Performing Arts Discovery — Showcase Platform Launch
Promoting U.S. artists to international programmers
The PAD Showcase platform — featuring a cohort of 30 artists/ensembles from across the nation — is live!
PAD promotes U.S. performing artists to international programmers, festival directors, and venue managers, with the goal of generating overseas touring opportunities for U.S. performing artists. As part of the program, the cohort — who were selected for the 2021-22 cycle of PAD through a panel review process — receive support from an expert video production team to create their showcase videos.
PAD ensemble, ANIKAYA; image credit: Lisa Voll Photography
PAD will use the platform to promote the artists/ensembles, who represent a range of disciplines and styles, to international markets.
Congratulations to the 2021-22 PAD cohort:
Alex Shaw Revivals of Blackness
Philadelphia, PA | Music
Ananya Dance Theatre
St. Paul, MN | Dance and Theater
ANIKAYA
Somerville, MA | Music and Dance
Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles and Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuellar
Los Angeles, CA | Music & dance
Boca Tuya
New York, NY | Dance
Cary Morin
Northern Colorado, CO | Music
Catalyst Quartet
New York, NY | Music
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Seattle, WA | Dance, Experimental
Ensemble Mik Nawooj
San Francisco, CA | Music
Gayelynn McKinney
Canton, MI | Music
Grupo Rebulo
New York, NY | Music
Guy Mendilow Ensemble
Boston, MA | Theatre; music; experimental
Jalen Baker Quartet
Houston, TX | Music
Jamison Ross
Jacksonville, FL | Music
Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble
Honolulu, HI | Music
Las Cafeteras
Oxnard, CA| Music
LaTasha Barnes
Richmond, VA | Dance; music
The Lee Boys
Kissimmee, FL | Music
Lone Piñon
Santa Fe, NM | Music
Mali Irene
Decatur, GA | Music
Michela Marino Lerman's Love Movement
New York, NY | Dance; music
Mythili Prakash
Los Angeles, CA | Dance
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
New Jersey, NJ | Dance
Olivia Komahcheet
Lawton, OK | Music; experimental
PUBLIQuartet
New York, NY | Music
Quinteto Latino
Menlo Park, CA | Music
Ragamala Dance Company
Minneapolis, MN | Dance
Staycee Pearl Dance Project & Soy Sos
Pittsburgh, PA | Dance
Sunny Jain's Wild, Wild East
Brooklyn, NY | Music; experimental
Versa-Style Dance Company
Los Angeles, CA | Dance
The PAD program is open to U.S.-based performing artists with a demonstrated ability to tour internationally. Application for the 2022-23 cycle of the program will open in November 2022.
The PAD program was launched in 2015 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and is managed by WAA on behalf of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations.
The PAD program is open to U.S.-based performing artists with a demonstrated ability to tour internationally. Application for the 2022-23 cycle of the program will open in November 2022.
The PAD program was launched in 2015 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and is managed by WAA on behalf of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations.