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IN THIS ISSUE:

Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Dance on Camera Festival; Young Choreographers Festival; White Wave; Choreography Lab; Fertile Ground; Smush Gallery, NY, USA; ArtFest Open Call, AUSTRIA; TelepART, FINLAND; Camargo Residency, FRANCE; InDANCE Open Call, GREECE; Farm Artists’ Residency, INDIA; Officine CAOS, ITALY; Dance Pan, JAPAN; ATLAS Dance Fest Open Call, MEXICO; LAV Residency, SPAIN; Tanzhaus Basel Open Call, SWITZERLAND; Motionhouse Open Call, UK, and more…

New Works & Events: New Jennifer Archibald in Washington, DC; Kyle Abraham, Gemma Bond, and Caili Quan in New York; Lia Cirio in Boston; Silas Farley in Houston; Jessica Lang in Seattle; Christopher Wheeldon in Melbourne; Lauren Lovette in Leipzig; and more…

Contests: The 5th International Choreographic Competition „LINKAGE“ (Bulgaria)

Trending: Original story ballets – Oscar, by Christopher Wheeldon

New Books: You, the Choreographer – Creating and Crafting Dance, by Vladimir Angelov, Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 2024

New Movies: Obsessed with Light, Between the Rivers Productions, USA, 2023 & Cranko by Joachim A. Lang

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

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ARIZONA: The Made in Wickenburg Artist Residency Program, which is located at an historic guest ranch in Wickenburg, Arizona, offers artist residency programs designed to foster creative, collaborative, and performance projects of established performing artists. Each residency is designed to allow artistic companies the opportunity to pursue new projects, mount work, or collaborate with other artists. The historic “dude ranch,” situated on 20,000 acres of the high Sonoran Desert, is open to guests from October through May each year and is the perfect retreat to research, create and develop new work without the distractions of everyday life. Application is open to US artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://dewpac.org/programs/made-in-wickenburg/

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 will receive a $5,000 honorarium. Housing, travel expenses, and per diem are included in the honorarium. Apply by October 31, 2024. Visit: https://arts.kennesaw.edu/dance/events/choreographic_residency_at_kennesaw_state.php

GEORGIA: Contemporary dance company Kit Modus is offering an in-person choreographic residency. Applicants must submit proposals for new works to be created for the company during the residency. Selected artists will 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: The 16^th annual Midwest RADFest offers emerging, professional, and experimental artists the opportunity to present their work without financial commitment. Apply by October 1, 2024. Visit: https://wellspringdance.org/radabout?fbclid=IwY2xjawEz6rhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQCdRhsMqhHYrWjPLMSPX6qEd5dF9qwUQK7Kio1qBJ_yfnLK3PpX_qZ-SA_aem_sR7LEPpJrK0m7r3qG6Phjw

NEW JERSEY: The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year. Apply by September 10, 2024. The Hodder Fellowship is designed to provide participants with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work. Visit: https://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/hodder-fellowship/

NEW MEXICO: Keshet Makers Space Experience offers 10-day choreographic residencies providing studio rehearsal space, daily peer-led movement classes, business workshops specific to performing arts entrepreneurs, and housing. Apply by October 15, 2024. Visit: http://www.KeshetArts.org

NEW YORK: The Young Choreographer’s Festival, now in its 13th year, presents the work of some of the most up-and-coming 18- to 27-year-old choreographers in all dance genres at Symphony Space in NYC. Apply by February 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.ycfdance.com/

NEW YORK: Developed from a program that originated at the Banff Film and Television Festival in Canada, Pitch New Works is a forum for creators and arts professionals to share and discover new performing arts projects at International Society for Performing Arts (ISPA) congresses. Every year, ISPA holds a public call for applications from which ten submissions are selected to be presented at the following ISPA congress. Apply by September 13, 2024.  Visit: https://www.ispa.org/page/pnw_landing

NEW YORK: The 52nd Annual Dance on Camera Festival, taking place from February 21 - 24, 2025, co-presented by Dance on Camera and Film at Lincoln Center, is calling for submissions for dance films of all genres and lengths. Apply by September 6, 2024, for regular deadline and September 27, 2024, for late deadline. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/DanceonCameraFestival

NEW YORK: Eryc Taylor Dance provides grants to aspiring choreographers to enable them to produce an original piece of 15 to 20 minutes. Eryc Taylor Dance reviews applications and selects grant recipients based on merit, dance experience, passion for choreography, and production innovation and will award a $1,000 grant to three recipients this year for the 2024-2025 grant cycle. Apply by September 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.etd.nyc/

NEW YORK: Digging In Group Artist Residency (D.I.G.) will provide 8 choreographers the opportunity to develop and share new work during 8 mentor sessions, ending in two culminating Take Root performances May 15-18, 2025. Performances will be produced with full production. D.I.G. also includes an artist stipend, discounted studio space, and performance photo and video footage. Apply by September 3, 2024. Visit: https://www.greenspacestudio.org/for-artists

NEW YORK: The Choreography Lab offers a platform to present a work to a live audience in Steps Studio Theater. The lab welcomes completed dance pieces and dance in collaboration with theater, music, and performance art. The next lab will take place on November 17, 2024. Apply by October 7, 2024. Visit: https://stepsbeyond.org/choreography-lab/

NEW YORK: White Wave presents the 9th Annual SoloDuo Dance Festival on February 13 & 14, 2025. The festival is now accepting applications to display solos and duets from emerging and mid-career choreographers. Apply by September 11, 2024 for early bird deadline and September 25, 2024 for regular deadline. Visit: www.whitewavedance.org

NEW YORK: The Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation awards prizes biennially to a choreographer and composer for the best original dance with original music that has had its premiere performance within the previous 2 years of each award date. Apply by December 31, 2024. Visit: https://cjgfamilyfoundation.com/gross-family-prize/

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

NEW YORK: Fertile Ground is a non-curated showcase for emerging and/or established artists. The event consists of work shown by six choreographers, followed by a moderated discussion that integrates the choreographers, dancers, and audience members. Registration is now open on a first-come, first-served basis. 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/

NEW YORK: SMUSH Gallery is accepting applications for project proposals. The program offers artists of all disciplines space for studio work, rehearsal, performance, and exhibition in a beautiful storefront art space. Rolling deadline. Visit: smushgallery.com

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ARGENTINA: Permanente.ciclo is a festival of experimental arts that takes place periodically in unconventional exhibition spaces. The festival promotes the work of artists from the local and international scene who explore new languages and alternative approaches to traditional artistic disciplines. Apply by October 17, 2024. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/permanente.ciclo/

AUSTRALIA: Playing Australia Project Investment supports organisations in undertaking performing arts tours to reach regional and remote communities across Australia. Legally constituted organisations only may apply. Apply by October 1, 2024. Visit: https://creative.gov.au/investment-and-development/playing-australia-project-investment/

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

AUSTRIA: The Artists-in-Residence program of ERSTE Foundation is calling for applications from artists, curators, or theoreticians from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Apply by September 15, 2024.Visit: https://www.tranzit.org/en/grants/artist+in+residence+vienna/call-for-applications-2025-now-open-until-september-15-2024

AUSTRIA: The ACT FESTIVAL 2025 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 by using new formats and scenic languages in their proposals. The festival will be held from June 3-7, 2025. Application process will open on October 1, 2024. 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 accepted on an ongoing basis. Visit: http://www.casanailha.org

CANADA: Reboot: Micro-Grants by Scotiabank Dance Centre help artists (maximum 2 per month) improve skills and create work with small grants of up to $500. Grants 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 the 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: Cultural Moves Europe is calling for applications for the third Individual Mobility Action 3. Artists and cultural professionals can apply with a proposal to carry out a project with a partner of their choice in a Creative Europe country which is not their country of residence. Apply by November 30, 2024. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/calls/third-call-for-individual-mobility-of-artists-and-cultural-professionals#about

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 next program starts in September & October 2024. Rolling Admission.  Visit: https://www.nipai.org/programs/choreography-and-blocking-course

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 for emerging and semi-established professional artists and young academics. The grant is intended for travel and accommodation costs up to €1,000. The funding decision will be made within two weeks from the application. Open deadline. Visit: https://finnland-institut.de/telepart-support/

FRANCE: The Camargo Core Program awards 18 international fellowships in the arts and humanities, supporting research and experimentation that challenge the borders of academic and artistic inquiry while promoting cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural exchange. Apply by October 1, 2024. Visit: https://camargofoundation.org/programs/camargo-core-program/

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 November 1-30, 2025. Apply by November 30, 2024.  Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/Moovy

GERMANY: NRW KULTURsekretariat offers a “Digital Performance” funding programme to support projects that combine digital narratives and technology. The focus is on performative approaches that deal with themes of digitality or digitalisation and pursue a non-linear dramaturgy or incorporate responsive elements into the stage action. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.nrw-kultur.de/en/programmes/digital-performance

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 theatre professionals from abroad 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: InDANCE residency project, which explores accessibility through Inclusive DANCE, seeks to unite 5 individuals from diverse European backgrounds, each possessing expertise in inclusive dance, to collaborate with the EXIS team. Apply by September 15, 2024. Visit: https://exisdancecompany.gr/

INDIA: Farm Studio International Artists Residency hosts artists throughout the year, with accommodations available for 6 to 12 residents at one time. Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://farmingstudio.wordpress.com/art-residency/

INTERNATIONAL: Ballet Nights presents unique evenings of classical ballet, neo-classical ballet, and contemporary dance. The program is seeking acts ready to stage from across the world in new revolutionary spaces worldwide. Apply by January 1, 2025. Visit: http://www.Youtube.com/@BalletNights

ITALY: Cinedanza 2024 International Screendance Contest and Festival is calling for dance films. Apply by September 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/cinedanzafestival

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

ITALY: Officine CAOS is seeking emerging artists from abroad who work in the fields of contemporary theatre and dance, performance, or multimedia art in order to present their work during December 2024 - April 2025. Apply by September 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.officinecaos.net/index.php/en/opencall2024-25/

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 3, 2024.  Visit: https://www.saison.or.jp/en/application

JAPAN: Arts Council Tokyo provides support for up-and-coming artists and arts organizations taking on the challenge of fresh artistic and creative activities who aspire to become active in Tokyo’s arts scene. The goal is participation in performances, exhibitions, art projects, and international festivals in Tokyo or overseas as well as international collaborations. Apply by September 26, 2024. Visit: https://www.artscouncil-tokyo.jp/en/what-we-do/support/grants/startup-grant-program/66583/

JAPAN: Contemporary Dance Association of Japan is accepting applications with complete dance pieces to be performed for Dance Pan 2025, taking place on March 8 & 9, 2025. Apply by October 25, 2024. Visit: http://www.gendaibuyou.or.jp/news/recruit/n24072500

JAPAN: Kyoto Art Center offers an artist-in-residence program to support the creative activities of emerging artists and researchers in the arts who seek to create new artistic expression through exposure to different cultures. Apply by September 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.kac.or.jp/news/20240820/

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: ATLAS Mexico Biennial International Dance Festival 2025 is a pedagogical and scenic meeting point that showcases performative works and workshops featuring the most important trends in the dance scene. The festival will take place April 14-25, 2025. Apply by

December 30, 2024. Visit: http://www.atlasmexicofestival.com

NETHERLANDS: The entry call for the Cinedans – Dance on Screen Festival 2025 is open and accepting submissions from students. The festival will take place March 21-23, 2025, at Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam. Apply by October 1, 2024. Visit: https://cinedans.nl/

ONLINE: Rollout Dance Film Festival invites dance, movement, image, and video artists to submit their dance films to the 5th edition of the festival. Inaugurated in 2016, it is a biennial dance film festival in Macao co-organized by Ieng Chi Dance Association, Point View Art Association, and Concept Pulse Studio. Apply by September 20, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/ROLLOUTDanceFilmFestival

PORTUGAL: Lugar Futuro is a showcase of choreographic works by young choreographers who are starting a career in the professional world of dance, framed within the youth dance festival Lugar Futuro, which takes place March 13-16, 2025. Apply by October 31, 2024. Visit: https://on-the-move.org/news/lugar-presente-lugar-futuro-youth-dance-festival-2025-portugal

PORTUGAL: The second edition of the Zêzere Cinedance Festival, organized by Madrasta Dance, is calling for applications. By bringing together creators from all over the world through film, the festival aims to turn the city of Ferreira do Zêzere, in the center of Portugal, into a place of creative excellence for cinedance. Apply by September 8, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/ZezereCinedanseFestival

SPAIN: LAV Artist Residency is a project that aims to accommodate artistic creation in situ in the city of Granada, offering a space for creation and exhibition based on coexistence and community. The residency is proposed as a laboratory for experimental creation and as an exhibition and informative place. Duration of residency is from one to two months. Rolling deadline.  Visit: https://espaciolavadero.com/

SWITZERLAND: A project week for young choreographers and composers up to age 35 will take place from April 8-15, 2025 at the Choreographic Centre of the Tanzhaus Basel. Apply by September 15, 2024. Visit: http://tanzhausbasel.ch

SWITZERLAND: The Sudkulturfonds has developed a grant to support 100 artists from countries in the global South and East who are in the early stages of their careers. The project supports performances happening at Swiss venues. Apply by four weeks before the project date.  Visit: https://www.suedkulturfonds.ch/ongoing-grants

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/

UK: London-based artists may apply for the Adore Dance London Residency Program. The residency offers free studio space for up to 10 weeks. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.adoredance.london/free-dance-studio-space-london-artistic-residency

UK: Motionhouse has a fantastic opportunity for a West Midlands-based emerging disabled choreographer to work alongside our Artistic Director, Kevin Finnan, and Assistant Director, Daniel Massarella, for a 12-week professional development placement as they create their new touring production, Hidden. Apply by September 13, 2024. Visit: https://www.motionhouse.co.uk/

NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:

NATIONAL:

HOUSTON: Houston Ballet’s triple bill program includes a new work by Silas Farley, an emerging American neoclassicist who debuted his first piece with the Houston Ballet during the 2022 Margaret Alkek Williams Jubilee of Dance. Farley returns to create a new one-act on the company with a commissioned score by Kyle Werner. The world premiere will take place on September 19, 2024. Visit: https://www.houstonballet.org/seasontickets/2024-2025-season/velocity/

MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Ballet’s Principal Dancer Lia Cirio marks her second choreographic work for the company. Her ballet will feature neo-classical pointe work. The premiere will take place on October 24, 2024. Visit: https://www.bostonballet.org/performances/fall-experience/

NEW YORK: The 2024 Fall Fashion Gala continues to pair couture with contemporary choreography: a world premiere from Caili Quan marking her debut work for NYCB, a company premiere by Gianna Reisen originally made for the School of American Ballet in 2022, and Tiler Peck’s acclaimed winter 2024 creation Concerto for Two Pianos. The performance will take place on October 9, 2024. Visit: https://www.nycballet.com/support/special-events/fall-gala/

NEW YORK: In Crime and Punishment, Helen Pickett brings Raskolnikov’s story to life in the striking new ballet for the American Ballet Theater, featuring music by Isobel Waller-Bridge. The world premiere will take place on October 30, 2024. Visit: https://www.abt.org/event_dates/crime-and-punishment-2024-10-30-730pm/

NEW YORK: American Ballet Theater’s triple bill includes new works by Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham. World premiere will take place on October 16, 2024. Visit: https://www.abt.org/performances/fall-season/

OKLAHOMA: Tulsa Ballet’s Creations in Studio K program is commissioning new works by the most in-demand choreographers in the world: Young Soon Hue, Alice Topp, and Stephanie Martinez will present new works. The world premiere will take place on September 13, 2024. Visit: https://tulsaballet.org/event/creations/

WYOMING: Jessica Lang will debut a brand-new work, her first contribution as PNB’s new Resident Choreographer. The world premiere will take place on September 20, 2024. Visit: https://www.pnb.org/season/the-times-are-racing/

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AUSTRALIA: The world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar©, a full-length ballet commissioned exclusively for The Australian Ballet, takes inspiration from two of Oscar Wilde’s stories, The Nightingale and the Rose and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wheeldon masterfully weaves Wilde’s triumphs and trials through the choreography. The world premiere will take place on September 13, 2024. Visit: https://australianballet.com.au/performances/oscar

CANADA: Since 1984, CINARS, one of the most important international performing arts conferences in the world, takes place every two years in Montreal. After 18 editions, the CINARS Biennale has become a key worldwide event in performing arts touring. The 21st edition will take place from November 11-16, 2024. Visit:  https://cinars.org/en/cinars                                                                                                                                                         

GERMANY: In her first work for the Leipzig Ballet, American choreographer Lauren Lovette presents Romeo and Juliet, focusing on the heart of the tragedy: the relationships and feelings between the characters we all know and whose familiar story we are privileged to follow. This world premiere of Romeo and Juliet will take place on October 26, 2024. Visit: https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/romeo-und-julia/743

GERMANY: In Kinsun Chan and Martin Zimmermann’s new ballet for the Semperoper Ballet, Wonderful World, dancers try to make connections with others, and in so doing, they face the challenge of losing their balance and even the ground beneath their feet. The premiere will take place on October 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/wonderful-world-en/62467.html#ni_ev_30983

GERMANY: Roman Novitzky creates his first major work for the Stuttgart Ballet. After four successful pieces for the company in the smaller Schauspielhaus, the newly appointed Artist in Residence of the Stuttgart Ballet makes the leap into the “big house.” The world premiere will take place on September 29, 2024. Visit: https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/schedule/season-2024-25/novitzky-dawson/

NETHERLANDS: Choreographer Rena Butler makes her Dutch debut in Dutch National Ballet’s fall programme with Lies, Fairy Tales and Fallacies, in combination with two recent hit productions by Ted Brandsen and William Forsythe and an all-time favourite by Hans van Manen. The world premiere will take place on September 11, 2024. Visit: https://www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-national-ballet/2024-2025/generation-dance

NETHERLANDS: Dutch National Ballet’s young choreographers’ programme, initiated by Artistic Director Ted Brandsen in 2003, challenges the dancers of the company and young makers from outside to explore their choreographic talents, producing unique surprises every year. The premiere will take place on September 29, 2024. Visit: https://www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-national-ballet/2024-2025/new-moves-2024-2025

NETHERLANDS: NDT’s dancers present a new work by Christos Papadopoulos, who favours a minimalist and precise movement language. The world premiere will take place on September 26, 2024. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/architecture-of-the-invisible/

NETHERLANDS: NDT 2 opens the season with a double bill, which includes Marcos Morau’s Folkå (2021) and work by Nadav Zelner, whose passion for dance and music comes together in a complex choreography that inspires the artistic virtuosity of the dancers. The world premiere will take place on October 24, 2024. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/lucid-variations/

POLAND: The Crush On Trash Foundation presents Bioland, choreographed by Megan Doheny and Ilya Nikurov with the participation of Polish dancers. The performance was created as part of the National Institute of Music and Dance Program Choreographic Commissions - 2024 Edition. The premiere will take place on September 2, 2024. Visit: https://taniecpolska.pl/wydarzenia/krakow-zamowienia-choreograficzne-2024-fundacja-crush-on-trash-bioland/

UK: Northern Ballet’s sell-out series Three Short Ballets is returning to Leeds next month with a new programme of pieces, including two world premieres and one Northern premiere. The world premiere will take place on September 6, 2024. Visit: https://northernballet.com/three-short-ballets

UK: Birmingham Royal Ballet presents the world premiere of Luna. Five female choreographers from around the world take inspiration from the pioneering women of Birmingham. Each tells a story tackling universal themes through sweeping dramatic movement and intense, intimate moments of darkness and light. The performance will take place on October 23, 2024. Visit: https://www.brb.org.uk/shows/luna

UK: The Royal Ballet’s fall program Encounters includes new contemporary works by Pam Tanowitz and Joseph Toonga. The world premiere will take place on October 22, 2024. Visit: https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/encounters-four-contemporary-ballets-details

UK: National Dance Company of Wales presents Skinners by Australian choreographer Melanie Lane, who draws on her European and Indonesian heritage to move between cultural landscapes and influences. The performance features new music from composer Yamila Rios and costume designs by Don Aretino. The world premiere will take place on September 19, 2024. Visit: https://ndcwales.co.uk/index.php/frontiers-gorwelion

COMPETITIONS:

INTERNATIONAL:

BULGARIA: The 5th International Choreographic Competition LINKAGE is for emerging choreographers (up to age 40) to present their contemporary dance solos or duets of a duration between 5 and 13 minutes. Apply by September 10, 2024. Visit: https://dancingopportunities.com/5th-international-choreographic-competition-linkage/

TRENDING: Original story ballets – Oscar, by Christopher Wheeldon

In a bold new commission for The Australian Ballet, Oscar© draws on the eventful life and unforgettable writings of the great Irish author Oscar Wilde. The eyes of the ballet world will be on the production’s world-premiere season at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 13 – 24 September, before taking to the stage at the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House from 8 – 23 November. The 19 November performance at the Sydney Opera House will be streamed live to a worldwide audience. Link: https://www.broadwayworld.com/australia-melbourne/article/New-Oscar-Wilde-Ballet-by-Christopher-Wheeldon-Premieres-From-the-Australian-Ballet-20240807

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

You, the Choreographer – Creating and Crafting Dance, by Vladimir Angelov, Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 2024This brand new book on choreographic creativity offers a fresh perspective on historic contexts and current innovative practices in dance making, and it is perfectly suitable for artists, educators, and all interested in the timeless art of creating dances.

Please take a quick look at this short YouTube infomercial highlighting the book’s main features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_jQty1z0xY  

Please use code YTC24 to special order the book for your classes and dance library with free shipping and a 25% discount at the publisher’s website: https://www.routledge.com/You-the-Choreographer-Creating-and-Crafting-Dance/Angelov/p/book/9780367444464

Famous choreographers worldwide have praised this book as:

"…inspiration to finding your individuality as a choreographer." — Jennifer Archibald, Cincinnati Ballet, and Faculty, Yale School of Drama, USA

"…advice on how to begin, which is the most important part of the work." — Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Choreographer, The Netherlands

"…a meticulous and thoughtful handbook for anyone interested in choreography." — Neil Ieremia, Black Grace, New Zealand

"…a lovely and useful resource for anyone interested in the timeless art of choreography." — Christopher Wheeldon, The Royal Ballet, UK

"…a compass to explore choreography and direct dance." — Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Geneve, Switzerland, and Eastman, Belgium

CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY AND CHOREOGRAOHERS:

Obsessed with Light, Between the Rivers Productions, USA, 2023. This full-length documentary film tells the story of American performer and choreographer Loie Fuller, a pioneer of dance, stage lighting and design. Directors Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum create a visual poem that pays homage to Fuller’s specific artistic achievement. Stay tuned for more information on typical trailer release dates by following the website: http://www.obsessedwithlightdocumentary.com

Short trailer: https://vimeo.com/945636108

CRANKO, a film by Joachim A. Lang; produced by Till Derenbach and Michael Souvignier.  John Cranko’s life and death read like a Hollywood movie. To this day, his name stands for a chapter of dance history that is celebrated all over the world as the “Stuttgart Ballet miracle.” The film premiere will take place on September 20, 2024. Visit: https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/schedule/season-2024-25/cranko/

Black Box https://zeitsprung.de/en/productions-1/cranko

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KEEP CHOREOGRAPHING -- MOVE DANCE FORWARD!

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CHOREOGRAPHY, INC.

Dance ICONS -- The Global Network for Choreographers!

Vladimir Angelov | Founding and Executive Director

 Asami Seki | International Network News Coordinator

Camilla Acquista, Executive Editor-in-Chief| Charles Scheland | Executive Assistant

Theo Kossenas | Director of Web Development

We are thankful to all our amazing Dance ICONS Global Representatives, especially:

Christina Nikolaidis-Strommer (Austria),

Elizabeth Gahl (France), Karol Urbański (Poland),

Veronica Posth (Germany), and Maya Zhalova-Kanwar (India)