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Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Carmel Choreographic Fellowship Program, CA; Baryshnikov Arts Residence Open Call, Fertile Ground, WAX Works, NYC; Austin Dance Festival Open Call, TX; INTERN. OPEN CALLS: Vinilonga Festival, ARGENTINA; ACT Festival, AUSTRIA; CINARS, CANADA; Ballet Beyond Border, CUBA; Blios Dance Festival, FRANCE: Noverre Young Choreographers, GERMANY; Saison Cultural Fund; JAPAN, ACT Festival, SPAIN, and more...

New Works & Events: NEW Laurent Lovett, Dwight Rhoden, Hope Boykin, and Kyle Marshall in NYC; My’Kal Stromile in Boston: Angel Corella in Philadelphia;  Danielle Rowe in Seatle; Hellen Picket in Toronto; Christian Spuck in Berlin: Micaela Taylor in Then Haag; Hofesh Shechter and Tom Weinberger in Göteborg; Krzysztof Pastor in Warsaw; Jo Kanamori in Tokyo; Austrian Choreographic Platform in Vienna, Royal Ballet’s Draft Works in London, and more...

Competitions: Danse Élargie International Competition (France), 28. Internationales Solo -Tanz (Germany), and Sudden Fiction On Stage Award (Portugal)

Trending: Sting ballet Message In A Bottle, choreography by Kattie Prince

New Books: The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky's Life in Ballet, by Marina Harss, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2023)

New Movies: August Pace, a documentary by director Daniel Madoff

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

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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. Application is open to US artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://dewpac.org/programs/made-in-wickenburg/

CALIFORNIA: Spearheaded by dance maven Lillian Barbeito, Carmel Dance Festival's 2nd Annual Fellowship Program will run from December 28, 2023-January 6, 2024, in picturesque Carmel Valley Village. Choreographers will be given time, space, skilled dancers, production support, feedback sessions to create or revisit their work, and quality documentation of the process and finished product. Send nomination materials by October 15, 2023. Visit: carmeldancefestival.org 

CONNECTICUT: Garet&Co is seeking Guest Choreographer Applications for the second annual evening-length show, ECLIPSE! The Guest Choreographer will be compensated $200 for their work and will retain the rights to their choreography. Apply by October 6, 2023. Visit: garetwierdsma.com

GEORGIA: The Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University invites two nationally emerging or mid-career choreographers to apply for a four-week residency to create two world premieres on the KSU Dance Company. The resident choreographers receive a $5,000 honorarium. Housing, travel, and per diem are included in the honorarium. Apply by October, 2023.   Visit: https://arts.kennesaw.edu/dance/events/choreographic_residency_at_kennesaw_state.php

GEORGIA: 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, and ample rehearsal time, plus access to studio space and accommodations. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.kitmodus.com/residency-application

MASSACHUSETTS: The 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

MICHIGAN: Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival calls for submissions in the live performance, live youth performance, alternative spaces live performance, screendance, and movement installation categories.  Apply by November 18, 2023. Visit: https://www.midwestradfest.org/submit

NEW JERSEY: The application for the MFA in Dance at Montclair State University is now open. The residency program will begin with 4 weeks of "in-person" learning in June of 2024. Visit: https://www.montclair.edu/theatre-and-dance/academic-programs/graduate/mfa-in-dance/

NEW MEXICO: The Keshet Makers Experience (MSE) is a residency program in which choreographers/dancemakers have access to space to develop their craft and their products at whatever stage that might be. The residency is available between February 28, 2024-March 9, 2024, and April 5-15, 2024. Apply by October 31, 2023. Visit: https://keshetarts.org/center-for-the-arts-2/keshet-makers-space-experience/

NEW MEXICO: Trilokya offers dance artist/movement artist residencies, which provide an affordable, rural, immersive space to create their work. The space is newly renovated by Camille Litalien and Peter Francyk. Visit: https://trilokya.net/

NEW YORK: Baryshnikov Arts is offering 1 and 2-week Artist Residencies for dance, music, theater, performance art, and multimedia artists. The residencies support artists by providing space for creative investigation. Baryshnikov Arts will be accepting up to 300 applications. The application is open until October 13, 2023 or until the submission limit is reached. Visit: https://baryshnikovarts.org/residencies

NEW YORK: BAX’s Artist in Residence (AIR) program provides up to 6 NYC Dance, Theater and Interdisciplinary Performance Artists with a stipend alongside up to two years of artistic, technical, and administrative support for the development of a new work. Apply by October 25, 2023. Visit: artistservices.bax.org/upstart-application

NEW YORK: Fertile Ground is a non curated showcase for emerging and/or established artists. The evening consists of work shown by six choreographers, followed by a moderated discussion that integrates the choreographers, dancers, and audience members. Registration is open now and is first come, first served. Visit: https://www.greenspacestudio.org/fertile-ground

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: 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/

NEW YORK: Uptown Rising provides choreographers the space and opportunity to premiere new ideas and revisit previous works in an intimate setting. Apply by October 4, 2023, for performance on November 4, December 12, 2023 for performance on December 16, and January 6, 2024, for performance on February 10, 2024. Visit: www.bridgefordance.com/uptown-rising

TEXAS: Austin Dance Festival produces professional artists working in the fields of modern dance, postmodern dance, contemporary dance, improvisation, and experimental dance. The festival will take place between March 22-24, 2024. Apply by December 1, 2023. Visit: https://austindancefestival.com/professional-artist-application.html

INTERNATIONAL:

ARGENTINA: The Vinilonga festival is opening its call for video dance, video performance, music videos and various experimental audiovisual formats to be included in its programmes throughout the year. The Vinilonga Film Festival offers emerging and established talent alike a dynamic space in which to showcase their own unique projects. Apply by November 27, 2023. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/vinilonga_/

AUSTRALIA: Arts House’s CultureLAB is a creative development program that supports independent artists, collectives, and small-medium organizations to generate new work. CultureLAB is one of the pathways through which Arts House commissions work for the presentation seasons. Apply between November 9, 2023-January 23, 2024. Visit: https://www.artshouse.com.au/artist-opportunities/culturelab/

AUSTRIA: 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: The ACT FESTIVAL 2024 launches a call for international and emerging performing artists who have scenic works of 30 minutes maximum. The festival is committed to companies that take risks in their proposals, using new formats and scenic languages. The festival will be held from June 5-8, 2024. Apply by December 15, 2023. Visit: https://actfestival.com/en/convocatoria-act-2024/

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 exchange of ideas among artists from different disciplines. Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis. Visit: http://www.casanailha.org

CANADA: Since 1984, Biennale CINARS festival has been organizing international showcases and networking events in Montréal. During one week, 170 shows from Canada and abroad grace the stages, while workshops, networking events, and an exhibition hall teem with participants. The festival will be held from November 11-16, 2024. Apply by October 6, 2023 for early bird and November 11, 2023 for regular deadline. Visit: https://cinars.org/en/biennale/registration-and-rates?section=call-for-application#content

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. 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/

CUBA: The Ballet Beyond Borders festival provides a cultural exchange to further human understanding and spark vital communication. The 5-day festival includes a competition for young choreographers, classes, films, and a gala finale. The event takes place from January 9-13, 2024. Apply by October 15, 2023 for USA participants, and December 15, 2023 for all other countries. Visit: www.rmbt.org/bbb

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 an quick and easy micro-funding format aimed for 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 the application. Open deadline. Visit: https://finnland-institut.de/telepart-support/

FRANCE: Centre Chorégraphik Pole Pik is calling for projects for its artist residency. Pole Pik welcomes around 20 companies per year of various aesthetics and disciplines. This residency offers studios to be used for a creation, a restaging of repertoire or targeted research, with technical materials based on availability. Apply by October 31, 2023. Visit: https://pole-en-scenes.com/se-former/residences-d-artistes-dispositif-19/residences-d-artistes-dispositif

FRANCE: The International Choreographic Festival of Blois (Blois Danse) is looking for 6 dance companies/choreographers to present their work. Both emerging and established companies/choreographers can apply. The festival will take place July 3-7, 2024. Apply by November 30, 2023. Visit: www.bloisdanse.com/opencall

GERMANY: Noverre Young Choreographers will take place on January 21& 22, 2023. Anyone interested in participating can send their resume with contact information and videos/photos. Apply by October 15, 2023. Visit: https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/noverre/application/

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: Moovy Dance Film Festival is looking for dance films and choreography for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). The festival presents innovative dance films for the screen and will take place March 15-24, 2024. Apply by September 30, 2023. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/Moovy

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). Grant recipients will be taken in by theatres in Germany 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: Dance Bridges Festival 2024 is announcing the open call for the 5th edition of the Festival, to be held as a live event in Kolkata. There are 5 categories to apply including residency and film screening. Apply by November 1. 2023. Visit: https://dancebridges.in/opportunities/

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: 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: Saison Cultural Fund is now accepting applications from overseas artists for its International Projects Support Program. The program offers grants and/or priority use of space at Morishita Studio in Tokyo for international theater and dance collaboration projects with not-for-profit contemporary Japanese performing artists and/or companies, including creative workshops and rehearsals held during the working process. Apply by October 5, 2023. Visit: https://www.saison.or.jp/en/application

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

PORTUGAL: Lugar Futuro Internacional Youth Dance Festival is open to receive applications to present first works of young choreographers (up to 30 years old). The festival will take place between March 21-24, 2024. Apply by October 31, 2023. Visit: www.lugarpresente.com

PORTUGAL: Applications are open for the Video-Dance Exhibition, which will take place at the official opening of the VI Edition of the Festival Entrelaçados on October 28, 2023. Apply by September 15, 2023. Visit: www.dancenema.com

PORTUGAL: There is an open call for submissions for Mostra Coreografica Solos e Duetos, consisting of a choreographic show of solos and duets by young choreographers with pieces lasting between 5 and 20 minutes. The performance will take place from October 28 to November 12, 2023. Apply by September 30, 2023. Visit: www.dancenema.com

SPAIN: The ACT FESTIVAL 2024, held in June, launches a call for international and emerging performing artists who have scenic works of maximum 30 minutes. The festival is committed to companies that take risks in their proposals and new formats and scenic languages. Apply by December 15, 2023. Visit: https://actfestival.com/en/convocatoria-act-2024/

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 2024 intake are now open. The program uses a rolling admissions system where the application will remain open for the next intake until all spaces have been filled. Visit: https://www.centralschoolofballet.co.uk/applications/ma-choreography-application-form/

UK: Space Clarence Mews in London is offering a residency program that is 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:

FLORIDA: Former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artist, choreographer, and Miami native Jamar Roberts will create a highly anticipated powerful new work for the Miami City Ballet. The world premiere will take place on October 20, 2023. Visit: https://www.miamicityballet.org/fall

MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Ballet’s fall season opens with a program featuring works by Akram Khan, Hans van Manen, Jorma Elo, and Boston Ballet Artist My’Kal Stromile, who will create his first mainstage piece for the company. The performance will open on October 5, 2023. Visit: https://www.bostonballet.org/performances/fall-experience/

NEW YORK: Paul J. Botelho, Brice Brown, Douglas Dunn, and Steve Gibson will present BODY / SHADOW, a new experimental opera featuring 16 dancers. This world premiere will take place on October 27, 2023. Visit: https://www.bodyshadowopera.com/publication

NEW YORK: Through States Of Hope, a fully scripted, evening-length, new dance theater work, Hope Boykin shares experiences and insights in a multifaceted excavation of self-discovery, reshaping, and renewal—a dance memoir of sorts. The premiere will take place on October 17, 2023, at the Joyce Theater. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/hopeboykindance

NEW YORK: Kyle Marshall Choreography makes its Joyce debut with three New York premieres. The performance will take place between November 8-12, 2023. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/kyle-marshall-choreography

NEW YORK: The Complexions Contemporary Ballet celebrates its 29th season under the direction of co-founding Artistic Directors, Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. The program includes works by guest choreographers Justin Peck, Abdul Latif, Ricardo Amarante, and Jenn Freeman. A premiere by Complexions Principal Choreographer Dwight Rhoden, set to the raw acoustic music of U2, rounds out the program. The premiere will take place on November 14, 2023. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/complexions-contemporary-ballet

PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia Ballet presents Carmen, by Artistic Director Angel Correla. The ballet combines traditional Spanish dance and classical ballet to tell the tragic story set to Bizet’s indelible music. The world premiere will take place on October 5, 2023. Visit: https://philadelphiaballet.org/23-24-season/carmen/

WASHINGTON DC: As part of the citywide Shakespeare Everywhere Festival, Washington Ballet celebrates William Shakespeare, featuring a world premiere by Silas Farley set to DC native Duke Ellington’s Shakespearean Suite Such Sweet Thunder. The performance will take place between October 26-29, 2023. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXYVGSuKW6Q

WYOMING: Pacific Northwest Ballet presents Love and Loss. The program includes Donald Byrd’s haunting Love and Loss, Alexei Ratmansky’s Wartime Elegy, and Danielle Rowe, who will create something brand-new for PNB dancers. The world premiere will take place on November 3, 2023. Visit: https://www.pnb.org/season/love-and-loss/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRIA: Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Martín Schläpfer and Marius Petipa, will have its Austrian premiere at Wiener Staatsoper on October 24, 2023. Visit: https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/season-tickets/detail/event/996950537-dornroeschen/

AUSTRIA: The Göteborgsoperans Danskompani presents Hofesh Shechter’s Contemporary Dance and Sharon Eyal’s SAABA, which will premiere at the Festspielhaus St. Pölten on September 23, 2023. Visit:  https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/calendar/goteborgsoperans-danskompani#2023-09-23-17h00

AUSTRIA: The Seven Sins by Gauthier Dance/Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart will have its Austrian premiere at Festspielhaus St. Pölten on October 6, 2023. The piece was choreographed by seven of the world’s leading choreographers: Aszure Barton, Marco Goecke, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sharon Eyal, Sasha Waltz, Marcos Morau, and Hofesh Shechter. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/calendar/gauthier-dance-dance-company-theaterhaus-stuttgart#2023-10-06-19h30

AUSTRIA: The Choreographic Platform Austria (CPA) takes place from October 19-21, 2023. The CPA is a biennial event presenting outstanding dance and performance productions from Austria to national and international audiences on a regular basis. Visit: http://choreographic-platform.at/

CANADA: Ballet BC opens its season with HERE, featuring an epic large ensemble piece by William Forsythe, a new creation from Stephen Shropshire, and Shahar Binyamini’s BOLERO X. The world premiere will take place on November 2, 2023. Visit: https://balletbc.com/performance/here/

CANADA: The world premiere of Emma Bovary marks first partnership between The National Ballet of Canada and award-winning choreographer, director and dancer, Helen Pickett, who is breaking new ground in narrative ballet. The world premiere of Emma Bovary will take place on November 11, 2023. Visit: https://national.ballet.ca/Productions/Emma-Bovary-Passion

CANADA: The Chutzpah! Festival returns from November 2-23, 2023 presenting music, theatre, comedy, dance and multimedia arts, connecting communities and celebrating the vibrancy of our stories. Visit: https://chutzpahfestival.com/

DENMARK: Tero Saarinen's latest large-scale choreography returns in Tero Saarinen Company's program on October 4–6, 2023, at Dance House Helsinki. The creation is set to an orchestral trilogy by composer Sebastian Fagerlund, combined with spatial sound design and electronic music of Tuomas Norvio. The stage design centers on an animated film installation by visual artist duo IC-98. Transit is a Nordic co-production with the Swedish Skånes Dansteater. Visit: https://terosaarinen.com/en/creation/transit/

GERMANY: Staatsballet Berlin presents Bovary, a new creation by Christian Spuck.  Inspired by Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary, the piece explores female self-determination, rapture, and loneliness. The world premiere will take place on October 20, 2023. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/bovary/20-10-2023/1644

GERMANY: The Stuttgart Ballet’s triple bill CREATIONS goes into its fifth iteration, this time featuring three female choreographers from different countries and backgrounds: Vittoria Girelli, Samantha Lynch and Morgann Runacre-Temple. The world premiere will take place on November 25, 2023. Visit: https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/schedule/season-2023-24/creations-13-15/

GERMANY: Leipzig Ballet presents a new ballet by Mario Schröder. Hans Christian Andersen's well-known fairy tale the Little Match Girl Passion inspired the ballet director and chief choreographer. Music by Joseph Haydn & David Lang. The world premiere will take place on November 17, 2023. Visit: https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/paradise-lost/671

NETHERLANDS: Illuminate turns the spotlight on three young choreographers and forms the ultimate opportunity for the young dancers of NDT 2 to be exposed to different styles of movement. Micaela Taylor creates a new work, and Jermaine Spivey will further explore his Code of Conduct – originally created for Up & Coming Choreographers 2022. Besides that, NDT 2 will perform a Bedtime story by Nadav Zelner. The world premiere will take place on November 2, 2023. Watch: https://youtu.be/-b3_JnNZeCc

HONG KONG: City Contemporary Dance Festival is an iconic contemporary dance event initiated by City Contemporary Dance Company. Through a series of performances, seminars and various artistic exchange activities. Opening Performance includes Stream of Dust, the latest creation of CCDC Resident Choreographer Sang Jijia. The festival will take place on November 11-19, 2023. Visit: https://www.ccdc.com.hk/en/ccdf/

JAPAN: K-Ballet presents new production of Sleeping Beauty. The ballet is choreographed by the director Tetsuya Kumakawa. The world premiere will take place on October 8, 2023. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqUVrkbnW-8

JAPAN: The Tokyo Ballet celebrates its 60th anniversary with the world premier of Kaguyahime, choreographed by Jo Kanamori. The ballet is inspired by the oldest Japanese surviving piece of literature "The Tale of Bamboo Cutter.” The premiere will take place on October 20, 2023. Visit: https://www.nbs.or.jp/english/stages/2023/kaguya/top.html

POLAND: The Dangerous Liaisons is the ballet by Krzysztof Pastor to the music of Latvian contemporary composer Arturs Maskats. The story is based on famous novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Performed by the Ballet Company of Opera Nova on November 11, 2023. Visit: https://www.opera.bydgoszcz.pl/spektakle/balet-1/niebezpieczne-zwiazku.html

POLAND: Ciało/Umysł, one of the oldest contemporary dance festivals in Poland, promotes independent, world art of dance with a special focus on intercultural dialogue, fostering empathy, mutual understanding and respect. The festival will take place between October 6-10, 2023. Visit: https://cialoumysl.pl/en/calendar/?f=22-c-u-2023-en

POLAND: The Grand Theatre invites its audience to the family ballet performance of The Snow Queen, featuring the choreography of Robert Bondara. The original music is by Przemyslaw Zych. The premiere will take place on October 27, 2023. Visit: https://opera.poznan.pl/en/krolowa-sniegu-bondara-zych-gref

POLAND: With the ballet company of The Opera at the Castle, Anna Hop will present her version of Don Quixote, inspired by the legendary novel of Miguel Cervantes. The premiere will take place on October 28, 2023. Visit: https://www.opera.szczecin.pl/repertuar/don-kichot

SWEDEN: Helena Franzén will premiere Mirage, an emotional reflection on the imbalance of our nature and man's own inability to save it. The performance digs into the feeling of lack of power and the question of whether our efforts really make a difference. The performance will take place on October 12, 2023. Visit: https://dansenshus.se/en/program/helena-franzen-mirage/

SWEDEN: Charlotta Öfverholm is choreographing the newly written opera Melancholia at the Royal Swedish Opera. The opera is composed by Mikael Karlsson and the libretto was written by Royce Vavrek. The world premiere will take place on October 7, 2023. Visit: https://www.operan.se/forestallningar/melancholia/

SWEDEN: Björn Säfsten's new work And So We're Gone is partly based on repeated patterns of walking and partly an intense flickering of expressions creating an equilibristic choreography approached with humour, seriousness, and imagination. The premiere will take place on October 26-28, 2023. Visit: https://dansenshus.se/program/bjorn-safsten-and-so-were-gone/

SWEDEN: Two Israeli choreographers, Hofesh Schecter and Tom Weinberger, with strong links to Göteborgs Operans Danskompani, each present a world premiere on November 3, 2023. Visit: https://www.opera.se/en/what-s-on/season-2023-2024/in-a-heartbeat/

SWEDEN: Björn Säfsten’s new work, And So We're Gone, is partly based on repeated patterns of walking and partly an intense flickering of expressions creating an equilibristic choreography approached with humor, seriousness, and imagination. The premiere will be held from October 26-28, 2023. Visit: https://dansenshus.se/program/bjorn-safsten-and-so-were-gone/

SWEDEN: Everlasting Event is an evening in transformation, where the dance is created right in front of you. Choreographers James Batchelor and Jeanine Durning share an evening where the focal point is improvisation. The world premiere will take place on October 25, 2023. Visit: https://norrdans.se/en/choreographies-events/2023/everlasting-event/

UK: BalletBoyz collaborates with over forty artists in the company’s most ambitious, audacious, and political creation to date. The world premiere will take place at Sadler’s Wells on November 8, 2023. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/balletboyz-england-on-fire/

UK: Cloud Gate Artistic Director CHENG explores the changes that are shaping our world today, particularly our increasing reliance on communicating through new technology. The UK premiere will take place at Sadler’s Wells on November 30, 2023. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/cloud-gate-dance-theatre-of-taiwan-lunar-halo/

UK: Led by Artistic Director Paul Bayes Kitcher, former Royal Ballet School student and Birmingham Royal Ballet soloist, Fallen Angels Dance Theatre makes its debut at the Linbury Theatre, presenting a new work, Traces Through Time. The performance will take place on November 4, 2023. Visit: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/fallen-angels-dance-theatre-traces-through-time-details

UK: As part of The Royal Ballet’s longstanding commitment to fostering creativity and supporting new voices in dance, Draft Works offers a chance for emergent choreographic talent within the company to experiment and create new work. The performance will take place on October 5, 2023. Visit: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/autumn-draft-works-details

UK: Yorke Dance Project, in association with The Royal Ballet, premieres a film of Kenneth MacMillan’s visceral and emotional Sea of Troubles for World Mental Health Day. The event will take place on October 10, 2023. Visit: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/sea-of-troubles-by-kenneth-macmillan-details

UK: Northern Ballet returns to the Linbury Theatre with a mixed bill of three complementary works from across the generations, curated by Artistic Director and former Royal Ballet Principal Federico Bonelli. Alongside a new work choreographed by Benjamin Ella, Soloist of the Royal Ballet, and star American ballerina Tiler Peck’s first piece for a European company, the programme includes a work by Dutch master Hans van Manen. The performance will open on October 31, 2023. Visit: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/generations-three-short-ballets-by-northern-ballet-details

COMPETITIONS:

INTERNATIONAL:

FRANCE: The 8th edition of Danse Élargie International Competition is open to artists of all disciplines. Proposals for a maximum of 10 minutes with at least 3 participants will be considered. The competition takes place June 15-16, 2023. Apply by January 3, 2023. Visit: http://www.danse-elargie.com/en

GERMANY: Application for the 28. Internationales Solo -Tanz -Theater Festival Stuttgart 2024 Competition for contemporary choreographers and young dancers is now open. Choreographers and dancers from around the world are requested to perform a solo piece. The participants must be at least 18 years old and not more than 30 years old. Apply by November 11, 2023. Visit: https://www.solo-tanz-theater.de/2023/07/01/application-for-the-28-internationales-solo-tanz-theater-festival-stuttgart-2024/

PORTUGAL: Sudden Fiction On Stage Award is a competition for short pieces to be performed on stage, pieces that explore the physicality of the performer, the function of the text, the use of technology in the creation of a possible new dramaturgy. The competition will take place on February 2, 2024. Apply by October 7, 2023. Visit: https://ionsolocontest.online/

TRENDING:

Sting ballet Message In A Bottle, choreography by Kattie Prince. Created by director/choreographer Kate Prince, the show is set to 17 songs from the legendary rocker. Message in a Bottle — a new dance-theater piece from Kate Prince that uses the music of Sting — will embark on a North American tour in 2024.

Directed and choreographed by Prince, Message In A Bottle is an imagined story about one displaced family in a village suddenly under siege, with three-parted siblings stepping out on individual adventures. Songs include “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” and “Fields of Gold,” presented in new arrangements by Alex Lacamoire and performed by Sting, Beverley Knight, and other guest artists.

Produced by Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK, the show features the dancers of ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company. Currently on an international tour, Message in a Bottle comes stateside beginning February 6-11, where it will premiere at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Other stops include the Buell at the Denver Center (February 13-25), the Emerson Colonial in Boston (March 26-30), the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, DC (April 9-21), and New York City Center (April 30-May 12), among other stops.

More information: https://www.theatermania.com/news/sting-ballet-message-in-a-bottle-to-launch-north-american-tour-in-2024_1715054/

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky's Life in Ballet, by Marina Harss, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2023). In The Boy from Kyiv, the first biography of this groundbreaking artist, the celebrated dance writer Marina Harss takes us behind the curtain to reveal Alexei Ratmansky’s fascinating life, from his Soviet boyhood through his globe-spanning career. Over a decade in the making, this biography arrives at a pivotal moment in Ratmansky’s journey, one that has seen him painfully and publicly break ties with Russia, the country in which he made his name, in solidarity with his native Ukraine, and take on a new challenge at the storied New York City Ballet. Told with the lyricism, drama, and verve that befit its subject, The Boy from Kyiv is a riveting account of this major artist’s ascent to the peaks of his field, a mesmerizing study of creativity in action, and a triumphant testament to ballet’s enduring vitality. LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Kyiv-Alexei-Ratmanskys-Ballet/dp/0374102619/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28UMS7BZZ9C0H&keywords=Boy+from+Kyiv&qid=1694530147&s=books&sprefix=boy+from+kyiv%2Cstripbooks%2C83&sr=1-1

CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

MOVIE: August Pace, a documentary by director Daniel Madoff. Merce Cunningham's dancers reunite for the first time after 30 years to pass their roles on to the next generation. Daniel Madoff's fine film August Pace records the passing-on of an iconic Cunningham work from the original performers to a new generation of dancers. It takes a deep dive into the sharing, teaching, remembering, and learning -- the constant sense of discovery and rediscovery -- of the process. More information: https://www.augustpace.com/

Trailer: https://www.augustpace.com/trailer

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