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Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: National Choreographers Initiative in CA; Choreography Fellows Program at School At Jacob’s Pillow in MA; New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute, HARP Residency and Jazz Choreography Enterprises in NYC;  Choreographic Development Residency in NC; BalletX’s Choreographic Fellowship in PA; VOU Dance, FUJI ISLAND; CND Lyon Residency, FRANCE; Jungle Dance Goa,  INDIA; Dance HUB, ITALY; FIDCDMX Open Call, MEXICO; YCP Open Call, TAIWAN; FAF Residency, UGANDA; McNicol Ballet Collective Residency, UK, and more...

New Works & Events: NEW Alexei Ratmansky, Tiler Peck, Aszure Barton, Stina Quagebeur, Durante Verzola in the US; Jefta van Dinther in Austria; Rena Butler and Cayetano Soto in Germany; Ivanhoe Lam in Hong Kong; Akira Kasai in Japan; Crystal Pite and Joseph Toonga in the Netherlands, and more… 

Contests: Bern Balletts International Dance Festival (Switzerland), and 38. International Choreographic Competition Hannover (Germany), Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition (Netherlands), and 15th International Competition of Young Dance Creators OPUS 1(Slovenia)

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CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

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ARIZONA: Company choreographers are invited to apply for the Wickenburg Residency with the opportunity to pursue new projects, mount work, or collaborate with other artists, free from everyday pressures. These residencies are intended for chamber dance companies. Previous dance companies have included American Ballet Theatre II and Northwest Dance Theatre. Residencies are up to three weeks and the average number of artists in residence at a time ranges between one and five. The application is open to US artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://dewpac.org/programs/made-in-wickenburg/

CALIFORNIA: The National Choreographers Initiative (NCI) is accepting applications for its 2023 NCI Showing. The National Choreographers Initiative was developed to promote the creation and production of professional dance. It is also an opportunity to engage outstanding choreographers from around the United States in the creative process. Apply by January 20, 2024. Visit: http://nchoreographers.org/chordanc.htm

GEORGIA: Kit Modus seeks proposals for new works to be created for the company. Selected artists enjoy a stipend, travel reimbursement, a cast of 5-10 professional dancers, and ample rehearsal time, plus access to studio space and accommodations. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.kitmodus.com/residency-application

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

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

MASSACHUSETTS: The National Dance Project (NDP) Travel Fund provides monetary assistance to US-based presenters, curatorial staff, and residency directors to connect in person to explore the feasibility of presenting NDP-funded works. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.nefa.org/grants_programs/grants/national-dance-project-travel-fund

MICHIGAN: DDCF’s choreographers showcase is an opportunity to bring together artists and dancers from around the world to share their current projects with each other, and with DDCF audiences alike. Works submitted have been thoughtfully selected to showcase an inclusive representation of local, national, and international talent. Apply by January 26, 2024, for early bird and February 23, 2024, for the regular deadline. Visit: https://www.detroitdancecityfestival.com/choreographers-showcase

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEW YORK: Fertile Ground is a non-curated showcase for emerging and/or established artists. The evening consists of work shown by six choreographers, followed by a moderated discussion that integrates the choreographers, dancers, and audience members. Registration is open now and is first come, first served. Visit: https://www.greenspacestudio.org/fertile-ground

NEW YORK: WAXworks is a non-curated showcase open to new and seasoned artists. Applications are accepted on a first-come first-served basis in choreography, theater, music, poetry, comedy, juggling, acrobatics, monologues, performance art, or any other form that can be performed on stage. There is no audition process. Visit: http://www.williamsburgartnexus.org/

NEW YORK: The Mark DeGarmo Dance Salon Performance Series is accepting applications for a unique opportunity to view and engage with original performing arts and dance works in progress of DeGarmo and guest artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: http://markdegarmodance.org/

NEW YORK: Jazz Choreography Enterprises is seeking original finished works of jazz-classic, early jazz (e.g., Charleston, swing), musical theater, Latin jazz, or contemporary jazz, etc. The performance will take place on April 27, 2024. Apply by January 19, 2024. Visit: http://www.jazzchoreography.com/guidelines

NEW YORK: The Collective Thread Residency is an extension of MODArts Dance Collective's (MADC) annual Collective Thread Dance Festival. This free residency is an incubator for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Color) women dancers and choreographers ages 18+ to reconnect to themselves and their creative practice through a social justice curriculum and a free public sharing. Apply by January 8, 2024. Visit: https://www.modartsdance.com/collective-thread-residency

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

NORTH CAROLINA: The Choreographic Development Residency is a 5-week program to foster the development of new work by emerging choreographers of exceptional promise. Through this initiative, UNCSA School of Dance looks to deepen its mission of developing original works, supporting artists, and giving back to the broader community. Apply by March 11, 2024. Visit: https://www.uncsa.edu/summer/dance-summer-intensives/choreographic-institute/choreographic-development-residency.aspx

OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma International Dance Festival's Choreography Showcase offers a platform for aspiring and established choreographers to showcase their works and take master classes from experts in the dance world during OIDF. Apply by July 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.okdancefest.org/choreography-showcase

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

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

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

PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival is calling dance film artists for submissions. The festival will take place on March 21-April 7, 2024, and features a wide range of dance films from different countries and honors a “Constructed Sight” category which highlights public works of art or focuses films on a site-specific location. Apply by February 1, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/pittsburghinternationaldancefilmfestival

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRALIA: Strut Dance Residencies have offered choreographers financial and administrative resources to explore new ideas and begin new artistic projects. Apply by January 7, 2024. Visit: https://strutdance.org.au/membership/seed-residencies/

AUSTRALIA: Create NSW’s Arts and Cultural Funding Program provides funding opportunities for arts and cultural organizations, professional artists, and arts/cultural workers across a wide range of art forms and disciplines. Apply between January 15-February 19, 2024. Visit: https://www.create.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-support/arts-and-cultural-funding-program/organisation-funding/

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

AUSTRALIA: QL2 Dance offers curated residencies both for young people (up to age 26) and older artists. Curated residencies provide theater or studio space without charge and may also include other support. Write to Artistic Director Ruth Osborne to apply. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.ql2.org.au/residency-program

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

AUSTRIA: Culture Moves Europe connects artists, creators, and cultural professionals from countries participating in the Creative Europe Program. The program offers mobility, with a focus on emerging artists, and allows around 7,000 artists, creators, and cultural professionals to go abroad for professional development or international collaborations and much more. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/creative-europe-culture-strand/culture-moves-europe-mobility-for-artists-and-professionals

BRAZIL: Casa Na Ilha Art Residency Program is based in a colonial house on the Island of Ilhabela, Brazil. The residency program is an initiative to provide a space to encourage creativity and the exchange of ideas among artists from different disciplines. Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis. Visit: http://www.casanailha.org

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

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

CANADA: Reboot: Micro-Grants by Scotiabank Dance Centre helps artists (maximum 2 per month) improve skills and create work with small grants of up to $500. May be used for activities such as hiring collaborators (mentors, musicians, videographers, photographers), subsidizing project research/production, renting studios at Scotiabank Dance Centre, equipment rental, professional development, etc. Apply by end of the month prior to the project. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://thedancecentre.ca/upcoming-deadlines/

CROATIA: Mediterranean Dance Center is inviting all professional dance artists to apply for a residency between March and November 2024. MDC San Vincenti functions as a platform for research of dance and movement – offering space and resources for the creation and development of various forms of performances, and as such, for years. Apply by January 10, 2024. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/mediteranskiplesnicentar

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

EUROPE: The new program Culture Moves Europe announces its open call for artists and cultural professionals. It offers travel grants to artists, creators, and cultural professionals to pursue an international project of their choice. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/creative-europe-culture-strand/culture-moves-europe

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

FINLAND: TelepArt Mobility Support promotes opportunities for Finland-based performing artists to travel and perform internationally. It is a quick and easy micro-funding format aimed at emerging and semi-established professional artists and young academics. The grant is intended for travel and accommodation costs up to €1,000, and the funding decision will be made within two weeks of the application. Open deadline. Visit: https://finnland-institut.de/telepart-support/

FRANCE: The Artists In Experimentation Program at the CND in Lyon is aimed at artistic teams to offer them a time of research, experimentation, creation, and studio presentation to professionals in the area. The organization is also accepting applications for Artists in Creation, which is uniquely intended for artistic teams from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and allows them to benefit from the support of the CND for a creative project for an entire season. Apply by January 14, 2024. Visit: https://www.cnd.fr/en/page/3067-artists-in-experimentation

GERMANY: Urbane Künste Ruhr invites artists who are interested in working with local networks and public meeting places to take part in a three-month residency for the upcoming 2024 season. The residency at the Healing Complex offers the opportunity to intensively explore the project, the existing networks and the urban-social context in Gelsenkirchen Erle over a period of twelve weeks. Apply by January 5, 2024. Visit: https://www.urbanekuensteruhr.de/en/news/open-call-zu-gast-im-healing-complex

GERMANY: Women Cinemakers is now accepting submissions from female filmmakers, directors, and producers for its new annual showcase. Apply by March 30, 2024. Visit: http://womencinemakers.com/

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

GERMANY: Choreographers up to age 40 are invited to apply for a guest program for Young Foreign Theatre People conducted by Goethe-Institut, Munich, and the Federal Republic of Germany Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). Grant recipients will be taken in by theatres in Germany to become familiar with production conditions and the conception and rehearsal process of at least one production. Acceptance of applications is ongoing. Visit: https://www.goethe.de/en/uun/auf/tut/sta.html

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

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

INDIA: Kalakeli movement arts at Jungle Dance in Arambol, Goa, is an intense training program that invites acclaimed international and Indian teachers from various movement disciplines to share their knowledge and inspire the next generation of movement artists from all over the world. The residency will take place from January 15 – April 5, 2024. It offers training in contemporary technique, traditional martial arts, yoga, meditation, breath work, fighting methodologies, improvisation, and creative research as well as complementing lectures in the body, mind, and soul sciences. Visit: https://kala-keli.com/

ITALY: Dance HUB: Italy is a culturally-immersive dance intensive focusing on performance through holistic and mindful approaches and is taking place July 1-13, 2024. This program is perfect for students who want the chance to attend a dance program abroad and gain both performance opportunities internationally. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until spots are filled. Visit: https://wadedance.org/

ITALY: T*danse festival 2024 is calling for submissions. T*Danse seeks to build a community of artists and audiences based on the sharing of instruments, ideas, and worldviews. The festival will be held from October 7-13, 2024. Apply by February 16, 2024. Visit: www.tdanse.net

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

JAPAN: Arts Council Tokyo will provide support for up-and-coming artists taking on the challenge of fresh artistic and creative activities, and who aspire to become active in Tokyo’s arts scene. Aimed towards participation in performances, exhibitions, art projects, and international festivals in Tokyo or overseas as well as international collaborations etc. Apply by January 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.artscouncil-tokyo.jp/en/what-we-do/support/grants/startup-grant-program/

JAPAN: Alexandre Magazine welcomes submissions from dancers, choreographers, and creators of short films, editorials, and music that celebrate the beauty of dance. All ages and forms of expression are welcome. Rolling deadline. Visit: https:/www.alexandremagazine.com/submit

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

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

NORWAY: Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform is an event presenting both emerging and established names of Nordic contemporary dance and choreography to presenters, programmers, and other professionals worldwide. Ice Hot Nordic Dance partners aim to increase international touring and other working opportunities for Nordic artists and help our communities share ideas and connections. The festival will take place between February 14-18, 2024. Apply by January 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.icehotnordicdance.com/events/

SPAIN: Danzad Danzad Malditos Festival is receiving performing proposals for its 9º edition 2024. The festival will take place between March 9-23, 2024 and are looking for short pieces of between 10 and 15 minutes, for street or non-conventional spaces. Apply by January 8, 2024. Visit: http://www.danzadmalditos.com

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

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

UGANDA: The EAF artist residency program is a self-directed artist residency for international artists to spend time in the historical Jinja city, Uganda, East Africa. The residency provides a stimulating and flexible environment for international contemporary artists to experiment, research, continue with existing work, or develop new projects and extend their working experience. Apply by January 15, 2024. Visit: https://ensibukoartsfoundation.org/

UK: Choreodrome is The Place’s annual residency program for experienced makers. Artists will receive a commission of £2,500 and 1-2 weeks of studio time. Artists from any discipline who wish to research an idea that has choreography or dance as a key component are welcome to apply. Apply by January 22, 2024. Visit: https://theplace.org.uk/opportunities/choreodrome-2024-call-out

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

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

UK: Space Clarence Mews in London is offering a residency program that is ideal for artists/companies/collectives working within and across all performance disciplines to push the boundaries of their own process and practice within a mutually supportive context. Both emerging and established artists/companies are welcome to apply. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Visit: https://spaceclarencemews.com/one-year-residency/

NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:

NATIONAL:

CALIFORNIA: Dance Camera West, the Los Angeles-based film festival, is committed to exploring the possibilities for dance in the context of cinema. Dance Camera West 2024 will include a selection of over 40 films from 20 countries, carefully chosen from 320 submissions—all making their International, U.S., or Los Angeles premieres. The event will take place between January 25-28, 2024. Visit: http://www.dancecamerawest.org/

COLORADO: Versatility Dance Festival presents the best in emerging and established dance companies and dance filmmakers from around the country and beyond. Providing audiences with an unique arts experience while also providing dance companies with more performance/screening opportunities and networking with other companies nationwide. The festival will take place on January 20, 2024. Visit: https://t2dance.org/vdf/

ILLINOIS: The Joffrey Ballet celebrates a mixed rep program featuring deeply moving works by choreographers Liam Scarlett and Andrew McNicol, and an innovative world premiere by emerging artist Stina Quagebeur. The world premiere will take place on February 15, 2024. Visit: https://joffrey.org/performances-and-tickets/23-24-season/studies-in-blue/

MASSACHUSETTS: Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen has re-envisioned Marius Petipa’s Raymonda as a one-act ballet for the Boston Ballet’s Winter Experience Program, featuring new choreography and costumes. The program also includes Helen Pickett to premiere her seventh work for Boston Ballet, SISU. Taking inspiration from the Finnish word for will, determination, and perseverance. The world premiere will take place on February 22, 2024. Visit: https://www.bostonballet.org/performances/winter-experience/

MIAMI: Miami City Ballet’s winter mix program includes new works of Margarita Armas’s second commission for the company, and Miami City Ballet School resident choreographer Durante Verzola’s third choreography for Miami City Ballet. The world premiere will take place on February 3, 2024. Visit: https://www.miamicityballet.org/winter

NEW YORK: Twyla Tharp continues to expand her artistic range with two world premieres at The Joyce Theater. Her company, Twyla Tharp Dance, also offers a classic work, characterized by Tharp.  The world premiere will take place on February 13, 2024. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/twyla-tharp-dance

NEW YORK: New York City Ballet presents a world premiere ballet by Tiler Peck, a longtime principal dancer known for her astute sense of musicality, joins works from Resident Choreographer Justin Peck and Alexei Ratmansky. The performance will open on February 1, 2024. Visit: https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/winter-2024/new-combinations/

NEW YORK: A world premiere ballet by Alexei Ratmansky, who joins the New York City Ballet as artist in residence this season, forms the centerpiece of this program. The program also includes works by Jerome Robbins and Balanchine. The world premiere will take place on February 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/winter-2024/innovators-and-icons/

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

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRIA: At the Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Ailey II will present four exemplary choreographies from Alvin Ailey, Francesca Harper and Robert Battle. Austrian premiere will take place on January 20, 2024. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/ailey-ii/2393

AUSTRIA: In Marie & Pierre Bobbi Jene Smith opens the stage to two lovers and a swarm of characters who take it in turns to tell their side of the same story. The American choreographer, who spent nine years dancing with the Batsheva Dance Company, is one of the most interesting new voices in the contemporary dance scene. Austrian Premiere at Festspielhaus St. Pölten will take place on February 17, 2024. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/bobbi-jene-smith-ballett-des-theater-basel/1824

AUSTRIA: Together with the Tonkünstler, the Ballett am Rhein presents milestones of dance from the 20th century to full orchestral sound. Rubies (Choreography: George Balanchine), Visions Fugitives (Choreography: Hans van Manen) and Enemy In The Figure (Choreography: William Forsythe). Austrian Premiere at Festspielhaus St. Pölten on March 16, 2024. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/ballett-am-rhein-tonkunstler-orchester/1836

AUSTRIA: Remachine by Jefta van Dinther explores the interplay between humans and an inescapable hyper-mechanised environment. At the mercy of their own technology, the dancers navigate the unstable ground under their feet. The performance unravels as a chain of cause and effect. Austrian Premiere at Tanzquartier Vienna on January 26, 2024. Visit: https://tqw.at/en/event/remachine-van-dinther/

AUSTRIA: Unter Boden is a 50-minute dance evening by SILK Fluegge that moves into the past and into the future. Under the choreography of Silke Grabinger, it explores the Austrian-Jewish choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser, who fled to Australia, and her piece Dämon Maschine from 1923. Austrian Premiere in the frame of TanzTage 2024 at Posthof Linz on March 4, 2024. Visit: https://www.posthof.at/programm/programm/article/silk-fluegge-a/

CANADA: PuSh Festival delivers contemporary works of live art by acclaimed local, national and international artists. Featuring seventeen original works from fifteen countries, including four world premieres and seven Canadian debuts, the festival line-up is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaborations. The festival will take place on January 18, 2024. Visit: https://pushfestival.ca/

CANADA: Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers has commissioned Jera Wolfe, a winner of 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Original Choreography by Red Sky Performance, to create a new work featuring an ensemble of Winnipeg-based dancers and lighting by Hugh Conacher. The world premiere will take place on February 23, 2024. Visit: https://www.winnipegscontemporarydancers.ca/season/2023-2024/#season-3

GERMANY: Rena Butler and Andonis Foniadakis to present Bolero for Gaulthier Junior Company. The world premiere will take place on January 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.theaterhaus.com/de/programm-tickets/renaissance/364

GERMANY: The upcoming new production by Gauthier Dance includes world premieres by Mauro Bigonzetti, Sharon Eyal, Andonis Foniadakis and Louise Lecavalier. The performance will open on February 29, 2024. Visit: https://www.theaterhaus.com/en/program-tickets/elements/322

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

GERMANY: Staatsballett in Berlin will perform Blake Works I / Approximate Sonata 2016 / One Flat Thing, Reproduced, all choreographed by William Forsythe. Forsythe himself will rehearse these three works with the dancers of the company. The premiere will take place on February 16, 2024. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/william-forsythe-en/101.html#a_197

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

ITALY: La Scala’s Madina is a new project in both its approach and its hemes, current but universal, and rarely expressed in ballet. The events, based on a true story, revolve around a young girl named Madina who grows up in a land devastated by a war that claims her parents. With choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti and music composed by Fabio Vacchi to the libretto by Emmanuelle de Villepin from her novel La ragazza che non voleva morire, it is a work of both dance and theatre, where words, song, music, and body come together. The premiere will take place on February 7, 2024. Visit: https://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/2023-2024/ballet/madina.html

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

NETHERLANDS: Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company is presenting an extra festive touring program to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its foundation and of its artistic director Ernst Meisner. The New works are created by Joseph Toonga, Kirsten Wicklund and Krzysztof Pastor. The world premiere will take place on February 3, 2024. Visit: https://www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-national-ballet/2023-2024/ten

NETHERLANDS: Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) and Complicité present a new work by award winning theatre director Simon McBurney, in collaboration with NDT-associate choreographer Crystal Pite. This program also includes works by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, and Gabriela Carrizo. The world premiere will take place on February 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/from-here-now-far/

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

POLAND: The evening consists of a dozen of short choreographic pieces created by dancers of the ballet company of The Grand Theatre Poznań. Dancers are not only choreographers but also responsible for the whole process of producing the performance. The world premiere will take place on February 15, 2024. Visit: https://opera.poznan.pl/en/spectrum-2

POLAND: The newest ballet production of the ballet company of The Silesian Opera is the Polish prapremier of the ballet based on the famous play by Shakespeare. The choreography created Monika Myśliwiec to the score based on Verdi music, prepared by Tomasz Tokarczyk. Macbeth is the universal story of the passion and the lust for power which will impress the audience of the Silesian Opera. The premiere will take place on February 24, 2024. Visit: https://opera-slaska.pl/spektakle/event/149/makbet

SWEDEN: Common Ground is a choreographic game of chess. Together with her team, Dutch choreographer and former Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk looked at the duet form as both a utopian ideal and a display of the inherent complexity that partnerships bring, re-staging for two strong Skånes Dansteater dancers. The premiere will take place on February 8, 2024. Visit: https://www.skanesdansteater.se/en/common-ground

SWEDEN: Art of Spectra's upcoming work DISORDER is in research through residencies and meetings nationally and internationally. The work tours with Dancenet Sweden in March 2024. Watch: https://vimeo.com/877666130?share=copy

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

UK: São Paulo Dance Company is making UK debut at Sadler’s Wells. The program includes works by Goyo Montero, Nacho Duato and Cassi Abranches. The UK premiere will take place on February 9, 2024. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/sao-paulo-dance-company/

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

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

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

Five new works have been commissioned by The Royal Ballet for the Main Stage. Joseph Toonga (The Royal Ballet Choreographic Residency for the 2023-24 Season) creates his second work for the Main Stage. Making their choreographic debuts in the space are Gemma Bond, Jessica Lang, Mthuthuzeli November, and Royal Ballet First Artist Joshua Junker. In the Linbury Theatre, The Royal Ballet premieres an immersive work by Robert Binet that imagines the invisible forces of our universe in human form. This new work will be performed by dancers of The Royal Ballet. Link: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/festival/festival-of-new-choreography-2024-details

CHOREOGRAPHIC CONTESTS:

INTERNATIONAL:

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

NETHERLANDS: The fifth edition of the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition (RIDCC) is the only annual dance event for choreographic talent in which a duet competition is the centrepiece. The purpose of RIDCC is to promote diversity and innovation within the art of dance, by engaging unique, choreographic talent. The competition will take place between June 20-22, 2024. Apply by March 1, 2024. Visit: https://www.ridcc.com/

SLOVENIA: The aim of The 15th International Competition of Young Dance Creators OPUS 1 is to promote contemporary dance and discover fresh talents. Not to push for competitiveness, but rather to foster creativity of young dance creators. The competition will take place on March 30, 2024. Apply by February 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.jskd.si/ples/prireditve_ples/opus/opus_24/english_opus_regulations_24.htm

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

TRENDING:

CRCI: Dances with Robots – a  podcast about choreography and technology

The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) recently launched Dances with Robots, a new podcast that is catalyzed by the corporeal risks and expressive opportunities of contemporary technologies. Join us as we explore the ways that artists, activists, and technologists navigate the world through interdisciplinary practice. Link: https://danceswithrobots.org/

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

BOOK:  Willi Dorner: Bodies in Urban Spaces, by Willi Dorner (Author, Artist), Franz Thalmair (Author), Lisa Rastl (Photographer) Published by Hatje Cantz; Bilingual, 2014

Viennese choreographer Willi Dorner's Bodies in Urban Space takes us on a walk through the urban landscape. Along routes choreographed by Dorner, a troupe of local dancers and acrobats moves through downtown areas of cities worldwide, intertwining and stacking their bodies in doorways or above architraves, on landings or park benches. LINK: https://www.amazon.com/Willi-Dorner-Bodies-Urban-Spaces/dp/3775738479

CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY AND CHOREOGRAPHERS:

Bella (2023) Directed by Bridget Murnane, choreography by Bella Lewitzky. A feature-length film about the life, work, influences, and impact of California-based choreographer Bella Lewitzky: described as "...one of the greatest American dancers of our age," Lewitzky became a strong advocate for the arts and the development of Los Angeles as a global dance center. Lewitzky's childhood was spent in San Bernardino, California. Surrounded by mountains, the desert landscape of this area will be used as a metaphor for her physical and emotional development as an artist. The wide-open spaces, textures, colors, and sparse vistas mixed with a social consciousness instilled by her parents set the stage for her work and life. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxDyypPFvvQ

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