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Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Choreography Fellows Program at Jacobs Pillow, MA; New York City Ballet - Choreographic Institute and Battery Dance Festival Open Call, NY; BalletX’s Choreographic Fellowship, PA; ATLAS & danceWEB Residency and ACT Festival Open Calls, AUSTRIA; DanzaTTack2024 Open Call, CANARY ISLAND; TelepART, FINLAND; Tanja Liedtke Fellowship, GERMANY; Goa Residency, INDIA;  Young Choreographer Project Open Call, THAILAND; McNicol Ballet Collective, UK

New Works & Events: New Aszure Barton in San Francisco;  David Bintley in Helsinki; Cayetano Soto in Leipzig;  Ivanhoe Lam in Hong Kong; Akira Kasai in Tokyo; Katarzyna Kozielska in Gdansk; Festival of New Choreography in London’s Royal Ballet.

Competitions: Danse Élargie International Competition (France), Young Choreographers Competition #4 (France), Bern Balletts International Dance Festival (Switzerland), and 38. International Choreographic Competition Hannover (Germany)

Trending: CHIROPTERA for/in the scuffle of Paris Opera

New Books: Ballet Confidential by David McAllister, publisher Thames & Hudson Australia (2023)

New Movies: The Color Purple (2023 film), directed by Blitz Bazawule, produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Quincy Jones, choreography by Fatima Robinson.

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

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

MARYLAND: US Artists International supports performances by American artists at cultural festivals and arts marketplaces around the globe with grants of up to $15,000. Apply by March 27, 2024, for projects taking place between July 1, 2024- June 30, 2025. Visit: http://www.midatlanticarts.org/usartists-international/

MASSACHUSETTS: The Choreography Fellowship at the School At Jacob’s Pillow is led by Program Directors Dianne McIntyre and Risa Steinberg between August 19 – August 26, 2024. The program is fully process-oriented, with no expectations of an end product or public showing. Apply by January 29, 2024, for the Priority deadline and February 26, 2024, for the Regular deadline. Visit: https://www.jacobspillow.org/school/choreography-fellows-program/

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: Both Rootstock and RADicle residencies are creative residencies. Each collaborator receives a $575.00 stipend and up to $500.00 for travel reimbursement. Out Rootstock residency is open to international residents and RADicle residency is open to US residents. Apply by December 17, 2023. First 30 applications will be reviewed. Visit: https://croftresidency.org/radicleopencall

NEW HAMPSHIRE: The MacDowell Colony is currently accepting applications for its fellowships. The program provides time, space, and an inspiring environment to artists of exceptional talent. Apply between January 10-February 10, 2024. Visit: http://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply/

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: Dance Omi is accepting applications from choreographers for its 2022 residency program, which offers artists the vital resources of space, time, and other artists with whom to create. Lodging, meals, and studio space on Art Omi’s beautiful 200-acre campus in the Hudson Valley are provided to the residents at no cost. Apply by January 2, 2024. The residency dates are July 18-August 5, 2024. Visit: http://www.artomi.org/dance

NEW YORK: APAP NYC+ is the world's premier gathering of the performing arts presenting, booking, and touring industry and the annual member's conference of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals. The gathering will take place between January 12-16, 2024. Apply by January 5, 2024. Visit: https://apap365.org/conference/

NEW YORK: The Battery Dance festival is NYC’s longest-running public dance festival, has featured over 200 dance companies ranging in style from classical ballet to post-modern, from Indian classical to Afro-Cuban. The festival runs from August 11-17, 2024.  Apply by December 31, 2023. Visit: www.batterydance.org/festival/apply

NEW YORK: West Fest Dance Festival presents works of emerging and established movement artists through two distinct programs: a traditional theater setting at the Martha Graham Studio Theater and a site-specific program showing a variety of unconventional and unique approaches to dance and space within the Westbeth Artists' Residence buildings. Apply by December 15, 2023. Visit: www.westfestdance.com/applynow

NEW YORK: The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship 2024 cycle is now open.  It is an $8,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein. Apply by December 13, 2023. Visit: https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/artist-fellowships/

NEW YORK: An American nonprofit with a program in Italy, applications for the Bogliasco Foundation are now open for residencies during the Spring 2025 semesters. Apply by March 14, 2024. Visit: https://bfny.org/en/about/program-overview

NEW YORK: Here Artist Residency Program provides a commission, development support, career planning, and full production to hybrid artists, all within a collaborative environment of peers working across disparate art forms. HARP provides significant long-term support, as well as up to $50,000 in cash and more than $75,000 in equipment, space, and services over 2-3 years to tailor each residency to each artist’s individual needs. Apply by February 1, 2024. Visit: https://here.org/programs/harp/

NEW YORK: Booking artists of all mediums for ESTIA Creative Home's Fall and Winter variety shows taking place on December 6&16, 2023. Each artist gets 8 minutes on the stage and is able to utilize the space in any capacity that they'd like. Rolling deadline. Visit: www.estiacreativehome.com

NEW YORK: New York City Ballet’s New York Choreographic Institute is accepting applications for the 2024 season. Apply by March 1, 2024. Visit: http://www.nycballet.com/About/New-York-Choreographic-Institute/Sessions-Application.aspx

NEW YORK: The Saltonstall x Circus Culture Hupstate Residency for individual circus artists provides an all expenses paid week long opportunity to create and develop work for New York-based circus artists. Apply by January 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.hupstatecircus.org/residency

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: 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/

NORTH CAROLINA: American Dance Festival (ADF) is calling for applications for its dance-on-camera initiative Movies by Movers, a bi-annual festival dedicated to the celebration of the conversation between the body and the camera. Applicants are invited to share in the collaboration between the ephemeral art of live movement and the perpetual nature of the film. Apply by March 15, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/MoviesByMovers

ONLINE: TCI is an independent festival that showcases contemporary dance on-screen works from around the world. TCI aims to present novel approaches to how the ever-evolving cinematic medium can use dance or how contemporary choreographers and performers can use image capture to further the discourse of this artistic crossover. Apply by July 19, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/tci

PENNSYLVANIA: Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers invites performance artists of all genres to submit work for KYL/D’s InHale Performance Series on March 2, 2024. Selected artists receive free performance space, technical assistance, and audience feedback. Apply by January 26, 2024. Visit: http://www.kyld.org/inhale/

PENNSYLVANIA: BalletX Choreographic Fellowship unites one emerging artist each season with a distinguished choreographer who serves as a mentor as they both create World Premieres on the BalletX dancers. Apply by February 1, 2024. Visit: https://www.balletx.org/artist-training-and-resources/choreographic-fellowship/

TEXAS: Small Plates Choreography Festival is a curated dance performance series advancing the work of dance makers. Creating a growth environment for artists by  producing curated showcase-style performances in several cities each year and by facilitating guided dialogue after each performance between the audience and the choreographers. Apply after January 1, 2024. Visit: https://smallplatesdance.com/apply/

WYOMING: PNB Dance Film Festival will be held on April 13, 2024. This new festival is born from an explosion of digital and dance creativity during the pandemic that stretched our art form in ways never experienced before. Apply by December 10, 2023. Visit: https://www.pnb.org/season/events/dance-film-fest/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRALIA: Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia may apply for the Cultural Trust, which encourages excellence and supports a vibrant world-class arts scene in Australia. The Cultural Trust offers grants of up to $10,000 to assist emerging and early-career artists of exceptional talent to take on professional development opportunities, usually overseas. Apply by January 23, 2024. Visit: https://www.ianpotterculturaltrust.org.au/apply-for-a-grant/

AUSTRALIA: QL2 Dance offers curated residencies both for 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

AUSTRALIA: Arts House is a creative home nourishing artists’ agency and ambition. Allowing artists to develop and present new work in all forms, with an explicit interest in interdisciplinary practice, community engagement and art that interrogates urgent questions of our time. Apply by January 23, 2024. Visit: https://www.artshouse.com.au/artist-opportunities/culturelab/

AUSTRIA: danceWEB Further education and exchange programme will take place between July 10 – August 14, 2024. Apply by December 15, 2023. Visit: http://www.lifelongburning.eu/projects/danceweb-scholarships/application-information.html

AUSTRIA: ATLAS - Choreographic training programme will take place between July 10 – August 15, 2024. It offers both artists with first choreographic experience and artists in the middle of their career, including from other disciplines, a dynamic environment for their artistic development. Dramaturgical advice is provided by coaches supervising the participants’ work during the course of the programme. Apply by December 15, 2023. Visit: https://www.impulstanz.com/en/atlas/

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

CANADA: Circuit-Est Choreographic Centre in Montréal offers residencies for generative and/or disciplinary works. Use the residency time to work on a creation intended to be broadcast. The application will open in January 2024. Apply by March 1, 2024. Visit: https://circuit-est.qc.ca/en/activities/program/

CANADA: 12MM, by Scotiabank Dance Centre, aims to foster experimentation and the development of a choreographic idea or work-in-progress from the initial stages through to the first public encounter. Artists have access to support and feedback from the facilitators, the opportunity to share the work with their peers in the program, and participate in community dialogues with audiences at public showings. Apply by January 29, 2024. Visit: https://thedancecentre.ca/upcoming-deadlines/

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/

CANARY ISLAND: Call for DanczaTT2024 International Dance and DanceFilm Festival is now open. The festival will take place between May 10-19, 2024. Apply by December 15, 2023. Visit: https://danzattack.com/danza-2024

EUROPE: Creative Europe Opens Call will support projects to carry out a broad spectrum of activities and initiatives involving artists and stakeholders active in different cultural and creative sectors. Apply by March 31, 2024. Visit: https://performeurope.eu/

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

FIJI ISLAND: VOU Dance Fiji & The Conservatorium of Dance located in Nadi is looking for a resident choreographer and possible dance teacher, who will be working with professional dancers at the VOU Dance Company and teaching Dance Diploma students in the Conservatorium of Dance program. Applicant must be well versed in Ballet and Contemporary technique and any other genre would be a bonus. The residency will take place between February 5-March 31, 2024. Apply by January 15, 2024. Visit: https://voufiji.com/

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/

GERMANY: The Tanja Liedtke Fellowship is offered by the Tanja Liedtke Foundation in partnership with Studio, Berlin’s center where young choreographers have the opportunity to develop and share their practice as they explore ideas for new dance works. Apply by December 8, 2023. Visit: https://www.tanja-liedtke-foundation.org/current-projects/2024-tanja-liedtke-fellowship/

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). 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

GREECE: Thessaloniki Fringe Festival, a celebration of the extraordinary and the unconventional in the world of performing arts, invites applications from companies and individual artists from various disciplines. Apply by December 4, 2023. Visit: http://www.thessfringe.com

GREECE: Counting 10 years from the establishment, Akropoditi DanceFest is setting out a thematic invitation for the upcoming performances that are to take place in July 11-21, 2024. Apply by December 5, 2023. Visit: https://akropoditi.com/dancefest/en/

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

INDIA: The Body and Performance provides performers with intensive in-studio training, mentorship through independent projects and public showcasing. This is for actors and dancers who wish to create their own work and expand the aesthetics of the body in performance. The program will take place between January 10 - April 7, 2024. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.movingparts.art/training

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: Ongoing AIR Award is a residency program organized by Art Center Ongoing, a small independent alternative art space in Tokyo. Award recipients receive free accommodation and creation space. Apply by December 15, 2023. Visit: http://www.ongoing.jp/en/artcenter/residence/index.php

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

MEXICO: Choreographers, dance companies, and independent or emergent dance troupes are invited to participate in The FIDCDMX open call 2024 and 2025. The festival will take place on August 8-18, 2024, and August 1-11, 2025. Apply by January 31, 2024. Visit: http://fidcdmx.com/

NETHERLANDS: ArtEZ University of Arts is now open to applications from artists looking to join the Master’s program in Autumn 2024. Students design rigorous lines of research, investigating, challenging, reshaping the artist's role, and contributing to the advancement of performance in their chosen fields. Apply by January 4, 2024. Visit: https://www.performancepractices.nl/post/open-call-for-audition-master-performance-practices

NORWAY: Dansearena Nord, a regional center in Northern Norway, is seeking submissions from emerging modern dance choreographers for its artist-in-residence program. Apply by February 10, 2023. Visit: https://www.davvi.org/sok-stotte/artist-in-residence

PANAMA: PRISMA International Contemporary Dance Festival of Panama, Fundación PRISMA Danza, is now accepting submissions from independent choreographers and chamber dance companies. The festival will be held in Panama City from October 12-20, 2024. Apply by December 31, 2023. The first 400 proposals received will be considered. Visit: https://festivalprisma.com/open-call/

SPAIN: Dance HUB Barcelona is a culturally immersive, one-week dance intensive focusing on creative research through holistic and mindful practices. The program is open to dancers interested in exploring new approaches to creative practices and performance by challenging their respective voices with curiosity. The program will take place between March 18-22, 2024. Applications are welcome until spots are filled. Visit: https://bidebarcelona.com/en/applications-form/b-landing-2024

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/

TAIWAN: Three to four choreographers recommended by WDA Asia-Pacific, and one choreographer recommended by WDA-America or Europe will be selected to attend the Young Choreographer Project in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is recommended that only young choreographers who feel they can meet the challenges of producing work under unfamiliar circumstances and with unfamiliar dancers should apply. Apply by January 10, 2024. Visit: http://www.wda-ap.org/

THAILAND: Art Continuum Nomadic Residency is designed for international artistic exchange, development, and creation, existing periodically in diverse locations. Focused on the fields of dance improvisation, performance, poetry, and film. Containing laboratories, workshops, and performative events. Apply by January 1, 2024. Visit: https://artcontinuum.space/

UK: McNicol Ballet Collective is searching for choreographers to take part in a paid creative residency programme called Compositions and Configurations. Designed to foster collaboration and push the boundaries of contemporary ballet and original music composition, designed for UK based choreographers and composers. Apply by January 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.mcnicolballetcollective.co.uk/articles/call-out-for-choreographers-and-composers

UK: Applications are now open for U.Dance Midlands Regional platform 2024, a national programme of events led by One Dance UK offering high-quality dance opportunities to young dance creators between 11-19 years old. Participants can explore their creativity, learn more about dance careers. Apply by February 2, 2024. Visit: https://fabric.dance/jobs/u-dance-midlands-regional-2024/

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:

CALIFORNIA: Dance Camera West has connected diverse cultures and environments through its exploration of dance on screen, bringing hundreds of challenging and provocative films from around the globe to Los Angeles. The event will take place between January 20-23, 2024. Visit: https://www.dancecamerawest.org/new-page-36

SAN FRANCISCO: Artistic Director Tamara Rojo launches the 2024 season with an immersive sensory experience where music and dance converge in a singular environment of mesmerizing light and video. The new work with music by Floating Points and choreography from Aszure Barton contextualizes the ancient parable of Pandora’s Box for our current technological world. The world premiere will take place on January 26, 2024. Visit: https://www.sfballet.org/productions/mere-mortals/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRIA: Damien Jalet: Skid & Fouad Boussouf: Vïa / Ballet Du Grand Théâtre De Genève will have its Austrian premiere at Festspielhaus St. Pölten on December 15, 2023. The Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève presents Jalet’s hit production together with a new creation by Fouad Boussouf: in Vïa this emerging choreographer stages a piece that combines elements of urban culture with North African dances. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/calendar/ohad-naharin-batsheva-dance-company#2023-11-18-19h30

FINLAND: Finnish National Ballet will unveil a brand-new Christmas ballet, inspired by the timeless tale of Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Behind this full-length ballet production are the British choreographer David Bintley and the composer Sally Beamish. The world premiere will take place on December 1. 2023. Watch: https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/stage24/video/spotlight-on-a-christmas-carol/

GERMANY: Leipzig Ballet invite Cayetano Soto for a second time to the company. Soto created a biographical, associative ballet entitled Tchaikovsky for the Rijeka Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre, which will now be newly adapted for the Leipzig Ballet. Soto draws an engaging portrait of a man who could not live the life he wanted. The premiere will take place on January 27, 2024. Visit: https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/peter-i-tschaikowski/679

GERMANY: Johan Inger now turns to a classic ballet that will reveal yet another facet of his art Swan Lake. The Swedish choreographer has reinterpreted this great work for Semperoper Ballett and, in so doing, addressed some profound questions: How are personal relationships affected by violence and manipulation? And what roles do personal freedom, respect and acceptance play in a loving relationship? The world premiere will take place on December 9, 2023. Visit: https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/swan-lake/62280.html#a_30286

GERMANY: Staatsballett Berlin’s In 2 Chapters Love, the works of Sol León and Sharon Eyal are united during an evening of dance. Sol Léon has begun to work as a choreographer in her own right. One of her first solo works, Stars Like Moths, is now being developed together with the Staatsballett Berlin, a new piece that is as uncompromisingly personal and poetic as ever. The premiere will take place on December 9, 2023. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/2-chapters-love-en/63.html#a_129

HONG KONG: City Contemporary Dance Company presents Living Up/ to Death. Through dance, installations, text, videos and electronic music, a multidisciplinary team embarks on Ultimate Savasana (Resting Pose) of a life journey, an imaginary transit that bears no tangible proof. Choreography and Direction by Ivanhoe LAM. The premiere will take place on January 14, 2024. Visit: https://www.ccdc.com.hk/en/productions/living-up-to-death/

JAPAN: Choreographed by Akira Kasai, performed by Ruri Mito and Shintaro Oue. These dance monsters explore the human body’s creative potential, take on the challenge of piano masterpieces by Bach and Beethoven. The rich tapestry of music is woven by Takuya Otaki. Transcending language and thought, the presence of “nobody” emerges. The world premiere will take place on January 26, 2024. Visit: http://rurimito.com/nobody-is-here/

JAPAN: Yamato City Ballet will present the world premiere of Munetatsu. The piece is a collaboration between contemporary dance and the traditional Japanese art form Noh dance. The performance will take place on December 24, 2023. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca7315dYA2c

NETHERLANDS: The dancers of NDT 1 and NDT 2 organize a unique programme call Switch. An evening entirely composed by the dancers, of which the entire revenue will be donated to a charity fund chosen by them. The performance is filled with new choreographies created by the dancers. The premiere will take place on January 20, 2024. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/switch-24/

POLAND: Faust is a dance performance based on the famous text by Goethe in choreography by Małgorzata Ziółkowska. In her piece the choreographer tries to find inserts on eternal question concerning the meaning of human existence. The premiere will take place on December 15, 2023 at Kielce Dance Theatre Kielce. Visit: https://ktt.pl/premiera-faust-haust-duza-scena-ktt-15-grudnia-2023-r-godz-1800/

POLAND: Re | TURN (s) is a dance performance in choreography by Bartek Woszczyński and with the life sound design  by Italian musician Simone Donati in which choreographer explores  the problem of so called Stockholm syndrome. The premiere will take place on December 1, 2023. Visit: https://taniecpolska.pl/wydarzenia/warszawa-teatr-studio-bcause-dance-company-re-turn-s-rez-bartek-woszczynski/

POLAND: The Baltic Opera Gdańsk presents The Carnival of the Animals, a ballet fairy-tale to the famous score by Camille Saint-Saens created by Katarzyna Kozielska. The Baltic Opera announces that it will be a journey into the animal kingdom through music and dance, where reality mixes with imagination and which will surely charm both young and old viewers. The premiere will take place on December 2, 2023. Visit: https://operabaltycka.pl/en/event/the-carnival-of-the-animals

SWEDEN: A great classic, reformulated by Norrdans’ Artistic Director Martin Forsberg. A very accurate version of Rite Of Spring is a macrocosm in a small space, where scales, volume, and vibrations take center stage. The re-premiere will take place on January 12, 2024. Visit: https://norrdans.se/en/choreographies-events/2024/rite-of-spring/

UK: Alina Cojocaru’s first original commission as a producer of dance is a heartbreaking but life-affirming look into people’s souls. Choreographer Natália Horečná’s physically arresting movement, alongside designer Otto Bubeniček’s evocative designs illustrate the story of childlike Gelsomina. The world premiere will take place on January 25, 2024 at Sadler’s Wells. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/la-strada/

UK: Resolution is the biggest annual showcase for new choreography, bringing together 54 artists and companies from London and beyond to perform bold new contemporary dance work. The festival will take place between January 17- February 9, 2024. Visit: https://www.onedanceuk.org/news/resolution-2024-the-uks-biggest-festival-of-new-choreography-returns

UK: Royal Ballet’s Festival of New Choreography is a series of performances, events, and activities taking place across the House that embrace and champion new, diverse voices in choreography. The festival, which will take place on the Main Stage, in the Linbury Theatre, Paul Hamlyn Hall and Clore Studio, is part of The Royal Ballet’s commitment to choreographic innovation and nurturing the future of the art form.

Five new works have been commissioned by The Royal Ballet for the Main Stage. Joseph Toonga (The Royal Ballet Choreographic Residency for the 2023-24 Season) creates his second work for the Main Stage. Making their choreographic debuts in the space are Gemma Bond, Jessica Lang, Mthuthuzeli November and Royal Ballet First Artist Joshua Junker. In the Linbury Theatre, The Royal Ballet premieres an immersive work by Robert Binet that imagines the invisible forces of our universe in human form. This new work will be performed by dancers of The Royal Ballet.

Link: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/festival/festival-of-new-choreography-2024-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

FRANCE: Young Choreographers Competition #4  will take place on June 9, 2024. To accompany the emergence of young choreographers, the Pôle de Coopération Chorégraphique du Brand Sud-Ouest (Ballet Bordeaux, Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse, and Malandain Ballet Biarritz) have created a competition to identify and accompany 2 talents for 3 seasons by giving them the means to create for an ensemble of dancers and present their work to the public. Apply by December 22, 2023. Visit: https://www.concours-de-jeunes-choregraphes.com/presentation/

GERMANY: Choreography38 – 38. International Choreographic Competition Hannover 2024 invites applications. The competition will take place on June 7&8, 2024. Apply by March 31, 2024. Visit: www.choreography-hannover.de

SWITZERLAND: Bern Balletts International Dance Festival and Competition for Choreographers releases its call of application. The competition will take place between June 20-22, 2024. Apply by January 15, 2024. Visit: https://buehnenbern.ch/buhnen-bern/ballett/tanzplattform-2024terms-conditions/

TRENDING:

CHIROPTERA for/in the scuffle of Paris Opera: "Chiroptera" is a project by JR, Damien Jalet, and Thomas Bangalter, presented as part of Act II of “Retour à la Caverne” in the collaboration between the Paris Opera, JR, and 𝘭𝘦19M, the Parisian building dedicated to the savoir-faire of the Fashion and Interior Design Métiers d'art.

As part of the restoration works at the Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera invited JR to offer a visual metamorphosis of the institution’s monumental façade. On the occasion of an unprecedented show choreographed by Damien Jalet on a music by Thomas Bangalter, the curtain rose to reveal a performance with 154 dancers. Reminding the Paris Opera's enduring commitment to creation and dance, the costume worn by Étoile dancer Amandine Albisson performing in the show was designed and made by CHANEL. The Paris Opera also supported the design and fabrication of costumes for the 153 dancers.

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BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

Ballet Confidential by David McAllister, publisher Thames & Hudson Australia (2023).

Ballet Confidential is billed as "everything you wanted to know about ballet but were too afraid to ask." " The book is a very entertaining, frank, and often humorous compendium of topics, a bit like a "ballet for beginners" book but aimed at an interested adult audience rather than the insider or young ballet student. Written in McAllister's conversational tone, the chapters range from topics as basic as what to wear to the theater to costume design, pointe shoe design, ballet history, and ballet mime .

LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Ballet-Confidential-David-McAllister/dp/176076325X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PP39UHU1QVCR&keywords=ballet+confidential&qid=1700153764&s=books&sprefix=ballet+con%2Cstripbooks%2C83&sr=1-1

CINEMA WITH CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

The Color Purple (2023 film), directed by Blitz Bazawule, produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Quincy Jones, choreography by Fatima Robinson. "The Color Purple" follows an African-American teenager named Celie being raised in rural Georgia in the early 1900s -- a decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and her journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPwzBUui1GA

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