Meet the 2023 PAD Showcase Artists
Artists on the Rise & Ready to Tour Internationally
We’re excited to announce the 2023 PAD Showcase artist cohort — 25 talented artists and ensembles from eleven U.S. states representing a range of disciplines and genres.
Each artist/ensemble will receive expert support to create a professionally produced virtual showcase video that will be shared with international audiences, and to aid their own promotional strategies.
Production will begin this month, and the showcases will be launched on the virtual PAD Showcase platform this August.
Congratulations to:
American Patchwork Quartet
Music | Brooklyn, NY
Barron Ryan
Music | Tulsa, OK
Blato Zlato
Music | New Orleans, LA
Catharsis
Music | Forestburgh, NY
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Dance | Dayton, OH
Dendê & Band
Music | Philadelphia, PA
Dorian Wood
Multidisciplinary | Los Angeles, CA
EUNBI KIM
Music | New York, NY
Extra Ancestral
Multidisciplinary | Los Angeles, CA
Janinah Burnett
Music | Bronx, NY
Jin Hi Kim
Music | Bridgeport, CT
Jussi Reijonen
Music | Lincoln, MA
Kinetic Light
Dance, Los Altos, CA
Magos Herrera
Music | New York, NY
Music From The Sole
Multidisciplinary | New York, NY
Nejla Yatkin
Dance | Chicago, IL
Queen Esther
Music | New York, NY
Rennie Harris Puremovement
Multidisciplinary | Sharon Hill, PA
Rini
Music | South Orange, NJ
Robert Moses' KIN
Dance | San Francisco, CA
Sprig of That
Music | Portland, OR
TAIKOPROJECT
Music | Los Angeles, CA
Third Coast Percussion
Music | Chicago, IL
Todd Marcus
Music | Baltimore, MD
Yang and Olivia
Music | Oak Forest, IL
The Performing Arts Discovery (PAD) program promotes U.S. performing artists to international programmers, festival directors, and venue managers. The program aims to expand international markets and generate overseas touring opportunities for U.S. performing artists through its two initiatives: PAD Showcase and PAD X.
PAD is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration’s (ITA) Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP) and is managed by WAA on behalf of the six Regional Arts Organizations.