Call it a ballet bailout.

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded $50,000 to the Miami City Ballet as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The money will help the company, which performs regularly at the Kravis Center, pay for an additional workweek for its dancers.

The Miami troupe had cut its dancers’ schedules from 38 to 35 weeks because of financial woes.

“This is an example of how our government’s economic stimulus funds are helping to offset the negative impact that the recession is having on artists,” said Edward Villella, the ballet’s founding artistic director.