Awards
2023 Guggenheim Fellowship in ChoreographyPlayer2023:Nejla Yatkin selected as one of the fifty people who really perform for Chicago by Newcity Magazine.
Sybil Shearer Fellow at Ragdale 2022.
Links Hall Co-Commission Fellow 2022.
The Other Witch selected as Top 10 Dances in 2020 by See Chicago Dance.
Player2020:Nejla Yatkin selected as one of the fifty people who really perform for Chicago.
3Arts Residency at The Camargo Foundation in 2020.
Chicago Dance Makers Lab Award 2019.
Drama Desk Award Nomination in Outstanding Choreography in a Musical for The Boy Who Dances On Air 2018.
Chita Rivera Award Nomination in Outstanding Choreography in a Musical for The Boy Who Dances On Air 2018.
Silver Palm Award for Best Short Documentary film for Dancing Around The World from the Mexico International Film Festival 2018.
Princess Grace Works In Process Award 2014.
3Arts Award for excellence in Dance 2012.
New York International Fringe Festival Award for Overall Excellence in Choreography in 2012.
New York International Fringe Festival Award for Overall Excellence in Dance in 2011.
Washington Post Top 10 Dances of 2009 for Wallstories.
Princess Grace Special Project Award from the Princess Grace Foundation in New York in 2009.
Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation in New York in 2008.
Metro DC Dance Award for Outstanding Overall Production in a small venue in 2006.
Metro DC Dance Award for Outstanding Individual Dance in 2006.
Dance Magazine's Top 25 to Watch in 2005.
D. C. Mayor's Arts Award for Outstanding Emerging Artist in 2004.
Metro DC Dance Award for Outstanding Multi-Media in 2004.
Metro DC Dance Award for Outstanding Scenic Design in 2003.
Metro DC Dance Award for Outstanding Individual Performer in 2002.
Dance USA Scholarship to attend the Dance USA/National Roundtable in Miami, Florida in 2002.
Vaslav Nijinsky Award for Contemporary Choreography (Kiev, Ukraine).2002
Winner of the category Best female Modern Solo Dance at the Music World 2000 (in Fivizzano, Italy) in 2000.
Grants
2024 Illinois Arts Council Creative Catalyst Grant
2023 National Dance Project Award Grant.
2023 National Performance Network Creation Award Grant.
2022 National Dance Project Finalist Award Grant.
2022 Esteemed Artist Grant from DCASE.
3Artsproject Fundraiser for 2021.
Jay Pritzker Foundation Match grant 2021.
Mid Atlantic Arts International Travel Grant 2021.
City Of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Individual Artists Program (IAP) project grant. 2019
Jay Pritzker Foundation Grant. 2018
Performing Americas Project Residency grant From the National Performance Network and La RED. 2017
Jay Pritzker Foundation Grant. 2016
City Of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Individual Artists Program (IAP) project grant. 2015
Production Grant from the Turkish Cultural Foundation. 2014
Project Grant from the Moon and Stars Project of The American Turkish Society. 2013
Production Grant from The Turkish Cultural Foundation. 2012
Individual Artist Project grant from the Illinois Arts Council. 2012
National Performance Network Forth Fund Award. 2012
National Performance Network Creation Fund grant co-commissioned by Dance Place and Bates Dance Festival. 2012
Performing Americas Project Residency Grant from the National Performance Network, Mujeres en las Artes and La RED in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 2011
USAI grant from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation for 2010.
National Performance Network Performing Americas Project grant in 2010.
Artist Fellowship Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts in 2009.
City Arts Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts in 2009.
CAPA - Creative and Performing Arts Award from the University of Maryland division of Research and Graduate Studies in 2008.
City Arts Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. 2007
International Travel Grant from the College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland. 2006
Artist Fellowship Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. 2006
CAPA - Creative and Performing Arts Award from the University of Maryland division of Research and Graduate Studies. 2005
City Arts Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. 2005
National Performance Network Creation Fund grant co-commissioned by Dance Place, the Miami Dade Community College and Reston Arts Center. 2005
Americas Project travel grant from National Performance Network, Arts International and La Red. 2004
Artist Fellowship Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. 2004
City Arts Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. 2003
CAPA the Creative and Performing Arts Award from the University of Maryland division of Research and Graduate Studies. 2003
Millennium Stage Local Dance Commissioning Project from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. 2002
Young Emerging Artist Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. 2002
International Travel Fund from the Office of International Programs at the University of Maryland, College Park. 2001
Artist Fellowship Program Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. 2001
Small Project Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. 2001
Astral Career Grant from the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). 2001
