![Five colorfully dressed ensemble members from a performance called "TERRITORY: The Island Remembers" pose in shimmering costumes, wigs, and make up. A few give fierce looks to the camera lens standing and kneeling in front of a background of a collage featuring mountains, lush green hills, trees, and other vegetation.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MertzGilmore_Blog2New-300x136.png)
NYFA Announces Inaugural Mertz Gilmore Foundation Dancer Award Recipients
Seven artists to receive $14,000 in unrestricted grants annually over the next 3 years to innovate, network, and build a resilient operational foundation. New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), in partnership with The Mertz Gilmore Foundation (MGF), has announced Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Maria Bauman, Roderick George, Brandon Kazen-Maddox, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, zavé martohardjono, and…