History
Established in 1985, The Suitcase Fund’s mission is to support the research, creation, and dissemination of artists' work;
to encourage sustainable cooperative relationships and increased avenues of opportunity for artists and the communities
they serve; and to foster a broad social and political context for the global communication of cultural ideas.
Recent Projects
In July 2007, Dance Theater Workshop supported teaching residencies at the Dance Agency TSEH Summer School in
Moscow, Russia for NY artists Jeanine Durning and Nugent+Matteson Dance. This fall, Dance Theater Workshop sent Kyle
Abraham and Juliana May to Athens, Greece to attend the Balkan Dance Platform. Dance Theater Workshop’s international
programs also supported a teaching residency by Claire Porter in Riga, Latvia. In New York, DTW hosted creative and
research residencies for two choreographers from the Czech Republic, Lenka Bartunkova and Dora Hostova, in partnership
with Tanec Praha in Prague and Movement Research in NY. The artists received creative residencies in the Dance Theater Workshop
studios, attended classes through Movement Research, participated in a roundtable discussion with local artists, and performed at the
historic Judson Church. This exchange will continue next year with a residency for two US artists in the Czech Republic.
Dance Theater Workshop also hosted Tamara Bracic from Bunker Productions in Ljubljana, Slovenia through a CEC ArtsLink
Fellowship for arts management.
