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DANCE ICONS NEXT STEP - February 2025
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Eu-rope & Asia: Palm Desert Choreography Festival, CA; Dance Camera West, CA; Choreography Fellow-ship at Jacob’s Pillow, MA; Princess Grace Foundation-USA Open Call; New York City Ballet’s New York Choreographic Institute, and Movement Research Artist-in-Residence, NY; BalletX Choreographic Fellowship, PA, USA; KITOKI Open Call, BELGIUM; Chore Lab, FRANCE; Pina Bausch Fellowship, LABOR, and HELLERAU, GERMANY; Altofest Open Call, ITALY; YUIPORT Residency, JAPAN; IDEA Open Call, JORDAN; Singapore Fringe, SINGAPORE, etc.
New Works & Events: NEW Alexei Ratmansky in New York; Pam Tanowitz in Miami, Stanton Welch, Caili Quan, and Gregory Dawson in Philadelphia; Andrea Peña in Vancouver, Edward Clug in Berlin; Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in Amsterdam, Patrick de Bana in Milan, Reija Wäre in Helsinki; Andonis Foniadakis in Hanover, etc.
Contests: Hannover International Choreographic Competition 39 (Germany), RIDCC (Netherlands), Solo Dance Competition (Poland)
Trending: Dancing in the sands: Noé Soulier’s nomadic choreography transforms AlUla’s desert
New Books: Pilobolus: A Story of Dance and Life, by Robert Pranzatelli (Author), University Press of Florida, 2024
New Movies: Wicked (2024), directed by Jon M. Chu, choreography by Christopher Scott
CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:
NATIONAL:
ARIZONA: The Made in Wickenburg Artist Residency Program 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. Application is open to US artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://dewpac.org/programs/made-in-wickenburg/
CALIFORNIA: Palm Desert Choreography Festival presents new and original choreography and features a competition in two divisions, plus networking opportunities for choreographers and dancers. Apply by March 15, 2025 for early bird discount and April 1, 2025 for regular deadline. Visit: https://www.mccallumtheatre.org/festival-details/
CALIFORNIA: Dance film choreographers are invited to consider Los Angeles’ prominent Dance Camera West 2026, which is calling for submissions. The festival is open to film media in any dance style or genre. Apply by July 1, 2025. Festival Dates: January 23-26, 2026. Visit: http://www.dancecamerawest.org/
COLORADO: T2 ChoreoFest provides professional development, resources, and support for emerging choreographers. Mentors from professional dance companies will provide daily feedback for choreographers, who will undertake three rehearsals working with the T2 Dance Company dancers. Apply by March 31, 2025. Visit: https://t2dance.org/choreofest/
FLORIDA: The Regional Dance America’s National Choreography Intensive 2025 is a multi-faceted program providing emerging choreographers and seasoned choreographers with the opportunity to work and create under the guidance of nationally recognized professionals. Festival dates: June 15 - June 29, 2025. Apply by May 30, 2024. Visit: http://www.nationalchoreographyintensive.com
GEORGIA: Contemporary dance company Kit MODUSoffering 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
MARYLAND: USArtists International supports performances by U.S. artists at cultural festivals and arts marketplaces around the globe. Committed to the presence of U.S.-based artists on world stages, USArtists International provides grants to ensembles and individual performers in dance, music, and theater. Apply by February 26, 2025 for projects taking place from
June 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026. Visit: https://www.midatlanticarts.org/opportunity/usartists-international/
MASSACHUSETTS: The Choreography Fellowship at School at Jacob’s Pillow, led by Program Directors Dianne McIntyre and Risa Steinberg, will take place from August 18 – August 28, 2025. The program is fully process-oriented, with no expectation of an end-product or public showing. Apply by February 24, 2025. 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: Dance City Festival, formerly known as Detroit Dance City Festival, is in its thirteenth year in Detroit and first year in Chicago and New York. The festival includes performances, master classes, and networking opportunities. Apply by February 28, 2025. Visit: https://www.dancecityfestival.com/#home-section
MID-ATLANTIC: ArtsCONNECT supports performing arts touring projects collaboratively developed by presenters working together in the mid-Atlantic region. Apply by February 25, 2025. Visit: https://www.midatlanticarts.org/opportunity/artsconnect/
NEW HAMPSHIRE: The McDowell colony is currently accepting applications for its fellowships. The program provides time, space, and an inspiring environment to artists of exceptional talent. Apply by February 10, 2025 for residency dates March 1 – August 31, 2026. Visit: https://www.macdowell.org/apply/apply-for-fellowship
NEW YORK: BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers offers choreographers the chance to partner closely with a composer to produce an original dance work and score. Apply by February 2, 2025. Visit: https://balletcollective.com/forchoreographers2026
NEW YORK: Tri-M Foundation Performing Arts Grant Program supports the development and presentation of innovative, high-quality performing arts projects by regional non-profit arts organizations. Apply by February 15, 2025. Visit: https://tri-m.foundation/grantprogram
NEW YORK: The Democracy Cycle 2025 is a new commissioning program designed to support new works that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy. Apply by April 1, 2025. Visit: https://pacnyc.org/the-democracy-cycle/
NEW YORK: Full ON Subject Residency is a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project exploring feminist narratives totally removed from the patriarchal male gaze, providing New York City-based dance artists with a studio and financial support to develop and perform a new work. Looking for two women-identifying choreographers. Apply by March 24, 2025. Visit: https://wadedance.org/fullonsubject
NEW YORK: The Princess Grace Foundation USA is supports and elevates extraordinary early-career artists in theater, dance, and film through game-changing grants, nurturing and supporting Princess Grace Award winners throughout their careers. Apply by February 15, 2025. Visit: https://pgfusa.org/apply/
NEW YORK: The Movement Research at The Judson Church gives local and international artists an opportunity to showcase performance work at any stage of development. Apply by February 4, 2025. Visit: https://mailchi.mp/movementresearch/announcement-mr-at-judson-application?e=d2c9604558
NEW YORK: An American nonprofit with a program in Italy, the Bogliasco Foundation is now accepting applications for residencies for gifted artists and scholars during the spring 2026 semester. Apply by March 7, 2025. Visit: https://bfny.org/en/about/program-overview
NEW YORK: New York City Ballet New York Choreographic Institute accepting applications for the 2025 season. The program provides time, space, and resources for artists to advance both the process and practice of ballet today. Apply by March 1, 2025. Visit: http://www.nycballet.com/About/New-York-Choreographic-Institute/Sessions-Application.aspx
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: The Fertile Ground 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: 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 Galery accepting applications for project proposals. The program offers space to artists of all disciplines for studio work, rehearsal, performance, and exhibition in a beautiful storefront art space. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.smushgallery.com/opportunities
NEW YORK: Movement Research, one of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms, will select six artists to participate in the 2024/2025 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence Program. The program provides commissioning support, rehearsal space, and performance opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of movement-based artists. Apply by March 18, 2025. Visit: https://movementresearch.org/artist-opportunities-and-programs/residency-programs/artist-in-residence/
NEW YORK: The 19th Annual Dance Parade & Festival is open for submissions. Paid festival performance opportunities up to $500 will be considered. Festival date: May 17, 2025. Apply by March 1, 2025. Visit: https://danceparade.org/dance-in-the-parade/
NEW YORK: AGORA’s Auteur is a dynamic film festival celebrating emerging short filmmakers. Open to all artists, this event invites creative collaboration across disciplines, culminating in the production of compelling short films. Apply by March 9, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/agora_nyc/
NEW YORK: BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers is now in its 7th year, offering both emerging and established choreographers the chance to partner closely with a composer and a “source artist.” Apply by February 2, 2025. Visit: https://balletcollective.com/forchoreographers2026
NEW YORK: New York City choreographers and dance companies are invited to apply for residencies via the CUNY Dance Initiative, which are designed to take advantage of existing facilities while integrating the city’s dance community with the public university system. Apply by February 20, 2025. Visit: https://www1.cuny.edu/sites/dance-initiative/apply/
NORTH EASTERN REGION: The Mentorship Residency Program is a residency concept that serves as an arts incubator with workspace that fosters mentorship by pairing two artists together during a residency period to cultivate rich conversation, collaboration, and exchange. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://indigoartsalliance.me/mentorship-residency-program/
PENNSYLVANIA: The Iron Factory is offering free 1-week residencies for individual artists in the initial creation of new work. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.theironfactory.org/residency
PENNSYLVANIA: BalletX Choreographic Fellowship unites one emerging artist each season with a distinguished choreographer who will serve as a mentor as they both create world premieres on the BalletX dancers. Apply by February 7, 2025. Visit: https://www.balletx.org/artist-training-and-resources/choreographic-fellowship/
TEXAS: Applications are open for Small Plates Choreography Festival, a curated dance performance series. Apply by May 1, 2025. Festival Dates: September 5 & 6, 2025. Visit: https://smallplatesdance.com/apply/
INTERNATIONAL:
ARGENTINA: Vinilonga is accepting submissions from individuals or groups that make documentaries, fiction, and experimental short films. Apply by February 26, 2025. Festival Dates: March 28 & 29, 2025. Visit: https://vinilonga.org/
ARMENIA: HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival is calling for applications from performing arts companies and artists to present their productions in all genres of performing arts. Apply by March 15, 2025. Festival Dates: October 1-8, 2025. Visit: https://highfest.am/apply/
AUSTRALIA: QL2 Dance offers curated residencies for both 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: Culture Moves Europe connects artists, creators, and cultural professionals from countries participating in the Creative Europe Program. The program offers mobility, focusing on emerging artists and allowing 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
BELGIUM: Workspacebrussels supports research, experimentation, and creation by offering residencies to Belgian and international artists working within the performing arts. Apply by April 1, 2025 for a residency between January and July 2026. Apply by November 1, 2025 for a residency between August and December 2026. Visit: https://www.workspacebrussels.be/en/studio-residency
BELGIUM: The KITOKI Foundation has launched an open call for artists to send in their creations in the genre of video dance. Apply by February 7, 2025. Visit: https://kitoki.io
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/
CANADA: Circuit-Est Choreographic Centre offers the Support for Artists Program, which promotes not only the emergence of new talent, but also its development and full expression by offering 15 to 18 residencies and advanced training support to dance artists each year. Apply by March 1, 2025. Visit: https://circuit-est.qc.ca/en/activities/programmes-2/
CROATIA: Pan-Adria is calling for contemporary dance productions with concepts and projects that will engage with the region. Apply by February 20, 2025. Visit: https://www.pan-adria.org/
EUROPE: Pan-Adria is calling for contemporary dance productions whose concepts and projects are ‘taking up the region to take on the field’ in 2025/2026. Artists from Slovenia, Friuli – Venezia Giulia, Veneto, and/or Croatia may apply by February 20, 2025. Visit: https://www.pan-adria.org/open-call/2024-2025
EUROPE: Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival provides a platform for some of Europe’s most vibrant and promising choreographers to show their work to performing arts professionals and local audiences. Hosted by Artisti Associati, the 14th edition of Aerowaves will take place from April 24-26, 2025. Apply by March 21, 2025. Visit: https://aerowaves.org/spring-forward-registration-form/
EUROPE: Culture Moves Europe announces its open call for artists and cultural professionals. The program 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
FRANCE: Transforme is a touring festival launched by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès to promote innovation in the performing arts. The programme is open to emerging and established artists based in France and around the world across all disciplines. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.fondationdentreprisehermes.org/fr/formulaire-transforme-en
FRANCE: The Choreographic Laboratory company IFunamboli offers a unique opportunity for students to approach the work process, dynamics, creative logic, and technical requirements that characterize work in a professional company. Courses will take place over 6 weekends from January to June, 2025. For information, contact Fabio Crestale at ifunamboli@gmail.com or Visit: http://www.ifunamboli.com
FRANCE: Côte d’Azur Dance Festival is calling for entries for the International Dance Film Competition “MOV’IN Cannes,” taking place on November 27, 2025. Apply by April 30, 2025. Visit: http://www.festivaldedanse-cannes.com
GERMANY: K3 Center for Choreography is calling for applications for The mobile Pop Ups, which are dance productions for young audiences. The opportunities will have close exchange between the artists and the young target group. Apply by February 15, 2025. Visit: https://k3-hamburg.de/en/k3/jobs&callforproposals
GERMANY: PACT Zollverein residency program is open to professional artists from Germany and abroad who work in the areas of dance, performance, media arts, or music. The program supports lively exchange between practice and theory. Apply by February 25, 2025. Visit: https://www.pact-zollverein.de/en/artists-centre/residencies
GERMANY: The Pina Bausch Fellowship supports individual artists and offers them the freedom to further develop their unique artistic style through mentoring, exchange, and new experiences. Apply by March 15, 2025. Visit: https://fellowship.pinabausch.org/en/home
GERMANY: The “Digital Performance” funding programme supports artists whose projects combine digital narratives and technology. The focus is on performative approaches that either 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: Fonds Transfabrik, a German-French partnership for the performing arts, allocates funding for new Franco-German projects, especially in the fields of contemporary dance, drama, and circus, as well as puppet theater, theater of objects, and street arts. Apply by March 18, 2025. Visit: http://www.fondstransfabrik.com/
GERMANY: The International Coproduction Fund by Goethe-Institut funds coproductions worldwide that grow out of collaborative and dialogue-based working processes in the performing arts. The fund promotes innovative productions, international cultural exchange, and new approaches. Apply by May 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/int.html
GERMANY: Tanzplattform Rhein-Main Pop-Up Residence offers a series of one- to two-week residencies for local dance professionals and their teams in the rooms of the Hessisches Staatsballett or Mousonturm. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.tanzplattformrheinmain.de/de/professionell-tanzen/residenzen/pop-up-residenz/
GERMANY: In 2026, HELLERAU European Centre for the Arts will host the Dance Platform Germany, which presents current developments and innovative trends in contemporary dance every two years. An independent jury will select up to 12 productions for the program, which will be shown at HELLERAU in mid-March 2026. Productions created in Germany between September 2023 and August 2025 will be considered. Visit: https://www.hellerau.org/de/festival/tanzplattform2026/
GERMANY: The Kubinaut District is calling for proposals for the Berlin Project Fund for Cultural Education, which supports artistic cooperation projects with children, teenagers, and young adults up to age 27. Deadline varies from district to district. Visit: https://www.kubinaut.de/de/event/foerdersaeule-3-fuer-2025-projekte-bis-5000/
GERMANY: NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste offers guest performance funding for dance and theater/freelance artists in North Rhine-Westphalia. Deadline differs depending on the performance date. Visit: https://www.landesbuerotanz.de/tanz-foerdern/gastspielfoerderung
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. 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
GERMANY: The LABOR - Experimental Field for Choreography and Dance at the Domenig Steinhaus serves as an incubator for artists and supports them in developing their own choreographic language and testing out various compositional tools. The program is looking for 2–3 choreographers and 6–8 dancers. Apply by February 9, 2025. Visit: https://ccb-tanz.at/ausschreibung-labor-2025/
GREECE: Applications are being accepted for the residency program “Listening to a Permanent Culture of Dance,” which will focus on the intersection of dance, permaculture, and sustainability. Residency dates: April 14-May 4, 2025. Apply by February 15, 2025. Visit: https://paleohori.com/events-posts/listening-to-a-permanent-culture-of-dance/
INDIA: Farm Studio International Artist Residency hosts artists throughout the year, with accommodations available for 6 to 12 residents at one time. Residents stay and create in a quiet art centre and beautiful environment where they can develop their artwork free from distractions. Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://farmingstudio.wordpress.com/art-residency/
ITALY: Corposensibile is a research and selection program for screendance that will explore the synergical collaboration between performative movement and cinematic expression. Apply by April 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/drupacentre/
ITALY: Altofest is a systemic live performance by Teatringestazione shared in the form of a festival with a heterogeneous collectivity. Festival dates: June 2-15, 2025. Apply by February 23, 2025. Visit: https://www.teatringestazione.com/altofest/opencall_2025_en/
ITALY: International Under 30 Open Call is accepting applications for projects from 27 European counties, including Italy, Central Europe, and The Balkans. The 9 selected shows will take place on the international stage at mittelyoung 2025 from May 15-18, 2025. Apply by February 12, 2025. Visit: https://www.mittelfest.org/en/mittelyoung2024-2/
ITALY: Kulturfactory Performing Arts Residency is for 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
JAPAN: The Hokuriku Region Dance Festival 2025 is an Artist-in-Residence programme that supports artists from various fields of art in the Hokuriku region to engage with local residents and find new opportunities for interaction through their art. Program dates: July 14-22, 2025. Apply by February 28, 2025. Visit: https://hokuriku-dance-project.com/
JAPAN: Hachinohe Performing Arts Center is calling for performing artists to present their work and give workshops in Aomori, Hachinohe. Apply by February 5, 2025. Visit: https://hacchi.jp/programs2/performingarts2025/application.html
JAPAN: Application process is now open for domestic and overseas artists to participate in the YUIPORT Artist-in-Residence Program. Apply by February 7, 2025. Visit: https://www.yui-port.com/information.php?q=5183
JAPAN: Kuma Foundation is accepting applications from creators in any genre under the age of 25 for a year-round scholarship to support their creation. Apply by March 16, 2025. Visit: https://kuma-foundation.org/scholarship/guideline/
JAPAN: Kyoto Arts Center is calling for applications for its residency program, which offers space for creation and performance. Apply by February 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.kac.or.jp/news/20250120/
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
JORDAN: IDEA – International Dance Encounter Amman is a multidisciplinary festival that aims to create a bridge that will unite the artistic influences of Jordan and abroad. Festival dates: September 25-October 1, 2025. Apply be February 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/idea.jo.dance
KOREA: ARTSinTank Dance Festival in Korea, an ultimate stage for global choreographers, is now accepting applications for the live stage performance as well as dance film. Festival dates: July 2 - July 6, 2025. Apply by February 28, 2025. Visit: https://ingdance.kr/58
KOREA: MODAFE is calling for the world’s leading contemporary dancers and choreographers born from 1990-2005 to apply for a choreographic competition. Open to all styles of contemporary dance. Apply by February 7, 2025. Visit: http://www.modafe.org/
NORWAY: Davvi - Centre for Performing Arts invites professional performing artists to apply for its Artist-in-Residence Program. Apply by February 10, 2024. Visit: https://www.davvi.org/sok-stotte/artist-in-residence
PORTUGAL: The Quinzena de Dança de Almada’s organisation invites professional choreographers and dance companies to submit their projects for presentation on the International Platform from October 2-4, 2025. Apply by February 21, 2025 for live stage performance and March 30, 2025 for film dance. Visit: https://www.cdanca-almada.pt/en/festival/calls
PORTUGAL: Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, a not-for-profit space and an organization, once per year offers a 4-week or longer residency that covers studio and accommodation fees. Emerging and professional artists, performers, musicians, curators, writers, and other cultural agents are eligible to apply. Apply by email. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://zaratan.pt/en/residencies/
SINGAPORE: Singapore Fringe Festival 2026 is now calling for applications. The festival focuses on presenting work fueled by socially engaged practices. Apply by March 7, 2025. Visit: https://2025.singaporefringe.com/Fringe-2026
SLOVENIA: The International Festival of Young Dance Creators OPUS 1, 16th Edition, will promote contemporary dance and discover fresh talent, while seeking to foster the creativity of young dance creators rather than to push for competitiveness. Apply by March 11, 2025. Visit: https://www.jskd.si/ples/prireditve_ples/opus/opus_25/english_opus_25.htm
SPAIN: Danzad Danzad Malditos, a dance and movement arts festival that takes place in the city of Pamplona, is calling for dance and movement arts proposals for its 10th edition in August 2025. The festival is an open-air dance festival that vindicates dance as a tool for human and social growth. Apply by February 15, 2025. Visit: https://danzadmalditos.com/
SPAIN: MASDANZA, the International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands, will include choreography competitions for solo and group pieces. Festival dates: October 2-26, 2025. Apply between February 17-April 18, 2025. Visit: https://www.masdanza.com/english/terms-and-conditions-ii/
SPAIN: LAV Artist Residency is a project that aims to accommodate artistic creation in situ in the city of Granada by offering a space for creation and exhibition based on coexistence and community. The residency is proposed as a laboratory for experimental creation and an exhibition and informative place. Duration of the residency is one to two months. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://espaciolavadero.com/
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 at Swiss venues. Apply by four weeks before the project date. Visit: https://www.suedkulturfonds.ch/ongoing-grants
UK: Pavilion Dance South West invites applications for the Visiting Artist Scheme 2025: Creation Residency. The opportunity is open to UK-based artists working in dance or movement-based practices. Apply by March 3, 2025. Visit: https://www.pdsw.org.uk/vacancies/visiting-artist-callout-2025/
UK: The RAMDAM is an arts center that supports creation, artistic synergy, and interdisciplinary research. A call for residencies is open to artists or teams of all practices devoted to creation, research, or experimentation. Apply by March 23, 2025. Visit: https://ramdamcda.org/information/devenir-residente
UK: Young Creative Awards presents an opportunity for 11- to 24-year-olds living, working or studying in Nottingham to showcase their creativity. Categories span across ten art forms and are supported by professionals in the creative industries in Nottingham. Apply by March 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.youngcreativeawards.org/
UK: Yorkshire Dance is seeking applications from artists based in Yorkshire for the Dance Partner Projects Programme 2025-26. Apply by March 17, 2025. Visit: https://yorkshiredance.com/opportunity/dance-partner-projects-2025-26/
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: Dance Partner Projects 2025-26 is seeking applications from dance artists or companies based in the North of England, with priority given to Yorkshire artists, to provide an opportunity to research and develop a new or early-stage artistic project. Apply by March 17, 2025. Visit: https://yorkshiredance.com/opportunity/dance-partner-projects-2025-26/
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
NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:
NATIONAL:
FLORIDA: Pam Tanoviz will create a new work for the Miami City Ballet. Her signature intentional unpredictability, whimsical complexity, and natural drama draws from the rules of master creators while subtly redefining the tradition of dance. World premiere: February 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.miamicityballet.org/tickets-and-events/202425-season/winter/
ILLINOIS: Joffrey Ballet presents a program featuring the world premiere of Dani Rowe’s Princess and the Pea. Premiere date: February 20, 2025. Visit: https://joffrey.org/performances-and-tickets/24-25-season/golden-hour/
NEW YORK: Dance on Camera is the longest-running dance film festival in the world, providing a platform for choreographic storytelling and creative expression. Festival dates: February 21-24, 2025. Visit: https://www.dancefilms.org/
NEW YORK: New York City Ballet’s Innovators & ICONS program includes a new work by Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmanskyhis eighth dance commissioned by the company. World premiere: February 6, 2025. Visit: https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/winter-2025/innovators-and-icons/
PENNSYLVANIA: Ballet X presents a winter series program including world premieres by former company dancer Calli Quan and Gregory Dawson have World premiere: February 12, 2025. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FVha3L1ep8&t=3s
PENNSYLVANIA: Pennsylvania Ballet presents a new work by choreographer Stanton Welch AM, featuring music by contemporary composers Jennifer Higdon and Michael Nyman. World premiere: March 20, 2025. Visit: https://philadelphiaballet.org/24-25-season/bolero/
WYOMING: Pacific Northwest Ballet presents a new work from company dancer Price Suddarth. World premiere: March 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.pnb.org/season/emergence/
INTERNATIONAL:
AUSTRALIA: Loughlan Prior has created The Wild Between Stars, which will have its world premiere with West Australian Ballet on February 7, 2025. Visit: https://waballet.com.au/ballet-at-the-quarry
AUSTRIA: Belgian-Burkinese choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly returns to the Festspielhaus after Wakatt with C la vie, an equally adventurous and critical celebration of life. Austrian premiere: February 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/serge-aime-coulibaly-faso-danse-theatre/4193
AUSTRIA: Festspielhaus presents Specky Clark, a series of theatrical images by Oohna Doherty, linking her own family mythology to contemporary dance and Irish folklore. Austrian premiere: March 7, 2025. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/oona-doherty/4196
CANADA: The world premiere of Marco Goecke’s Morpheus’ Dream for the National Ballet of Canada will take place on February 26, 2025. Visit: https://national.ballet.ca/productions/the-four-seasons/
CANADA: Ballet BC presents a program featuring a world premiere by the winner of the 2024 Ballet BC Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award, the return of a masterful work from a renowned creator, and a new commission from a longtime collaborator. ZENITH brings a new creation by Andera Pena and a world premiere by Fernando Hernando Magadan. Premiere date: March 6, 2025. Visit: https://balletbc.com/performance/zenith/
DENMARK: Detached From Others, created by Jon R. Skulberg, explores how a state like loneliness can be expressed choreographically and musically. Premiere date: February 25, 2025. Visit: https://dansehallerne.dk/en/public-program/performance/18205/
FINLAND: Finnish National Ballet presents a new ballet choreographed by Reja Ware by which offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the life of Édith Piaf. Premiere date: February 28, 2025. Visit: https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/repertoire/edith-piaf-la-vie-en-rose/
GERMANY: Andonis Foniadakis develop a new full-length ballet for the company of the State Ballet of Hanover, together with Julien Tarride, who will create an electro-acoustic commissioned composition for this piece. World premiere: February 24, 2025. Visit: https://staatstheater-hannover.de/en_EN/programm/ikaros.1360273
GERMANY: Choreographer Eduard Clug will create a new Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Staats Ballet Berlin. Clug’s choreographic interpretation will be set to the music specially composed by Milko Lazar for this piece. World Premiere: February 21, 2025. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/a-midsummernights-dream/147.html#a_313
ITALY: Parick Bana presents Carmen, his first creation for La Scala’s Ballet Company. World Premiere: February 28, 2025. Visit: https://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/2024-2025/ballet/kratz-preljocaj-de-bana-solitude-sometimes-annonciation-carmen.html
JAPAN: Kyoto Choreography Award presents a program with works by young choreographers, which will include feedback from the audience. Performance Dates: February 23 & 24, 2025. Visit: https://jcdn-web.org/news/news-3087/
NETHERLANDS: Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company presents three premiere works by Netherlands-based female choreographers Zoë Greten,, Annbelle Lopez Ochoa and nd Milena Sidorova. Performance Date: February 8, 2025. Visit: https://www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-national-ballet/2024-2025/made-nl
NETHERLANDS: Nederlands Dans Theatre (NDT) presents a world premiere by Simon McBurney, Artistic Director of Complicité, and NDT Associate Choreographer Crystal Pite, who created a triptych together. Performance Date: February 7, 2025. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/figures-in-extinction/
NETHERLANDS: The NDT 2 dancers perform a new work by Botis Seva, founder of company Far From The Norm, who works within the realm of hip-hop, physical theatre, and contemporary dance and is a new voice for NDT. World premiere: March 27, 2025. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/falling-into-shadow/
NORWAY: How Romantic by Katerina Andreou creates space for reflection—on power and relations, intimacy, forced entertaining, and maybe the role of love as the ultimate finishing line for any race, even when it feels unattainable. Performance Date: March 7, 2025. Watch: https://vimeo.com/1041129225/a478faaf59
POLAND: The dancers from Grand Theatre Poznań present their creations in the program Spectrum 03. Premiere date: March 20, 2025. Visit: https://opera.poznan.pl/en/spectrum-03
SPAIN: Dansa València serves as a platform for artists from all over Spain, presenting works from Catalonia, Andalusia, and the Balearic Islands. Performance dates: April 5-13, 2025. Visit: https://dv.ivc.gva.es/en/
SWEDEN: In the work Haunted Desires, Björn Säfsten delves further into man’s constant failures with communication and the impact these failures have on the individual. Premiere Date: March 7. 2025. Visit: https://www.nordbergmovement.se/artists/bjorn-safsten/
SWITZERLAND: Ihsan Rustem has created a new piece for Zurich Ballet Juniors to be performed on February 16 & 23. Visit: https://www.opernhaus.ch/spielplan/kalendarium/the-butterfly-effect/2024-2025/
COMPETITIONS:
INTERNATIONAL:
GERMANY: The application process is now open for the Hannover International Choreographic Competition 39. Choreographers age 39 and under may apply. The competition is open to any style of dance. Apply by March 15, 2025. Competition Dates: June 19-21, 2025. Visit: https://choreography-hannover.de/en/choreagraphy-35/
NETHERLANDS: RIDCC invites choreographers from around the globe to submit their duets for the 7th edition of the duet competition. Competition Dates: June 11–14, 2025. Apply by March 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.ridcc.com/
POLAND: As part of Gdansk Dance Festival, the solo dance competition 2025 is accepting applications. Competition dates: September 22-25, 2025. Apply by March 31, 2025. Visit: https://gdanskdancefestival.wordpress.com/
TRENDING: Dancing in the sands: Noe Saoulier's nomadic choreography transforms the desert
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BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:
Pilobolus: A Story of Dance and Life, by Robert Pranzatelli (Author), University Press of Florida, 2024
The dynamic history of the innovative, beloved, and critically acclaimed dance theater company, with revelatory behind-the-scenes details of its creators and significant works. The ingeniously innovative and enduringly popular American dance theatre company Pilobolus has helped redefine, remix, and rejuvenate the essence of dance with its eclectic sensibility and daring athleticism. Now, for the first time, the story of Pilobolus, from its counterculture origins through its pop-culture triumphs and contemporary global acclaim, is revealed in a book that will entrance longtime admirers and newcomers alike.
Written with unprecedented access to the company—with insights from unpublished archival materials and interviews with its founders, dancers, and current artistic directors—and featuring both classic and never-before-seen photos, Pilobolus offers previously untold details about the group’s history and the creation of its most significant works. Robert Pranzatelli describes the company’s genesis in a Dartmouth dance class in 1971 and how Pilobolus revolutionized dance with its blend of sensuality, physical achievement, and visual wit.
CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY AND CHOREOGRAPHERS:
Wicked (2024) American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu, written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, with songs by Stephen Schwartz, and choreography by Christopher Scott. Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman named Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student with an unflinching desire for popularity. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship soon reaches a crossroad as their lives begin to take very different paths. Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQEpYRzKL0s
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