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Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Making Moves Fest Open Call, NYC, National Choreography Intensive, FL, Iron Factory, PA, USA;  Room to Move, AUSTRALIA; SoloCOREOGRAFICO, Italy; TelepARTMobility, FINLAND; Moulin/Belle, Transforme, Contact Improvisation Festival, ChoreoLab, FRANCE; Dance-techAIR, Platform 14, GERMANY; Arts Council Tokyo Grant, JAPAN; Zaratan Arte Open Call, PORTUGAL; BIDE and LAV AIR , SPAIN; Stray Birds Dance Platform, TAIWAN; Sudkulturfonds, SWITZERLAND; Space Clarence Mews, UK, etc.

New Works & Events: NEW Rena Butler, Lucinda Childs, Roy Assaf and Peter Chu in New York; Medhi Walerski in Vancouver; Guillaume Côté in Toronto; Hofesh Shechter in Paris; Demis Volpi in Hamburg; Akram Khan in Stuttgart; Dimo Milev in Tokyo; Krzysztof Pastor in Warsaw; Robert Bondara in Poznan; and festivals at Jacobs Pillow, Dancing on the Edge, and Moving Balkans, etc.

Competition: Jerusalem International Choreography Competition (Israel)

Trending: Andrea Miller/A.I.M. new work YEAR

New Books: Wild Grace - The Untamed Women of Modern Dance, by Sara Veale, Faber & Faber

New Movies: Étoile, by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

NATIONAL:

ALASKA: Ketchikan Dance Film Festival invites dance, movement, and video/film artists to submit their dance films to the third season of the festival. Apply by July 1, 2025 for regular deadline and by July 22, 2025 for late deadline. Festival Dates: September 27 – October 4, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/KetchikanDanceFIlmFestival

CALIFORNIA: The San Francisco Dance Film Festival is a multi-day international event showcasing the best in dance films from around the world. Apply by May 8, 2025 for late deadline. Festival Dates: November 5-9, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/SanFranciscoDanceFilmFestial?fbclid=IwAR1pDF3wdlNdYjJ8nNGrpCA0gLAQFrVXzCMzNw2SZXmdDb6ERXazlFsybPg

CALIFORNIA: In its 16th season, Hart Pulse Dance Company’s annual MixMatch Dance Festival brings works of choreographers from Southern California and across the United States. The festival runs August 29-31, 2025. Apply by May 31, 2025. Visit: https://www.hartpulsedance.com/tour

CALIFORNIA: Dance film choreographers are invited to submit entries for Los Angeles’ prominent Dance Camera West 2026 open call. 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: Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema is calling for entries of dance cinema submissions from around the world. The festival hosts many kinds of in-person and online events and is known for its dance film screenings, artist discussions, dance filmmaking workshops, and lots more. Apply by May 11, 2025. Visit: https://sanssoucifestival.org/call-for-entries/

FLORIDA: The Regional Dance America National Choreography Intensive 2025 is a multi-faceted program providing emerging and seasoned choreographers with the opportunity to work and create under the guidance of nationally recognized professionals. Intensive Dates: June 15 - June 29, 2025. Apply by May 30, 2025. Visit: http://www.nationalchoreographyintensive.com

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

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. Rolling Basis. Visit: https://cjgfamilyfoundation.com/

NEW YORK: Bethany Arts Community offers short-term residencies attracting artists at different stages of their careers from around the world for the development of both new works and works in progress. Apply by May 26, 2025. Visit: https://bethanyarts.org/residencies/

NEW YORK: Application cycle is open for US residents for the Small Plates Choreography Festival, a series of four curated dance performances to be presented November 7-9, 2025. Apply by August 1, 2025. Visit: www.smallplatesdance.com/newburgh-2

NEW YORK: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning is calling for applications for the 16th Annual Making Moves Dance Festival. Nine choreographers will be chosen. Apply by

May 16, 2025. Visit: https://jcal.submittable.com/submit/323175/16th-annual-making-moves-dance-festival-mmdf2025

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

NORTH EASTERN REGION AND MAINE: The Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Artists Residency Program 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. The program brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://indigoartsalliance.me/mentorship-residency-program/

PENNSYLVANIA: The Iron Factory in Philadelphia is offering free 1-week residencies for individual artists in the initial creation of new work. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.theironfactory.org/residency

RHODE ISLAND: ScreenDance RoadShow is a year-long traveling short dance film series in New England that showcases contemporary creative voices exploring choreography for the camera. Apply by July 27, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/motionstatearts

TENNESSEE: Loghaven Artist Residency invites emerging and established artists to apply for residencies during the open application cycle: June 1 through July 15, 2025. In addition to living in their own modernized log cabin, dancers and choreographers will have access to the performing arts studio. Visit: https://loghaven.org/residencies/apply/

US: UNESCO is launching the sixteenth call for applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity(IFCD). IFCD seeks projects with the ability to generate concrete and lasting results in the development of the creative sectors in the Global South. Apply by May 21, 2025. Visit: https://www.unesco.org/creativity/en/articles/submit-your-project-international-fund-cultural-diversitys-2025-call-applications?hub=11

US: National Performance Network is now accepting applications for the Creation and Development Fund, which supports the creation, development, and mobility of new artistic work that advances racial and cultural justice and results in the live experiential exchange between artists and community. Apply by May 19, 2025. Visit: https://npnweb.org/programs/cdf/

INTERNATIONAL:

ARGENTINA: Permanente.ciclo Festival is looking for works focusing on the relationship between body and movement for its multidisciplinary exhibitions. The festival promotes the work of artists from the local and international scene. There are several deadlines. Apply by June 23, 2025 for the latest. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/permanenteciclo

AUSTRALIA: Room to Move is a residency program that offers the dance studio at STACC at no charge for individual artists and small collectives for training, rehearsal, and/or experimentation. Apply by May 31, 2025. Visit: https://creativebrimbank.com.au/community/room-to-move-residency

AUSTRALIA: The Ian Potter Cultural Trust is committed to encouraging the arts scene in Australia. The Cultural Trust offers grants up to $10,000 to assist talented emerging and early career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas. Apply by June 17, 2025. Visit: https://www.ianpotterculturaltrust.org.au/opportunities/emerging-artist-grants/

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

CANADA: WildDogs International Screendance Festival invites dance, movement, image, and video artists to submit their dance films. The festival will take place October 4 & 5, 2025. WildDogs pays screening fees to all selected filmmakers. Apply by June 21, 2025. Visit: https://wilddogs.ca/

CANADA: Reboot: Micro-Grants by Scotiabank Dance Centre are small grants of up to $500 that help artists (maximum 2 per month) improve skills and create work. 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: SOLOCOREOGRAFICO, the dance festival dedicated to solo choreography, is open for applications. The festival will take editions in Italy / Germany / France during October 2025 – February 2026. Apply by May 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/solocoreografico/

EUROPE: European Cooperation Projects are open to all cultural and creative sectors, and proposals must present a clear cross-border cooperation dimension, as this is at the core of the grant. Apply by May 13, 2025. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/calls/2025-european-cooperation-projects

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

FINLAND: TelepARTMobility 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 receipt of the application. Open deadline. Visit: https://finnland-institut.de/telepart-support/

FRANCE: Compagnie Humaine / Eric Oberdorff launches a call for dance short films in partnership with Nice European Short Film Festival for its 2025 edition. Apply by May 31, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/NiceDanceFilm

FRANCE: The 13th edition of the Festival of Contact Improvisation is an opportunity to experience an exploration of dance and movement with quality workshops on contact improvisation and composition, jams, live music, and nature. Festival dates: July 19-25, 2025. Apply by July 19, 2025. Visit: https://www.emotionbodies.com/events/76-festival-contact-improvisation-provence-rustrel-summer-2025.html#angles

FRANCE: Choreographic Exchange at Moulin/Belle in Southwest France will take place August - October, 2025. Five to six participants will be selected through their application and interview. Application: https://forms.gle/afdxxjVqGDqjgirV8 Visit: https://www.instagram.com/moulinbelleperigord/

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 of gthe 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

GERMANY: The purpose of Danceland, by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, is to present the diversity of contemporary dance and to build long-lasting partnerships between dance ensembles and guest performance venues. General Project Funding accepts applications from creative artists twice a year to finance projects. Innovative projects with an international context are eligible to receive General Project Funding. Apply by July 31, 2025. 

Visit: https://www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/en/funding/general_project_funding.html

GERMANY: The “Digital Performance” funding programme supports artists whose projects 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: 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: 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: Platform 14 offers a space for international artists involved in different forms of dance to share their works with audiences and other artists in a theater setting. Apply by May 18, 2025. Visit: https://www.platformfourteen.com/applynow

GREECE: Thessaloniki Cinedance International is an independent festival aiming to showcase contemporary dance-on-screen works from around the world, featuring new ways to capture, edit, and process the movement of the body. Apply by July 18, 2025. Visit: https://die-wolke.org/tci

GREECE: Akropoditi Dance and Performing Arts Centre and the International Dance and Performing Arts Festival Akropoditi Dance Fest are now calling for applications for the Artistic Residency Program, which will take place from September – December, 2025. Apply by June 1, 2025. Visit: https://akropoditi.com/dancecentre/en/residencies-en/#1554724541704-3a535a8e-1533

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 at a quiet art centre in a 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: SOLOCOREOGRAFICO is a solo dance festival taking place in different cities in Italy and Germany, with a wide network of international partners. Apply by May 10, 2025.  Visit: www.solocoreografico.com

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: Arts Council Tokyo is accepting applications for the Art Development Grant from Tokyo residential artists. Apply by May 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.artscouncil-tokyo.jp/ja/what-we-do/support/grants/grant-for-artistic-city/73400/

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

JAPAN: The 30th edition of Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2025 (YPAM2025) will be held from November 28 - December 14, 2025. Registration opens July 1, 2025. Visit: https://ypam.jp/2025/news/newsroom/detail_1743488313.en.html

JAPAN: Assembridge Nagoya is accepting applications for their residency taking place from June 2025 - March 2026. Apply by May 7, 2025. Visit: https://assembridge.nagoya/2021-/21130.html

POLAND: The Polish Dance Platform 2026 is a prestigious event aimed at promoting and developing contemporary dance in Poland. Open for Polish tax residency. Apply by July 1, 2025. Visit: https://nimit.pl/en/aktualnosci/we-are-opening-the-call-for-applications-to-the-polish-dance-platform-2026/

PORTUGAL: Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, a not-for-profit space and 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. Apply by email. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://zaratan.pt/en/residencies/

SPAIN: The 17th Barcelona B>Meeting, the central event of Barcelona International Dance Exchange (BIDE), is a 5-day event where dancers, choreographers, and cultural managers from around 20 countries, different institutions, festivals and dance organizations meet in the same space for creative exchange and networking. Event dates: June 25-29, 2025. Visit: https://bidebarcelona.com/en/bmeeting-applications

SPAIN: LAV Artist Residency is proposed as a laboratory for experimental creation and exhibition based on coexistence and community. The project offers a space that accommodates artistic creation in situ in the city of Granada. 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

TAIWAN: The Taipei Culture Foundation has issued an open call for submissions for the Artist-in-Residence Taipei program, which allows contemporary art and cultural workers to visit and participate in a residency program in Taipei City. Apply by June 30, 2025. Visit: https://air-artistvillage.org.tw/

TAIWAN: The 7th Stray Birds Dance Platform is open for applications for solo or duet works lasting 8 to 13 minutes. Event Dates: December 20 & 21, 2025. Apply by June 1, 2025. Visit: https://lihi.cc/A01lK

TURKEY: SOLO Contemporary Dance Festival will take place August 30-31, 2025. As participants in the festival, choreographers and dancers from around the world are requested to perform a solo piece that is new, original, imaginative, and unique. Apply by June 8, 2025.  Visit: http://solodans.com

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: Applications are open for the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship at Girton College. The Fellowship supports artists to develop thought-provoking ideas through engagement with physicists and those in other fields, and to experiment with new approaches to their practice. Apply by May 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.cavendish-artscience.org.uk/open-call/

NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:

NATIONAL:

NEW YORK: WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates 24th Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival, which is committed to advancing the best of dance by providing on-stage and behind-the-scenes opportunities for 45 dance troupes from across America and around the globe. The festival will take place from June 26-29, 2025. Visit: https://whitewavedance.networkforgood.com/events/85248-2025-dumbo-dance-festival

NEW YORK: Gibney Company showcases two world premieres by Lucinda Childs and Peter Chu, alongside a company premiere by Roy Assaf. World premiere date at Joyce: May 6, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/157//gibney-company

NEW YORK: Parsons Dance presents a new work by Rena Butler in collaboration with composer Darryl J. Hoffman, plus Robert Battle’s The Hunt. World premiere date at Joyce: May 13, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/158//parsons-dance

NEW YORK: Ayodele Casel continues to capture the exuberant and tenacious spirit of tap dance with a world premiere for The Joyce stage. Casel pushes tap forward while holding reverence for the African American roots of the form. World premiere: May 28, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/159//ayodele-casel

NEW YORK: Mark Morris Dance Group launches its 45th anniversary season with two programs that celebrate both new works and beloved repertory. Premiere Dates:  July 15 and 22, 2025 at Joyce. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/167//mark-morris-dance-group

OREGON: Ihsan Rustem turns to the music of French songbird Edith Piaf for his 14th original work for NW Dance Project. Premiere date: May 30, 2025. Visit: https://nwdanceproject.org/performances

WASHINGTON STATE: Rena Butler will create a world premiere for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Director’s Choice Program. Premiere date: May 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.pnb.org/season/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRALIA: Australasian Dance Collective celebrates 40 years of dance with Blue, a triple bill that honours the past, embraces the present, and looks boldly toward the future. The program includes new work by Melanie Lane. Premiere date: May 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.qpac.com.au/whats-on/2025/australasian-dance-collective-blue?mc_cid=cb3efe2ebe&mc_eid=ebbfae5ab5

AUSTRIA: Hofesh Shechter and his British-based company plunge deep into a world of fantasy and the unconscious, inhabited by fears, hopes and desires in the Austrian premiere of Theater of Dreams. Performance date: May 16, 2025. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/hofesh-shechter-company/4224

AUSTRIA: In a very personal research project, French choreographer Mathilde Monnier and the Dance On Ensemble, founded in Berlin, dedicate themselves to the era of Johann Strauss in The Missing Step. World Premiere date: May 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.impulstanz.com/en/performances/pid1747/

CANADA: Dancing on the Edge Festival celebrates is Canada’s longest-running professional contemporary dance festival, featuring a diverse lineup of performances from both emerging and established artists. Festival Dates: June 12-21, 2025. Visit: https://chatgpt.com/c/6804190a-d640-8000-8572-c3179764db55

CANADA: Vancouver’s Company 605 and Singapore’s The Human Expression Dance Company join forces for a new international creation: Sloth Canon. Premiere Date: June 5, 2025. Visit: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/company-605-the-human-expression/

CANADA: Festival TransAmérique’s 19th edition will provide 200 choreographers, directors, performers, and designers from no less than 23 countries, presenting multiple visions of the world through powerful, moving, and sometimes disturbing dance and theatre shows. Festival Dates: May 22-June 5, 2025. Visit: https://fta.ca/en/news/launch-of-fta-2025

CANADA: Ballet BC’s At DUSK program includes a new creation from a sought-after choreographic duo, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, and Artistic Director Medhi Walerski.  World Premiere: May 8, 2025. Visit: https://balletbc.com/performance/dusk/

CANADA: Guillaume Côté bids “adieu” to The National Ballet of Canada by creating a new work and restaging his Boléro, celebrating his legacy as Principal Dancer and Choreographic Associate. Two additional world premieres from Canada’s Ethan Colangelo and Jennifer Archibald complete the programme. Performance date: May 30, 2025. Visit: https://national.ballet.ca/productions/adieu/

DENMARK: Kassandra Production presents the world premiere of Narrative Scripts, a late-night show about (self-)censorship, cancel culture, and tribal dancing. Premiere date: May 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.svalegangen.dk/events/gaesteforestillinger/2024-2025/narrative-scripts

EUROPE: Moving Balkans Showcase presents new works by choreographers from the Balkans region. Festival Dates: Ljubljana, SI (10–11 May), Rijeka, HR (12 May), Zagreb, HR (13 May). Visit: https://www.movingbalkans.eu/

FRANCE: Hofesh Shechter proposes dance that is visceral, intense, and electric for the Palais Garnier world premiere, with the dancers from Paris Opera Ballet. Premiere Date: June 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-24-25/ballet/hofesh-shechter

GERMANY: In Leipzig Ballet’s Black Box, established choreographers from the company will explore the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in collaboration with the Bachfest Leipzig. Premiere Date:  June 20, 2025. Visit: https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/black-box/725

GERMANY: Demis Volpi creates his first full-length ballet for the Hamburg Ballet, which is loosely based on Hermann Hesse’s Demian. Premiere Date: July 6, 2025. Visit: https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/schedule/event.php?AuffNr=221706

GERMANY: Imre and Marne van Opstal are collaborating for the first time with the Semperoper Ballett, to create a new work for the company. Premiere Date: June 28, 2025. Visit: https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/vice-versa-en/62466.html#ni_ev_31292

GERMANY: The 19th edition of the International DANCE Festival Munich has set its sights on artistic intensity, as well as a significantly expanded presence throughout the city. Festival Dates: May 22- June 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.dance-muenchen.de/de

GERMANY: Winterreise was premiered by the Zurich Ballet in October 2018. Christian Spuck has created a new Berlin version of his choreography with the Staatsballett Berlin. Premiere date: May 11, 2025. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/winterreise-en/149.html#a_333

GERMANY: Gauthier Dance opens the Colours International Dance Festival, presenting world premieres by Akram Khan and Barak Marshall. Festival Dates: June 26 - July 13, 2025. Visit: https://www.coloursdancefestival.com/en

ITALY: The Prospettiva Danza Teatro Festival will take place through May 11, 2025, presenting urban dance performances, workshops, and meetings. Visit: https://www.prospettivadanzateatro.it/en/festival-prospettiva-danza-teatro-xxviith-edition-dance-dance-dance-padua-from-28-february-to-11-may/

ITALY: La Biennale di Venezia 19th International Festival of Contemporary Dance will take place from July 17-August 2, 2025 under the direction by Wayne McGregor. Visit: https://www.labiennale.org/en

NORWAY: Carte Blanche presents Cancel Bertha, choreographed by Jan Martens, premiering as part of the Bergen International Festival 2025. World Premiere: May 22, 2025. Visit: https://carteblanche.no/en/shows-and-events/cancel-bertha/

POLAND: A world premiere of Cinderella will feature choreography by Grzegorz Brożek and music by Karol Lipiński and Niccolò Paganini. The performance will feature the dancers of the Ballet of the Opera at the Castle. Performance Date: May 31, 2025. Visit: https://www.opera.szczecin.pl/en/whats-on/cinderella

POLAND: The Baltic Opera presents Carmina Burana/Symphonie Fantastique Ballet evening, choreographed by Izabela Sokołowska, Boulton and Wojciech Warszawski, leaders of the company. The premiere will take place on May 16, 2025. Visit: https://operabaltycka.pl/en/event/carmina-burana-symphonie-fantastique

POLAND: Fly, bird is a dance performance choreographed by Alberto Barletta, to a music collage. Premiere Date: May 17, 2025 at The Kielce Dance Theatre. Visit: https://ktt.pl/premiera-spektaklu-fly-bird-w-chor-alberta-barletty-17-05-2025r-g-18-00-duza-scena-ktt/

POLAND: Prometheus is the newest work by Krzysztof Pastor, Director of Polish National Ballet. In this ballet, Pastor shows his individual approach to the Greek myth of Prometheus. Premiere Date: June 18, 2025. Visit: https://teatrwielki.pl/en/calendar/2024-2025/prometeusz/termin/2025-06-18_19-00/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw8IfABhBXEiwAxRHlsKZWGs7Ex_-fGQPZwIfJPJjiJ3D9N10xQc_fkURsQBsVx9LTVsrE_xoCe-QQAvD_BwE&cHash=f657db7256e7d13695bd0ea69483cca2

POLAND: R+J. Romeo and Juliet, choreographed and directed by Robert Bondara, will be complemented by chamber music, composed specifically for this project, as well as jazz and electronic music. Premiere Date: June 27, 2025. Visit: https://opera.poznan.pl/en/rj-romeo-and-juliet-robert-bondara

SLOVAKIA: The Slovak Dance Platform, hosted by Bratislava in Movement in partnership with PLAST and Divadlo Štúdio tanca, presents works by Slovak artists created in the last two years. Festival Dates: May 29 - June 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.danceplatform.sk/en/dance-up-close/

SLOVENIA: The Gibanica Biennale offers an overview of high-quality dance productions to an international audience of professionals in order to increase the visibility of Slovenian-based dance authors in the international arena. Festival Dates: May 6-10, 2025. Visit: https://gibanica.info/en/12th-biennale-of-contemporary-dance-in-slovenia-gibanica/

SPAIN: The12th edition of the BETA PUBLICA International Choreographic Exhibition will take place within the 40th Madrid en Danza Festival on May 28 & 29, 2025. The festival aims to give rise to new reflections and bring together points of view that contribute to enriching the creative process. Visit: https://www.betapublica.org/

UK: Brothers Anthony and Kel Matsena bring a reimagined telling of the tale of Cain and Abel, the first murder in human history, in KABEL, which delves deep into the primal emotions of jealousy, rage, and redemption. World Premiere at Sadler’s Wells on May 5, 2025. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/matsena-kabel/

UK: The Flamenco Festival at Sadler’s Wells will run from May 27 - June 8, 2025. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/flamenco-festival-2025/

UK: Dance Consortium announces a world premiere of new work by Canadian circus pioneers Cirque Eloize, featuring an intoxicating blend of circus arts and urban dance music; b-boying/b-girling, breakdance, hip hop and more. The 8-venue tour opens on September 19 & 20. Visit: https://danceconsortium.com/

UK: Rambert X presents a premiere collaboration featuring restagings of (La)Horde's iconic pieces and a new commission, exploring themes of intimacy and self-reflection. World Premiere: May 7, 2025. Visit: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/rambert-x-lahorde-bring-your-own/

UK: Alexander Whitley Dance Company presents The Rite of Spring, a reinterpretation of Stravinsky’s masterpiece, using live motion capture, paired with a new work in collaboration with composer Ben Frost. Performance Dates: June 17-21, 2025 at Sadler’s Wells East. Visit: https://www.alexanderwhitley.com/immersive-and-interactive/future-rites

COMPETITION:

ISRAEL: MASH Dance House invites applications for the 10th Jerusalem International Choreography Competition, which will take place on December 10 & 11, 2025. MASH seeks original works that challenge the boundaries of choreography as a movement-based performing discipline. Apply by May 30, 2025. Visit: https://bit.ly/4jolV02

TRENDING: Andrea Miller/A.I.M. new work YEAR

A.I.M.’s latest endeavor, Year, is the brainchild of choreographer Andrea Miller, a Guggenheim Fellow, guest choreographer, and director of her company Gallim Dance. Year premiered at the Joyce Theater in New York. The currency of this generation, and of the future, lies in information, in data. When logic becomes our entry point into every space, the body loses its relevance, its experience, its feelings, its infinite differences from one person to the next. 

Being present in a digital, remote, or virtual capacity changes how we as humans put stock into body language, and the exchange of being in each other’s presence. New ume on human presence, embodiment, feeling, uniqueness, identity, and our reliance on bodily expression.The 30-minute piece welcomes its dancers and audiences into a space of ritual, practice, and meditation, where we enter the sublime through an investigation into the stamina of the body.

Article:  https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/year-andrea-miller-kyle-abraham-aim-premiere/#

Video Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhXjXkZyQUA

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

 Wild Grace --  the Untamed Women of Modern Dance, by Sara Veale, Faber & Faber, London, 2025. The untold history of the extraordinary women who drove the modern dance movement and changed cultural narratives about sex, power and women's rights. The story of modern dance is a story of subversion - of forms challenged and hierarchies toppled in the pursuit of blazing artistic integrity. In Wild Grace, Sara Veale profiles nine of the pioneering women at the heart of this movement, from Isadora Duncan and Loie Fuller’s fearless rejection of nineteenth-century paternalism to Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus’ battles to recenter marginalized histories in the wake of the Second World War.

Each of these dancers redefined the meaning of grace in their art and their lifestyle, conveying vital truths about what it means to walk the world as a woman. Veale brings to life the stories and artistry of these remarkable individuals and reveals how, in their refusal to conform, we can find urgent lessons for today. Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Grace-Untamed-Women-Modern/dp/0571368565

CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAOHY AND CHOCHOREOGRAPHY

Étoile, a ballet-themed dramedy from Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, is a Prime Video series set in both Paris and New York. Étoile follows the dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies as they embark on a groundbreaking scheme to lure audiences back to their art form. “A lot of our dancers have abandoned toe shoes for TikToks,” says Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Geneviève, interim general director of l’Opéra Français and Le Ballet National. 

The eight-episode Étoile, which premieres on April 24, was partially inspired by Frederick Wiseman documentaries like La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet, which capture “the tough world behind this very delicate art form,” says Palladino.

Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/etoile-luke-kirby-charlotte-gainsbourg-palladino-first-look

Trailer: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9fp90q

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