A professor from historically black Spelman College recently won an Idea Capital Grant that supports a diverse group of Atlanta area artists. Recipients of the grant are to receive a total of almost $10,000.
Using technology to make dance more entertaining, Spelman professor and choreographer T. Lang will create Post Up, a “meditation on love and loss using sensors and software to add a new technological dimension to the expressive language of dance.”
Ideal Capital selected eight other projects after “careful consideration” of 106 entries from Atlanta artists and collaborative teams:
“All of the artists who will receive grants from $500 to $1,500 have demonstrated commitment to Ideal Capital’s mission of recognizing the kind of innovative, risk-taking works unlikely to be funded by more traditional revenue streams,” according to a release statement.
“Within an Atlanta landscape defined by continuing art gallery closings and cutbacks in arts funding, Idea Capital remains committed to ensuring that the city’s creative class finds opportunities to produce and exhibit their work.”
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T. Lang Dance creates a poetic expression of dance, which illustrates deep, arousing investigations relevant to issues of identity, history and community. Through the vehicle of modern dance, Lang’s work communicates perspectives with a dance of humor, depth, and movement style that captures the attention of the viewer with its evocative physicality, technical range and emotional viability.
IDEA CAPITAL is a grassroots initiative founded in 2008 to help jump start Atlanta-based artist-initiated projects that might not otherwise be supported through mainstream arts institutions. The organization and its grants are entirely funded through donations from artists and other arts supporters in the Atlanta community.
