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Apogee Foundation

Name: The Apogee Foundation
Location: New York, London and Tokyo
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Our Website: apogeefoundation.org

About The Apogee Foundation ®

The term "ap'-o-gee" means "the highest point, the culmination." The Foundation’s vision is guided by the belief in the power of the performance arts to embody and inspire the pursuit of human excellence. By virtue of this vision and Apogee's innovative approach to its implementation, the Foundation has become an internationally recognized platform for the fostering and promotion of mankind’s greatest vision of itself.

Apogee's History: Evolution of a Foundation Dedicated to Developing Mankind's Creative Potential

Purpose of Formation: Apogee's President, Kenneth Schneider, began developing the ideas and networks that would eventually crystallize into the formation of an international foundation while working in Moscow as an international financial attorney.

East-West Focus: Given the needs and opportunities inherent in this context, the Foundation developed a particular focus on the potential for progress through "synergizing the cultural genius of the East with the economic ingenuity of the West and the human resources of the emerging world with the technological dynamism of the developed world".

Expansion of Scope: Following its first five years groundwork laying the foundations for long term operations in the East-West context, the Foundation incorporated in New York as a 501(c)(3) public charity in 2004 and expanded its scope into a global vision of creative excellence.

Broadening of Vision: Expanding its vision of East-West dynamics also led to the broadening of Apogee's vision of the art of performance, taking into account advanced evolutions of art and culture around the world that were not inherent in the Soviet or American contexts.

Performance Arts and Electronic Arts: A decade after the foundation's principals had begun their groundbreaking work, Apogee partnered with Aurience Limited, an international media & technology group to promote this vision by "interfusing the power of performance art with the penetration of electronic media".

Apogee Awards: Discovering Human Artistic Excellence

To identify and support those achieving "the apogee of human excellence" in the art of performance, the Foundation provides Excellence Awards to those demonstrating talent and achievement to an indisputably world class level. For each level of award (scholar, artist, and master) there is a core award as well as an extremely elite award for those capable of achieving (or who have achieved) historically significant levels of achievement in their fields:

Scholarship Awards for students include the Apogee Merit Scholarship and Apogee World Scholarship,
Artistry Awards for performers include the Rising Star and Virtuoso awards, and
Mastership Awards for instructors and directors include the Achievement and Apotheosis awards.

Through its Artists in Residence program, Apogee also promotes outstanding composers, choreographers, authors, directors and designers, commissioning them to develop original performance art for the Foundation's programs around the world.

Apogee Academy: Developing Human Artistic Excellence

In addition to identifying and supporting extraordinary talents through its Excellence Awards programs, the Foundation also makes available opportunities for them to fulfill their highest potential. Apogee Academy programs consist of innovative development opportunities for extraordinary talents designed to help gifted artists achieve their fullest potential on the world stage:

Fusion Intensives, training modules offering gifted artists opportunities to expand their artistic awareness and maximize their performance abilities through innovative integration of diverse fields and methodologies.
Synergy Programs, events designed to offer artists from cultures which have experienced historic conflict the opportunity for mutually empowering collaboration. The contexts in which Synergy Programs have been developed and run include.
Inventory Programs, the Foundation's stock of high quality music, dance and drama instruments, wardrobes and other equipment that it provides to beneficiaries needing and meriting this support to fulfill their potential on the world stage.

Apogee Artists: Celebrating Human Artistic Excellence

Apogee Artists programs consist of live and recorded performing arts productions held around the world to showcase human excellence in the art of performance:

Apogee World Stage, marquis international concerts, festivals and other performance events that showcase Apogee Award laureates, Artists in Residence and elite talent from around the world in live and recorded formats.
Apogee Art Works, musical compositions, dance choreography and dramatic works created by Apogee Artists in Residence that feature Apogee Award laureates and other elite artists in Apogee World Stage productions.
Media & Technology, film and television, interactive technologies, and live and recorded media productions created and distributed in collaboration with Aurience Limited to enhance the exposure, abilities and opportunities of Apogee Award laureates on global electronic platforms.

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