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IN THIS ISSUE:

Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the US, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Wickenburg Residency, AZ; Kit Modus Houston Open Call, TX; Dare to Dance Film Festival & WAXworks Open Calls, NYC; Culture Moves Europe, AUSTRIA; Cinedans – Dance on Screen Festival 2024 Open Call, NETHERLANDS; Omaggio Performing Company Goa Open Call, INDIA; Women in Dance International Film Festival Open Call, JAPAN; Course in Interpretation and Choreography, PORTUGAL, etc.

New Works & Events:  Summer Dance Festival Programming: Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and works by Dwight Rhoden, Desmond Richardson, Mourad Merzouki, Mark Morris, and Kyle Marshall; Americans Dance Festival with a new work by Cara Hagan; Edinburgh International Film Festival, etc.

Trending: San Francisco Ballet’s Creation House, and the multiple initiatives for emerging choreographers

New Books: BOOK:  YOU, THE CHOREOGRAPHER, Creating and Crafting Dance, by Vladimir Angelov, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 1st Edition, August 24, 2023.

New Movies: The Red Shoes: Next Step (2023), Directed by Jesse A’hern and Joanne Samuel, with choreography by Daniel Gaudiello, One Tree Productions, Uncharted Studios, 2023

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

NATIONAL:

ARIZONA: Company choreographers are invited to apply for the Wickenburg Residency with the opportunity to pursue new projects, mount work, or collaborate with other artists, free from everyday pressures. These residencies are intended for chamber dance companies. Previous dance companies have included American Ballet Theatre II and Northwest Dance Theatre. Residencies are up to three weeks, and the average number of artists in residence at a time ranges between one and five. The application is open to US artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://dewpac.org/programs/made-in-wickenburg/

HAWAII: The Asia Pacific Dance Festival showcases the finest dances, dancers, and choreographers from Asia and the Pacific. The summer of 2023 presents two days of Balinese Gamelan music and dance. The festival will take place on September 16 & 17, 2023. Visit: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/outreach/asiapacificdance/2023-balinese-gamelan/

MARYLAND: USArtists International supports performances by US artists at cultural festivals and arts marketplaces around the globe. Committed to the presence of US-based artists on world stages, USArtists International provides grants to ensembles and individual dance, music, and theater performers who are invited to perform at significant international festivals and performing arts markets. Apply by September 29, 2023, for projects taking place between January 15, 2024 and June 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.midatlanticarts.org/usartists-international/

MASSACHUSETTS: National Dance Project (NDP) Travel Fund provides monetary assistance to US-based presenters, curatorial staff, and residency directors to connect in person to explore the feasibility of presenting NDP-funded works. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.nefa.org/grants_programs/grants/national-dance-project-travel-fund

NEW MEXICO: Trilokya offers dance artists a residency of movement artists, providing an affordable, rural immersive space to create their work. The facility is newly renovated by Camille Litalien and Peter Francyk. Visit: https://trilokya.net/

NEW YORK: The Shubert Foundation supports not-for-profit professional dance companies in the United States, awarding unrestricted grants for general operating support rather than funding for specific projects. Apply by October 18, 2023. Visit: https://www.shubertfoundation.org/dance

NEW YORK: Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival is dedicated to the concept of democratizing dance by taking it into the public sphere, exploring space and place, and intersecting creatively with the art of film. Apply by August 14, 2023. Visit: www.dare2danceinpublic.com

NEW YORK: Bethany Arts Community offers short-term residencies to artists from around the world who are at different stages in their careers so they can develop both new works and works in progress. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://bethanyarts.org/residencies/

NEW YORK: WAXworks is a non-curated showcase open to new and seasoned artists. Applications are accepted on a first-come first-served basis in choreography, theater, music, poetry, comedy, juggling, acrobatics, monologues, performance art, or any other form that can be performed on stage. There is no audition process. Visit: http://www.williamsburgartnexus.org/

NEW YORK: The Mark DeGarmo Dance Salon Performance Series is accepting applications for a unique opportunity to view and engage with original performing arts and dance works-in-progress of DeGarmo and guest artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: http://markdegarmodance.org/

TEXAS: Kit Modus seeks proposals for new works to be created for the company. Selected artists enjoy a stipend, travel reimbursement, a cast of 5-10 professional dancers, ample rehearsal time, and access to studio space and accommodations in Houston. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.kitmodus.com/residency-application

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AUSTRALIA: QL2 Dance offers curated residencies to young people (up to age 26) and older artists. Curated residencies provide theater or studio space without charge and may also include other support. Write to Artistic Director Ruth Osborne to apply. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.ql2.org.au/residency-program

AUSTRIA: ImPulseTanz Festival and Workshops -- Vienna International Dance Festival has evolved into the largest festival for contemporary dance and performance in the world. Every summer it presents a uniquely diverse program of performances, workshops, research projects, and musical acts. Link: https://www.impulstanz.com/en/

AUSTRIA: Culture Moves Europe connects artists, creators, and cultural professionals from countries participating in the Creative Europe Program. The program offers mobility, with a focus on emerging artists and allows around 7,000 artists, creators, and cultural professionals to go abroad for professional development or international collaborations and much more. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/creative-europe-culture-strand/culture-moves-europe-mobility-for-artists-and-professionals

BRAZIL: Casa Na Ilha Art Residency Program is based in a colonial house on the Island of Ilhabela, Brazil. The residency program is an initiative to provide a space to encourage creativity and the exchange of ideas among artists from different disciplines. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Visit: http://www.casanailha.org

BULGARIA: 18 The Black Box ITDF is now accepting 2024 Festival Open Stage proposals. The festival will take place from May 31–June 15, 2024. Apply by August 10, 2023. Visit: https://www.theblackboxfestival.com

CANADA: Reboot: Micro-Grants by Scotiabank Dance Centre helps artists (maximum 2 per month) improve skills and create work with small grants of up to $500. It may be used for activities such as hiring collaborators (mentors, musicians, videographers, photographers), subsidizing project research/production, renting studios at Scotiabank Dance Centre, equipment rental, professional development, etc. Apply by end of the month prior to the project. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://thedancecentre.ca/upcoming-deadlines/

EUROPE: The new program Culture Moves Europe announces its open call for artists and cultural professionals. It offers travel grants to artists, creators, and cultural professionals to pursue an international project of their choice. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/creative-europe-culture-strand/culture-moves-europe

EUROPE/ONLINE: ArtUniverse offers a choreographic course that prepares directors for performance production with performers by equipping students with the tools and skills necessary to build strong mise-en-scene, blocking, composition, and movement directing. The central topic is an exploration of ways to create choreography and movement in performance. ArtUniverse Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis. The next program starts in September & October 2023. Rolling Admission. Visit: https://www.nipai.org/online-courses/Choreography-and-Blocking-in-Performance

FINLAND: TelepART Mobility Support promotes opportunities for Finland-based performing artists to travel and perform internationally. It is a quick and easy micro-funding format aimed at emerging and semi-established professional artists and young academics. The grant is intended for travel and accommodation costs up to €1,000, and the funding decision will be made within two weeks from receipt of the application. Open deadline. Visit: https://finnland-institut.de/telepart-support/

GERMANY: K3 Tanzplan Hamburg provides three paid eight-month residencies to choreographers who are at the beginning of their careers and have produced multiple choreographic works of their own. The residency runs from August 2024 - April 2025 and includes a scholarship, use of the k3 studios, a production budget, and dramaturgical, technical, and production related-support. Apply by August 15, 2023. Visit: https://k3-hamburg.de/en/k3/jobs&callforproposals

GERMANY: Internationale Tanzmesse invites professional contemporary dance artists, companies, professionals, and organizations to submit proposals for the Performance Programme for the 2024 edition. The upcoming Tanzmesse will take place August 28 - 31, 2024, in Düsseldorf. Apply by September 15, 2023. Visit: https://www.tanzmesse.com/en/tanzmesse/2024/exhibitors/performance-proposal/

GERMANY: Dance-techAIR at Lake Studios Berlin is accepting applications for its residency program, which offers international interdisciplinary movement and media artists the possibility to live and make art in a peaceful, artist-run working, living, and performance space in Berlin. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.lakestudiosberlin.com

GERMANY: Choreographers up to age 40 are invited to apply for a guest program for Young Foreign Theatre People conducted by Goethe-Institut, Munich, and the Federal Republic of Germany Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). Theatres in Germany will take in Grant recipients to become familiar with production conditions and the conception and rehearsal process of at least one production. Acceptance of applications is ongoing. Visit: https://www.goethe.de/en/uun/auf/tut/sta.html

INDIA: Omaggio Performing Company Goa is accepting applications for its residency program. Submissions will be accepted throughout the year. Visit: http://omaggioperforming.com/residencies/

ITALY: RES.ART 23-24 has an open call for contemporary dance choreographers under age 35. The program takes place from October 2023 to June 2024. The project serves as a platform for those who aspire to emerge in the art scene and establish their choreographic career. With the support of Vivo Center, these young talents will have the opportunity to create innovative and captivating performances, enriching the landscape of the Italian contemporary dance scene. Apply by August 31, 2023. Visit: www.vivocenter.it/resart

ITALY: Kulturfactory Performing Arts Residency program runs year-long. Applications should be emailed and should include examples of work and CV information, as well as details about what the applicant artists hope to achieve during their residency. Rolling deadline. Visit: http://www.kultursciok.com/kulturfactory.html

JAPAN: 2023 Women in Dance International Film Festival is accepting Dance on Film submissions by female directors to present their work at Yokohama, Japan, in collaboration with 7ArtsCafe. Apply by August 15, 2023. Visit: http://www.womenindance.com/2023-film-submission/

JAPAN: Alexandre Magazine welcomes submissions from dancers, choreographers, and creators of short films, editorials, and music that celebrate the beauty of dance. All ages and forms of expression are welcome. Rolling deadline. Visit: https:/www.alexandremagazine.com/submit

NETHERLANDS: Entry-call for the Cinedans – Dance on Screen Festival 2024 is open. The 20^th edition of Cinedans FEST is now accepting submissions. The festival will take place March 20-24, 2024, at Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam. Apply by September 15, 2023. Visit: https://cinedans.nl/p/entry-call-24

PORTUGAL: Instável presents the 12th edition of FAÍCC – Intensive Course in Interpretation and Choreography. The program will take place from February - July 2024. This program is aimed at creators and performers who seek to deepen their solid background in dance in a process-oriented towards professionalization in the areas of interpretation and choreography. Apply by August 31, 2023. Visit: www.instavel.pt

UK: Established in 2011, Central School of Ballet’s MA Choreography course is designed for professional choreographers who wish to develop their choreographic profile and professional skills. Applications for the January 2023 intake are now open. The program uses a rolling admissions system where the application will remain open for the next intake until all places have been filled. Visit: https://www.centralschoolofballet.co.uk/applications/ma-choreography-application-form/

UK: Space Clarence Mews in London offers a residency program ideal for artists/companies/collectives working within and across all performance disciplines to push the boundaries of their own process and practice within a mutually supportive context. Both emerging and established artists/companies are welcome to apply. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Visit: https://spaceclarencemews.com/one-year-residency/

NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:

NATIONAL:

MASSACHUSETTS: Jacob’s Pillow Festival 2023 features nine weeks of performances in the Ted Shawn Theatre and on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage, featuring national and international artists and performances with live music. The festival will run until August 27, 2023. Visit: https://www.jacobspillow.org/festival/ticketed-performances/

NORTH CAROLINA: Commissioned by American Dance Festival 2023, Cara Hagan will present the world premiere of a site-specific work at the Nasher Museum of Art. It explores experiences of upheaval, prolonged states of limbo, and the subsequent reorganization of one’s life following the disorientation of migration. The performance will take place on August 22, 2023. Visit: https://americandancefestival.org/2023-performances/

INTERNATIONAL:

UK: Edinburgh International Film Festival will take place from August 18-23, 2023. The festival offers a dynamic film program featuring the exceptional work of local and global filmmakers. This year’s special edition promises a hand-picked selection of cinematic goodness to keep the flame of independent cinema burning brightly in the city. Visit: https://www.eif.co.uk/edinburgh-international-film-festival

TRENDING: San Francisco Ballet’s Creation House

Creation House is a new initiative offering San Francisco Ballet company members, San Francisco Ballet School students, and guest artists an expansive portfolio of career-enhancing opportunities. Devised and directed by Artistic Director Tamara Rojo and Associate Artistic Director Kerry Nicholls, Creation House reflects the company’s expanded dedication to holistically supporting the careers of dancers within the school and the company. For more details: https://www.sfballet.org/discover/creation-house/

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

YOU, THE CHOREOGRAPHER, Creating and Crafting Dance, by Vladimir Angelov, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 1st Edition, August 24, 2023.

You, the Choreographer, offers a synthesis of histories, theories, philosophies, and creative practices across diverse concert dance choreography dance genres. This book is for readers with dance-creative interests who seek to refine their artistic sensibilities further.

For learners and educators, it is a textbook. For emerging artists, it is a professional development tool and a handbook. For established professionals, it is a companion book that reinvigorates inspiration. To all readers, it is a guidebook that offers a cumulative, systematic understanding of the art of dance-making, with a wealth of cross-disciplinary references to establish a dynamic map of various creative practices in choreography.

Through a review of major milestones in the field, including contributions to choreography from the humanities, arts, and modern sciences, readers will gain new perspectives on the historical development of choreography. Concise analyses of traditional fundamentals and innovative practices of dance construction, artistic research methods, and approaches to artistic collaboration offer readers new tools to build creative habits and expand their choreographic proficiencies.

The book is available for preorder on August 17, 2023, and will be shipped after September 7, 2023. A 20% discount is available with a code at the link below for a limited time.LINK: https://www.routledge.com/You-the-Choreographer-Creating-and-Crafting-Dance/Angelov/p/book/9780367444464

CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

The Red Shoes: Next Step (2023), directed by Jesse A'hern and Joanne Samuel, with choreography by Daniel Gaudiello, One Tree Productions, Uncharted Studios, 2023. When a gifted young dancer experiences an unexpected life-changing event, she walks away from a promising future in ballet. But the art form is in her blood, and she eventually finds her way back to her old school – though not as a student - where an old rival, a long-time crush, and her former dance teacher help her reignite her deep passion for dance.

Film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWDzBVyic4A

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Dance ICONS -- The Global Network for Choreographers!

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 Asami Seki | International Network News Coordinator

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