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Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Young Choreographer’s Festival and Merce Cunningham Trust Award, Red Hook Brooklyn Film Festival, Choreography Lab, NY; Union PDX Open Call, OR; Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival 2026, UT, USA; THE BIG JUMP Open Call, FRANCE; Noverre Young Choreographers and Tanzplattform Rhein-Main Residence, GERMANY; Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo, CHINA; Dance Bridges Festival, INDIA; Teatri Riflessi and Venice Biennale Danza Open Calls, ITALY; Yokohama Red Brick District Open Call, JAPAN; Yorkshire Dance Open Call, UK and more…

New Works & Events: NEW Andrea Miller, Juliano Nunes, Jamar Roberts, Dwight Rhoden in New York, Cathy Marston in London; Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber in Toronto; Alexei Ratmansky in Copenhagen; Marcos Morau in Berlin; Elżbieta Pańtak and Antonina Kamińska in Kiel; Natalie Weir, Tim Harbour, and Alice Topp in Singapore; Cheng Tsung-lung in Taipei; Hue Young-soon in Seoul; Young Choreographers of Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm, and more…

Competition: 30. Internationales Solo-Tanz -Theater Festival Stuttgart 2026 (Germany), and International Short Performance Competition (Italy)

Trending: ARCHITECTS OF MOVEMENT -- Choreographing Space: Architecture and Dance as Interdisciplinary Practices

New Books: Balanchine Finds His America: A Tale of Love Lost and Ballet Reborn, by Elizabeth Kendall, Oxford University Press, 2025

New Movies: Hip Hop Was Born Here, Documentary, Paramount+, summer 2025

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

NATIONAL:

CALIFORNIA: Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival is dedicated to dance happening in public spaces that explores the intersection of dance and the camera, challenging the notion that there is a proper time and place to dance. Apply by July 1, 2026. Event date: October 17 – 18, 2026. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/daretodanceinpublicfilmfestival

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

GEORGIA: The Kennesaw State University Choreographic Residency Program invites two nationally-emerging or mid-career choreographers to the Department of Dance each summer for a four-week residency to create two world premieres with the KSU Dance Company. Apply by October 30, 2025. Visit: //www.kennesaw.edu/arts/academics/dance/performances-events/choreographic-residency.php

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 JERSEY: Montclair State University’s low-residency MFA in Dance program is designed for dance professionals who want to further their careers and actively help shape the world of dance. Priority application deadline is December 10, 2025.  Visit: https://www.montclair.edu/theatre-and-dance/academic-programs/graduate/mfa-in-dance/

NEW YORK: Merce Cunningham Trust is accepting applications for the Barbara Ensley Award 2026. The trust seeks candidates who have clear professional goals and can demonstrate how the financial and artistic resources provided by the award will help them advance toward those goals. Apply by October 17, 2025. Visit: https://www.mercecunningham.org/activities/barbara-ensley-award-application/

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, 2026. Visit: https://cjgfamilyfoundation.com/gross-family-prize/

NEW YORK: New York Foundation for the Arts is accepting applications for the NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship Program, which serves individual artists, arts groups/collectives, and emerging arts organizations who are leading arts-focused public benefit projects. The program is a financial and administrative tool that helps these groups fundraise. Apply by October 15, 2025.  Visit: https://www.nyfa.org/Content/Show/Fiscal-Sponsorship

NEW YORK: Red Hook Brooklyn Film Festival is currently accepting all kinds of short dance films and music videos. Priority is given to works making their NYC or Brooklyn premiere. Apply by November 10, 2025, for the early bird deadline and by December 15, 2025, for the regular deadline. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/RedHookbk

NEW YORK: The Young Choreographer's Festival, now in its 15th year, presents the work of some of the most up-and-coming 18- 27-year-old choreographers in all dance genres at Symphony Space in NYC. Apply by January 31, 2026. Festival date: June 21, 2026. Visit: https://www.ycfdance.com/2025-ycf

NEW YORK: The Choreographic Lab offers a platform to present a work to a live audience in the Steps Studio Theater. The lab welcomes completed dance pieces and dance in collaboration with theater, music, and performance art. Lab date: November 16, 2025. Apply by October 6, 2025. Visit: https://stepsbeyond.org/choreography-lab/

NEW YORK: SMUSH Galery is 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: New York State Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI) is designed to help individual choreographers in all genres develop their choreographic skills by providing them with resources that are generally unavailable or unaffordable. Apply by December 3, 2025. Visit: https://www.danceforce.org/nysci-2026-guidelines/

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/

OREGON: Union PDX – Festival of Contemporary Dance seeks professional companies and artists to present work at the new Foster Theater on May 28-31, 2026. Apply by October 31, 2025. Visit: https://pushfold.org/unionpdx/apply

PENNSYLVANIA: Opine Dance Film Festival is an annual event that celebrates dance filmmakers locally, nationally, and internationally. The festival is interested in short dance films that speak to wider themes of identity, defying conventions, crossing borders, and pushing boundaries. Apply by November 14, 2025. Festival dates: April 25 - 26, 2026. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/OpineDanceFilmFestival

UTAH: Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival 2026 will bring together choreographers and dancers from across the nation for a weekend of artistic expression, competition, and community. Apply by November 30, 2025. Festival dates: January 29-30, 2026. Visit: https://imagineballet.org/rocky-mountain-choreography-festival/

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AUSTRALIA: QL2 Dance offers curated residencies to a wide range of artists, from emerging to established career. Residencies create opportunities for artists to develop and present new works, providing access to process and workshops for local dancers, as well as theatre or studio space without charge, and also may include other support. We strongly encourage applicants to discuss their project with our artistic director before formally applying. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.ql2.org.au/emerging-choreographers-program

BELGIUM: The Workspace Brussels Residency Programme supports research, experimentation and creation in the performing arts. Apply by November 1, 2025 for a residency between August and December 2026 (selection announcement: end of January 2026). Visit: https://www.workspacebrussels.be/en/studio-residency

CANADA: Dance Production Residency at Banff supports groups of choreographers and dance artists in developing new or existing work in studios and performance spaces, welcoming groups of 6 to14 people to collaborate closely with in-house production teams throughout the creation process. Apply by October 29, 2025. Visit: https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/dance/dance-production-residency-2026

CHILE: Kinissis International Festival is a Latin American platform for contemporary dance that combines training, artistic exchange, and performance. The festival brings together artists from Latin America and Europe through an intensive week. Apply by December 20, 2025. Festival dates: January 10–18, 2026. Visit: https://festivalkinissis.com/boletos

CROATIA: Mediterranean Dance Center invites dance artists and collectives to apply for the 2026 residency program. The residencies create a house for dance, a place where movement is shared and where artistic processes grow. Apply by October 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.mediteranskiplesnicentar.hr/en/artistic-residencies-in-2026-open-call.html

FRANCE: La Cie Prima is calling for applications for THE BIG JUMP, the first choreographic stepping stone. Eight emerging companies will perform at a large open stage evening to defend their artistic universe and showcase their talent. Apply by December 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.calameo.com/read/004627296afe52f690525 And Visit: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/cie-prima

GERMANY: Stuttgart Ballet offers the Noverre Young Choreographers Program and is currently accepting applications for 2026. Anyone interested in participating can send their resume with contact information and videos/photos. Apply by end of December 2025.  Visit: https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/noverre/application/

GERMANY: Dance-techAIR at Lake Studios Berlin is accepting applications for its residency program, which offers international interdisciplinary movement and media artists the possibility to live and make art in a peaceful artist-run, working, living, and performance space in Berlin. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.lakestudiosberlin.com

GERMANY: The NRWKS offers the “Digital Performance” funding program to support 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: 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: Choreographers up to age 40 are invited to apply for a guest program for young theatre professionals from abroad conducted by Goethe-Institute, 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: K3 Center for Choreography is accepting informal applications for the Probebühne Eins from Hamburg-based choreographers. Probebühne Eins is a work-in-progress format for dance and choreography in which short experiments or excerpts from rehearsals are presented. Event date: November 13, 2025. Apply by October 20, 2025. Visit: https://k3-hamburg.de/en/k3/jobs&callforproposals

GERMANY: Tanja Liedtke Foundation Fellowship 2026 is designed to support an emerging dance-theatre artist based in Europe. This fellowship takes a new form compared to previous formats, allowing the recipient the freedom to craft their own artistic journey. Apply by November 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.tanja-liedtke-foundation.org/current-projects/2026-tanja-liedtke-fellowship/

GREECE: The Mudhouse Residency is designed to provide cultural immersion during two-week residency sessions each summer for international contemporary artists working across a manifold of artistic disciplines. The program is accepting applications for the 2026 residency season. Apply by January 1, 2026. The application process is free and open to all.  Visit: http://www.mudhouseresidency.com/about

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX) provides a platform for arts practitioners and institutions in the performing arts industry worldwide to showcase their work to international peers, fostering collaboration and touring opportunities. Practitioners of all performing arts disciplines are welcome to apply. Apply by October 12, 2025. Visit: https://www.hkpax.org.hk/en/page/international-showcases-guidelines

INDIA: Dance Bridges Festival is an international dance biennial celebrating a diverse range of contemporary dance, held from August 20-24, 2026. Dance Bridges has presented performances, residencies, workshops, artist talks, and film screenings in collaboration with more than 85 independent artists and dance companies from over 35 countries. Apply by October 10, 2025 for screen dance, and January 9, 2026 for residency. Visit: https://dancebridges.in/festival-2026/

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: For the fifth consecutive year, Biennale Danza is issuing an international open call for New Choreographic Creation. Italian and foreign artists and dance companies are invited to submit their original choreographic projects. Selected projects receive production grants and full support for their premiere at the Venice Biennale, with mentorship from Wayne McGregor.  Apply by October 20, 2025. Visit: https://www.labiennale.org/en/dance/2025/international-call-new-choreographic-creation#:~:text=Award,of%20up%20to%20%E2%82%AC%2030%2C000.00.&text=After%20the%20selection%2C%20a%20provisional,upon%20with%20the%20Artistic%20Direction.

ITALY: Movimento Danza is calling for applications from young choreographers under age 35 to work on a new dance production. Three finalists will be selected by Movimento Danza’s Artistic Direction and Teatro di Napoli – Teatro Nazionale Direction. Event date: December 23, 2025. Apply by October 31, 2025. Visit: https://www.movimentodanza.org/

ITALY: Teatri Riflessi Festival has opened its 2026 call for short performances. Festival dates: July 16-19, 2026. Apply by November 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.iterculture.eu/en/teatri-riflessi/teatri-riflessi-2026-en/tr11/

ITALY: Kulturfactory Performing Arts Residency is designed 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: Kyoto Art Center is accepting applications for an artist residency taking place between April 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Apply by October 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.kac.or.jp/news/20260915/

JAPAN: The Japan Foundation seeks applications for joint international creations in performing arts between Japanese and international artists. Any organization or individual located in Japan that meets all the requirements may apply. Apply by December 2, 2025. Visit: https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/program/culture.html

KOREA: ADFK Winter Camp is a 5-day winter residency and performance lab held at the Daegwangsa Temple near Seoul. Artists from around the world will create original works inspired by Korean spaces, culminating in a final showcase, with opportunities for continued development at the summer ADFK Festival or ARTSinTANK Online Theater. Apply by November 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/artsintank_korea/

NEW ZEALAND: Wellesley Studios and Dancehouse have announced the return of the Trans-Tasman Dance Exchange Residency, a 3-year trans-Tasman exchange offering an annual residency at each organisation to connect Australian and New Zealand independent dance artists and communities. Apply by October 10, 2025. Visit: https://wellesleystudios.co.nz/trans-tasman-exchange-2026/

PORTUGAL: Lugar Futuro Internacional Youth Dance Festival is calling for applications from young choreographers (up to age 30) to present their first works. Festival dates: March 26-29, 2026. Apply by October 31, 2025. Visit: www.lugarpresente.com

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/

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: Yorkshire Dance is seeking new dance performances, workshops and talks to programme within the Ageless Festival 2026. Festival dates: July 17 & 18, 2026. Apply by no later than midday November 17, 2025. Visit: https://yorkshiredance.com/opportunity/ageless-2026/

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: 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. Apply by December 8, 2025. Visit: https://spaceclarencemews.com/one-year-residency/

UK: Ballet Nights, a global series of extraordinary live dance experiences, is programming across London, regional UK venues, and international locations in 2025–2027. Choreographers with ready-to-stage creations are welcome to apply. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.balletnights.com/

NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:

NATIONAL:

NEW YORK: GALLIM presents the world premiere of MOTHER by acclaimed choreographer and Artistic Director Andrea Miller. MOTHER foretells the origins, mechanisms, and uncertain path of an imagined universe. Performance date: November 5, 2025 at Joyce Theater. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/gallim-lkzg

NEW YORK: Rennie Harris returns to The Joyce with the New York premiere of American Street Dancer, a new commission that pays tribute to the profound influence of Street Dance on the arts. Performance date: November 11, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/rennie-harris-puremovement-1lsr

NEW YORK: Complexions Contemporary Ballet returns to The Joyce with a program featuring new works by Rhoden, guest choreographer Houston Thomas, and Co-Associate Artistic Director Joe González. Performance date: November 18, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/complexions-contemporary-ballet-q27t

NEW YORK: Have We Met?! is a new commission by Julliano Nunes co-written with Youssef Hotait for American Ballet Theater. From a fleeting glance under the Manhattan Bridge in 1928 to a chance encounter at the Brooklyn Bridge in 2038, their connection defies lifetimes. World premiere date: October 29, 2025. Visit: https://www.abt.org/event_dates/innovations-past-and-present-2025-10-29-730pm/

NEW YORK: New York City Ballet’s Contemporary Choreography program concludes with a new ballet by Jamar Roberts, former Resident Choreographer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. World premiere date: October 9, 2025. Visit: https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/fall-2025/contemporary-choreography-i

NEW YORK: The Limón Dance Company launches its 80th anniversary season with a world premiere by acclaimed Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza, a vital voice in Latin American dance. World premiere date: October 14, 2025 at The Joyce Theater. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/limon-dance-company-zmh4

NEW YORK: Martha@BAM—The 1963 Interview is an act of artistic resurrection. Making their BAM debut, Richard Move embodies Graham in all her complexity and elegance. Appearing opposite Move is Tony Award-winning actress and playwright Lisa Kron, portraying dance critic and interviewer Walter Terry. Event dates: October 28 - November 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.bam.org/martha

WASHINGTON STATE: PNB presents a new ballet from company dancers Christopher D’Ariano and Amanda Morgan. The program features custom scores by Philip Glass and Shannon Rugani. World premiere date: November 9, 2025. Visit: https://www.pnb.org/season/in-the-upper-room/

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AUSTRALIA: Curated by The Australian Ballet, eight boundary-pushing dance companies from Australia and New Zealand will come together in the Dance X Festival. Dates: October 8-19, 2025. Visit: https://australianballet.com.au/performances/dancex

CANADA: Ballet BC’s season opens with TRILOGY, introducing a world premiere from Italian choreographer Sofia Nappi. Performance date: November 6, 2025. Vist: https://balletbc.com/performance/trilogy/

CANADA: The National Ballet of Canada presents Procession, a new work by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber. Procession fuses bold contemporary movement with a Baroque-inspired score to explore procession as a universal human ritual. World premiere date: November 1, 2025. Visit: https://national.ballet.ca/productions/2526/procession/

DENMARK: Internationally acclaimed Ukrainian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky creates a new ballet for Royal Danish Ballet, which is set to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Premiere date: November 1, 2025. Visit: https://kglteater.dk/en/whats-on/sason-20252026/ballet/the-art-of-the-fugue?section=22931

GERMANY: Staatsballett Berlin’s Artist-in-Residence choreographer Marcos Morau is creating a new full-length work for the company. World premiere date: November 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/wunderkammer-en/299.html#a_548

IRELAND: Loughlan Prior’s new Cinderella will be premiered by Ballet Ireland on November 7, 2025. Visit: https://www.balletireland.ie/cinderella-overview/cinderella-tickets/

JAPAN: Performing Arts Selection 2025 Festival Edition will feature a series of works created this year by International Dance Project by Dance Base Yokohama for Emerging Creators and Aichi Arts Theatre Dance Project for Emerging Creators. Festival dates: October 20-November 2, 2025. Visit: https://dancebase.yokohama/en/event_post/performing-arts-selection-2025

KOREA: Seoul Metropolitan Ballet presents new work by Hue Young-soo along with Hans van Manen. World premiere date: October 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.sejongpac.or.kr/eng/performance/engperformance/performTicket.do?performIdx=36008&menuNo=700007#none

POLAND: The Cracovia Danza Court Ballet, the only professional early dance company in Poland, will premiere a new creation, Olga Boznańska. All the Colors of Dance, on October 21, 2025 in Krakow. Visit: https://cracoviadanza.pl/

POLAND: Kielce Dance Theatre will present The Snow Queen, a family dance performance choreographed by Elżbieta Pańtak and Antonina Kamińska. Performance date: November 14, 2025. Visit: https://ktt.pl/premiera-krolowa-sniegu-i-14-11-2025-r-godz-1800-i-duza-scena-kieleckiego-teatru-tanca/

POLAND: The Silesian Opera Ballet will premiere Le Corsaire with the choreography of Dawid Trzensimiech, former first soloist of the Polish National Ballet and dancer of The Royal Ballet. Performance date: November 22, 2025. Visit: https://opera-slaska.pl/spektakle/event/193/korsarz

SINGAPORE: Passages Contemporary Season, Singapore Ballet’s annual stage for brand-new works, includes three world premieres by renowned Australian choreographers Natalie Weir, Tim Harbour, and Alice Topp, alongside a return of Meeting Point by Singaporean choreographer Christina Chan. World premiere date: October 31, 2025. Visit: https://singaporeballet.org/passages-2025/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

SPAIN: One of the main objectives of MASDANZA, The International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands [Spain], is to bring Contemporary Dance closer to audiences in the Canary Islands and to be a launching platform for national and international creators. Festival dates: October 2-26, 2025. Visit: https://www.masdanza.com/english/

SWEDEN: In The Young Choreographers Initiative, members of the Royal Swedish Ballet are offered the opportunity to create new material, explore ideas, and delve deeply into the choreographic process. Premiere date: November 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.operan.se/en/productions/young-choreographers

SWEDEN: Directed by the internationally renowned performance artist Charlotte Engelkes, LOHENGRIN is a fairy tale in both dream and reality, exploring the themes of good and evil, faith and doubt. Premiere date: October 26, 2025. Visit: https://charlotteengelkes.com/charlotte-engelkes-gor-lohengrin-pa-malmo-opera/

SWEDEN: Göteborgs Operans Danskompani presents IN-ACTION, a new double-bill that explores the courage needed for change. The creators of Spirit Willing are David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen, and the creators of Cross are Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo. World premiere: October 11, 2025. Visit: https://www.opera.se/en/what-s-on/season-2025-2026/in-action/

SWEDEN: INNER SONG is a performance that moves at the intersection of live music and dance. Four performing artists come together in a laboratory work where they search for what can be called an inner song. World premiere date: October 10, 2025. Visit: app2.editnews.com/ec/public/link?issueid=600666&userid=74964412&linkid=47397464&readid=02D070C5B6D0&test=&umailid=2648699071

SWEDEN: Jukka Korpi’s upcoming work, FLYGANDE – FLYING, promises to capture both the curiosity of children and the imagination of adults. Premiering at ZebraDans on November 29, 2025. Visit: https://www.zebradans.se/pa-scenen-flygande/

TAIWAN: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director CHENG Tsung-lung unveils All Ears, a new large-scale creation premiering October 23–26, 2025, at the National Theater in Taipei. All Ears is inspired by the unique nature of hearing. Unlike vision, the ear cannot shut. All Ears examines how sound penetrates the body, stirs emotions, and drives movement. Visit: https://www.cloudgate.org.tw/en/cg/dance_production/ALLEARS

UK: The Royal Ballet presents a world premiere by Cathy Marston set to Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto, a turbulent yet intimate piece written as Europe teetered on the brink of World War II. Performance date: November 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/perspectives-balanchine-marston-peck-details

UK: Sadler’s Wells’ Composer Series takes a contemporary composer’s music as the starting point for creation, partnering them with exceptional contemporary choreographers to create new works. Performance date: November 20, 2025. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/nico-muhly-michael-keegan-dolan-maud-le-pladec-jules-cunningham-marking-time/

COMPETITION:

INTERNATIONAL:

GERMANY: The application call is now open for the 30. Internationales Solo -Tanz -Theater Festival Stuttgart 2026 Competition for contemporary choreographers and young dancers. The choreographies should be developed in a contemporary movement language. The dancers must be at least 18 years old and not more than 30 years old. Apply by November 11, 2025. Visit: https://www.solo-tanz-theater.de/2025/06/30/application-for-the-29-internationales-solo-tanz-theater-festival-stuttgart-2025/

ITALY: The call for the 11th edition of the International Short Performance Competition within the framework of Teatri Riflessi 2026, is now open. From July 14-19, 2026, Zafferana Etnea will welcome artists and companies from around the world with performances, meetings, and events in both theatrical and unconventional spaces. Apply by November 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.iterculture.eu/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=tnptr&nltr=MTIxOzM1MTE7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaXRlcmN1bHR1cmUuZXUvZW4vdGVhdHJpLXJpZmxlc3NpL3RlYXRyaS1yaWZsZXNzaS0yMDI2LWVuL3RyMTEvOzs0YzRlODM5MDQ5YWQ2N2Y4NDNjZmYwMmMyNGI4YTQwZQ%3D%3D

TRENDING: ARCHITECTS OF MOVEMENT -- Choreographing Space: Architecture and Dance as Interdisciplinary Practices, by Diogo Borges Ferreira

Historically, architecture and dance have operated in parallel, shaping human experience through the body’s orientation in space and time. From the choreographed rituals of classical temples to the axial logics of Baroque palaces, built space has always implied movement. The Bauhaus took this further, as Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet visualized space as a geometric extension of the body.

This was not scenery, but spatial thinking made kinetic. In the 20th century, choreographers like William Forsythe and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker integrated architectural constraints into their scores. At the same time, architects such as Steven Holl, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Toyo Ito designed buildings that unfold as spatial sequences, inviting movement, drift, and delay.

Read the whole article by writer Diogo Borges Ferreira at: https://www.archdaily.com/1033981/choreographing-space-architecture-and-dance-as-interdisciplinary-practices

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHERS: Balanchine Finds His America: A Tale of Love Lost and Ballet Reborn, by Elizabeth Kendall, Oxford University Press, 2025

The book highlights the young Balanchine’s tragic yet triumphant inner journey towards American-ness, and the impact of this journey on the ballet organizations he helped form and the legacy he left the world. It is a close-up of this crucial time in the life of a young immigrant choreographer who would become one of the 20th century’s greatest artists.

Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Balanchine-Finds-His-America-Ballet/dp/0197801439

CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY: Hip Hop Was Born Here, Documentary, Paramount+, summer 2025

Hip Hop Was Born Here is a Hip-Hop themed documentary series hosted by LL COOL J. The series explores the creation, evolution, and ongoing legacy that Hip-Hop culture has cemented into our modern society. As we celebrated the 50th anniversary in 2023, the legendary LL COOL J will document how Hip-Hop has become more than a genre. It's a culture. We will meet OGs and future icons, visit the neighborhoods, studios, and places that fostered early styles, and watch beloved artists analyze their favorite tracks. The show will follow LL COOL J as he travels through Hip-Hop history, highlighting the most important songs, performers, and cultural influences that shaped the genre into the sensation that it is today.  Trailer and Info for live streaming:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrK_ksLpbCg

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AND THAT YOU FIND OUR RESOURCES VALUABLE AND HELPFUL.

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), Maya Zhalova-Kanwar (India) and

Christel Grillo (Italy)