundation in Genoa, Italy.

Additional support for Ragamala’s work comes from the Wallace Foundation, The McKnight Foundation; The Bob and Kathie Goodale Legacy Foundation; Target; a CARES Act Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Shuttered Venue Operators Grant.

Commissioners
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Lead Commissioner)

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance Hopkins Center for the Arts  at Dartmouth College

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts at Cal State Northridge Northrop at the University of Minnesota (Co-Commissioners)

The Joyce Theater Foundation's Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work.

With additional commissioning support from The Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University, Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington, and the American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works.

Developed in Part in Residence at
Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College Northrop at the University of Minnesota

The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, with support from Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy’s Guggenheim Fellowships