Recipients for 2016 Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards Announced

Creative Capital and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation have announced this year’s recipients of the Performing Artist Awards. Each awardee—in the fields of theatre, jazz, and dance—will receive $275,000 in “flexible, multi-year funding as well as financial and legal counseling, professional development activities and peer-to-peer learning opportunities provided by Creative Capital.”
The awardees are:

Contemporary Dance
Kyle Abraham
Faye Driscoll
Miguel Gutierrez
Dianne McIntyre
Mark Morris
Aparna Ramaswamy
Morgan Thorson
Jazz
Dave Douglas
Fred Hersch
Wayne Horvitz
Jason Moran
Matana Roberts
Jen Shyu
Wadada Leo Smith
Henry Threadgill
Theatre
Sharon Bridgforth
Janie Geiser
Taylor Mac
Lynn Nottage
Thaddeus Phillips
Will Power
For more information about the awardees, go to the Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards website here.