10 Hairy Legs Dance Company Awarded NJSCA Grant

10 Hairy Legs, the all-male repertory dance company, was among 14 dance organizations to receive a 3-year grant award to its operations by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts at its annual meeting on July 27, 2017 in Trenton.

Since its founding, the company has been awarded major grants from Middlesex County Office of Cultural & Heritage, a partner agency of NJSCA. This is the first time the company had been eligible to apply to The Council based upon its guidelines. The award amount is 3.5% of the total funds allocated in the dance category by the Council. The Council honors New Jersey arts organizations that receive the highest possible assessment of their Council grant applications by esteemed, independent panels of their peers with a Citation of Excellence.

10HL President Carol Byrne noted, "We are honored that the Council has recognized the high artistic standards we have achieved in our nascent five year history by serving the citizens of New Jersey through our extensive programs of performance and education, and our success in extending our footprint nationally and internationally as ambassadors for dance from our home state."

The company's 2017-2018 season features programs and services in 10 states across the US. In New Jersey, the company will debut at That Which Connects Dance Festival, Rutgers University, Camden in August, for the third consecutive year at