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IN THIS ISSUE:

RESIDENCIES & CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Accent Dance, Fertile Ground, Creative Capital, and WAX works open call in NYC, USA; Permanente Open Call, ARGENTINA; ImPulsTanz ImPacT, AUSTRIA; Alter Ego Festival Open Call, BULGARIA; Banff Centre Residency, CANADA; Normandie Accueil Residency, FRANCE; Danceland Funding, GERMANY; Paleochori Camp Residency and Akropoditi DanceFest, GREECE; Dance HUB, ITALY; ChoreoComp, NETHERLANDS; Horizons ChoreoMeeting, POLAND; Mafra Dance Festival Open Call, PORTUGAL; LAV Residency, SPAIN; Space Clarence Mews, UK, etc.

New Works & Events: New Justin Peck, Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, Jermaine Spivey, and Spenser Theberge in New York; Stephanie Lake in Sidney; Fouad Boussouf in St. Polten; Medhi Walerski in Vancouver; Marcos Morau in Berlin; Yoann Bourgeois in Haag; Anna Hop in Warsaw; Sasha Waltz in Lodz; Raul Reinoso and Jiri Pokorny in London; Noverre Young Choreographers in Stuttgart, etc.

Competitions: nternational Screendance Competition (Italy), Seoul International Dance Competition (South Korea), International Solo Dance Contest (Poland), International Choreographic Competition (Poland)

Trending: Remembering the 2023 Best Choreographies in Film

New Books: Meredith Monk: Calling, by Anna Schneider (Editor)

New Movies: Pulse of the Dance, directed by Georgi D. Kostov

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

NATIONAL:

ALASKA: Ketchikan Dance Film Festival on September 28, 2024 is seeking dance film submissions. The festival will be presented to a live audience during a free indoor screening. Apply by July 22, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/KetchikanDanceFIlmFestival

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. Application is open to US artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://dewpac.org/programs/made-in-wickenburg/

CALIFORNIA: Dance film choreographers are invited to consider Los Angeles’ prominent Dance Camera West 2024, which announced a call for submissions. The festival is open to film media in any dance style or genre. Categories include short films, feature-length documentaries, animation, and interactive dance media. Apply by July 1, 2024 for early bird consideration. Visit: http://www.dancecamerawest.org/

CALIFORNIA: San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF) is a multi-day international event showcasing the best in dance films from around the world. The October 2024 festival will celebrate the 15-year anniversary with enhanced in-person programs. Apply by April 16, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/SanFranciscoDanceFilmFestival?fbclid=IwAR1pDF3wdlNdYjJ8nNGrpCA0gLAQFrVXzCMzNw2SZXmdDb6ERXazlFsybPg

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 5, 2024. Visit: https://sanssoucifestival.org/call-for-entries/

FLORIDA: The Regional Dance America’s National Choreography Intensive 2024 (NCI) is a multi-faceted program providing dancers, emerging choreographers, and seasoned choreographers with the unparalleled opportunity to work, study, and create under the guidance of nationally recognized professionals in the fields of music and dance. The festival will take place from June 16 - June 30, 2024. Apply by May 1, 2024. Visit: http://www.nationalchoreographyintensive.com

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

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

MINNESOTA: The DanceBARN Festival, an annual event held in Battle Lake, brings professional dancers, choreographers, and dance educators together for one week of dancing, creating, relaxing, and performing in the heart of the lakes. The festival will take place July 22-28, 2024. Application process is open in March. Visit: www.dancebarncollective.org/festival

NEW YORK: i KADA Contemporary Dance Company presents the annual international dance festival, KoDaFe, in NYC. The festival unites artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world and offers a special cultural exchange. This year’s festival theme is happiness/pleasure, anger, sorrow, joy, love, hatred/envy, or greed/desire/jealousy. Apply by April 12, 2024. Visit: www.ikadadance.com

NEW YORK: Accent Dance NYC is seeking a professional, experienced, early-career choreographer to create a new dance work for the company. Choreographers should feel comfortable creating a work of 10-15 minutes in a 4-8 week time period. BIPOC and immigrant artists are especially encouraged to apply, though all are welcome. Apply by April 19, 2024. Visit: https://accent.dance/

NEW YORK: Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) invites commissions and works-in-progress by Queens-based choreographers and dance companies. All year long, JCAL also partners with Redtail Artist Residencies, which supports NYC dance and music artists through free space and public performances. Apply by May 11, 2024. Visit: https://jcal.org/dance-festival1

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. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://bethanyarts.org/residencies/

NEW YORK: Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in socially engaged forms. The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 that can be drawn down over a multi-year period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities. Apply by April 4, 2024. Visit: https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/

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

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

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

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

NEW YORK: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) artist residency programs respond directly to the immediate needs of the artistic community and promote the development of artistic work. The studio spaces are located in temporarily donated spaces throughout Lower Manhattan and in the LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island. Apply by April 23, 2024. Visit: https://lmcc.net/resources/artist-residencies/ Apply by July 19, 2024.

OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma International Dance Festival’s (OIDF) 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

RHODE ISLAND: A call for entries for Season 7 of the Motion State Dance Film Series is now open. It is the only year-long, traveling short dance film festival in New England devoted to showcasing the diversity of contemporary creative voices exploring the medium of choreography for the camera. Apply by April 15, 2024. Visit: https://motionstatearts.org/about-motion-state-dance-film-series

TEXAS: The application process is open for Small Plates Choreography Festival, a curated dance performance series. Performances will be on October 4 & 5, 2024 in Austin. Apply by June 1, 2024. Visit: https://smallplatesdance.com/apply/

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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 who explore new languages and alternative approaches to traditional artistic disciplines. Apply by April 17, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/permanenteciclo

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

AUSTRIA: ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival, Summer Academy ImPacT 2024 with Kerstin Kussmaul will run from July 14-29, 2024. ImPacT aims to connect participants with the professional international dance world. The students will be mentored by dance researcher and somatic movement educator Kerstin Kussmaul. Apply May 15, 2024. Visit: https://education.impulstanz.com/

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: The National Congress for Scientific Dance Research (ANDA) is accepting applications for the 12th edition of Festival de Dança Itacaré. Apply by April 12, 2024. Visit: https://portalanda.org.br/2024/03/12a-edicao-do-festival-de-danca-itacare-inscricoes-trabalhos-de-danca-nacionais-e-internacionais/

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

BULGARIA: The International Theatre and Dance Festival Alter Ego, organized by Theatre-Studio 4xC, is an attempt to create a meeting space for artists. Alter Ego’s program includes several performances that stand out with their bold experimental search for avant-garde theatre. Apply by June 15, 2024. The program will take place from October 21-25, 2024. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/theatreforumalter

CANADA: Banff Centre Residency Program is designed for artists in the creation phase of new work, with minimal technical support in Banff Centre’s studio space. A number of dance companies will reside on campus at the same time, working on their respective projects and enjoying opportunities for artistic connection and exchange. Apply by April 17, 2024. Visit: www.banffcentre.ca

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

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

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

FRANCE: Cite Internationale des Arts is now accepting applications for its residency program. There are two ways to be selected: by being nominated by one of the 135 partners or "so scripters", or by applying directly to the commissions that assess individual candidates. Apply by April 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.citedesartsparis.net/en/2023--2024-residency-programmes

FRANCE: République et Canton de Neuchâtel x Cité internationale des arts Residency Programme is now accepting applications. Apply by April 17, 2024. Visit: https://www.citedesartsparis.net/en/residencies/staying-at-the-cite

FRANCE: Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie Accueil Studio will welcome a choreographer or company to come in residence for creation or research for at least two weeks, with workspaces and CCN participation in realizing a project. Projects with a strong connection to music will be favored. Six projects will be selected for a budget of 10,000 euros. Apply by May 12, 2024. Visit: https://ccncn.eu/en/projects-supported-by-the-ccn/accueil-studio-residencies/

GERMANY: K3 Tanzplan Hamburg and NAVE in Santiago de Chile are offering an international residency exchange from June to November 2024. A choreographer from Chile and a choreographer working in Hamburg will accompany each other in their work processes on a research project and engage in a peer-to-peer exchange. Apply by April 2, 2024. Visit: https://k3-hamburg.de/en/k3/jobs&callforproposals

GERMANY: The purpose of Danceland, by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, is to present the diversity of contemporary dance. General Project Funding accepts applications from creative artists twice a year to finance projects in all artistic fields. Only innovative projects with an international context can receive General Project Funding from the Federal Cultural Foundation. Apply by July 31, 2024. Visit: https://www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/en/funding/general_project_funding.html

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

GERMANY: 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

GREECE: Paleochori’s first residency program offers a supportive environment for those interested in deepening their practice of improvisation and movement research. The residency, taking place from July 1-29, 2024, will host up to twelve participants in an ideal setting for creative exploration, community work, and reflective inner journeying. Apply by April 7, 2024. Visit: https://paleochoricamp.gr

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 2024. Apply by June 1, 2024. Visit: https://akropoditi.com/dancecentre/en/residencies-en/#1554724541704-3a535a8e-1533

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

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

INTERNATIONAL: Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival (D2D) is an International Dance Film Fest dedicated to democratizing dance by dancing in the public realm. Applications are currently being accepted for D2D Round 7. Apply by August 1, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/daretodanceinpublicfilmfestival

ISRAEL: The Jerusalem International Solo Dance Festival is celebrating the performance art, craft, and theme of the solo contemporary dance creation and creator. The festival will showcase 5 nights of international solo creations in two leading Jerusalem venues. In addition, the festival holds an international residency program inviting local and international artists for a creative site-specific process of new solo work inspired and researched in Jerusalem. Apply by April 14, 2024. Visit: https://jisdf.co.il/open-call/?lang=en

ITALY: The Apulia International Dance Festival, taking place from August 19-31, 2024, is structured to allow ample time for delving into each teacher’s ideas and unique processes, creating a deep experience centered around studying, researching, and developing various languages for personal stage work. Apply by June 20, 2024. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/spazio8_taranto/

ITALY: Citofonare PimOff residency supports Italian and international choreographic research. The Citofonare PimOff call is addressed to Italian and international artists who, by filling out the online form, present a contemporary dance project in its creation phase that has never debuted. PimOff will provide a residency, up to a maximum of 15 days, from March to May, to the selected artists, offering the use of the theatre room and its equipment; financial support; and organizational, communicative, and promotional support. Apply by April 30. 2024. Visit: https://www.pimoff.it/en/citofonare-pimoff

ITALY: Corposensibile is an international screendance research program and festival held on June 8, 2024. It aims to be a pivotal gathering for artists, celebrating screendance and fostering dialogue and learning in the interconnected arts. Apply by April 15, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/CORPOSENSIBILE

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

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: 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: 6th annual kNOwBOX dance Film Festival is now accepting applications. The mission for the NBFF is to curate dance films that explore an innovative approach to challenging the possibilities of what dance can look like in video form. Apply by June 1, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/knowboxdancefilmfestival

NETHERLANDS: ChoreoComp Royal Conservatoire Dance has an open call for 3 young choreographers who are interested in (speed) creating movement and music with live musicians and dancers for a choreography course. The intensive will take place from August 26-31, 2024.

Apply by July 1, 2024. Visit: https://www.koncon.nl/choreocomp

POLAND: The Polish Dance Platform, organised by The National Institute of Music and Dance, will be held in Lodz from April 18-21, 2024. Fifteen performances, chosen by the jury, will take place on seven stages. The participants of the event will also have the opportunity to take part in workshops, panel discussions, meetings, and presentation sessions. Visit: https://nimit.pl/en/aktualnosci/polish-dance-platform-2024-participate/

POLAND: In the frame of 22nd dance Festival Kielce 2024, taking place from April 5-29, 2024, the participants and audience will have the opportunity to see dance performances and take part in workshops in different styles and dance techniques. The festival will end with the Gala celebrating the International Dance Day. Visit: https://ktt.pl/22-festiwal-tanca-kielce-2024-program-5-29-kwietnia-2024/

POLAND: IN OUT Festival is a cyclical project of the Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art organized since 2005. In 2024, CCA Łaźnia intends to dedicate its 16th edition to the theme of photography. The competition is in two stages: artists from Poland and abroad selected in the first stage are invited to the Festival in Gdańsk, and their works will be presented during the reviews. Apply by June 30, 2024. Visit: https://www.laznia.pl/wydarzenia/in-out-festival-984/

POLAND: The second edition of Horizons - the Intergenerational Ballet Meetings - will take place from April 25-28, 2024. Horizons aims to promote young choreographers. The works of winners of the competitions will be presented during the gala along with choreographies of established choreographers. Visit: https://opera-slaska.pl/spektakle/event/159/horyzonty---miedzypokoleniowe-spotkania-baletowe

PORTUGAL: The Video Dance Showcase of the Quinzena de Dança de Almada – International Dance Festival, this year in the 32nd edition, is calling for applications. The festival will take place from September 19-October 6, 2024. Apply by April 8, 2024. Visit: https://quinzenadedancadealmada.cdanca-almada.pt

PORTUGAL: The 3rd edition of the Mafra Dance Festival is a dance festival organized by Amalgama Companhia de Dança with the support of Mafra Council to promote talents and skills. Applications for Choreografic & Performing or Videodance category are open. Apply by April 1, 2024. The festival will take place May 24-26, 2024. Visit: https://www.amalgama.pt/festivais-mdf/

SPAIN: There is an open call for contemporary and experimental choreographers to be part of the International BETA PUBLICA Showcase 2024. Apply by April 7, 2024. Visit: https://www.betapublica.org/

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

SPAIN: Each year a Barcelona International Dance Exchange (BIDE) Lab-meeting in Barcelona welcomes dancers, choreographers, and cultural managers for a networking and exchange platform. The event will take place June 26-30, 2024. Visit: https://bidebarcelona.com/en/applications-form/b-meeting-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:

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NEW YORK: New York City Ballet’s 2024 Spring Gala will turn the spotlight on NYCB's future through commitment to new work. The evening will feature two new ballets – one by NYCB Resident Choreographer Justin Peck, marking his 24th ballet for the company, and a NYCB debut by Amy Hall Garner, whose work has been seen on a wide array of ballet and theater stages. The event will take place on May 2, 2024. Visit: https://www.nycballet.com/support/special-events/spring-gala/

NEW YORK: Dedicated to cultivating the next generation of ballet dancers, choreographers, and audiences, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company performs New York premieres by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, James Whiteside, and ABT Studio Company dancer Brady Farrar. The performance will take place on May 1, 2024 at the Joyce Theater. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/82//abt-studio-company

NEW YORK: Gibney Company returns to The Joyce with new work by Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge, exploring time as an instigator, space as a character, and individuality as a path to upholding community. The world premiere will take place on May 8, 2024. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/85//gibney-company

NEW YORK: Parsons Dance annual New York season includes three world premieres by David Parsons, Penny Saunders, and Jamar Roberts alongside company classics. The world premiere will take place on May 15, 2024 at the Joyce Theater. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/88//parsons-dance

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AUSTRALIA: Australian Ballet’s double bill presents Études, a beloved classic that shows the complexity of ballet technique, alongside a new contemporary commission, Circle Electric by Stephanie Lake. The world premiere will take place on May 3, 2024. Visit: https://australianballet.com.au/performances/etudes-circle-electric

AUSTRIA: In the new piece ZĀĀR, Ulduz Ahmadzadeh continues her long-term research on the movement material of West Asian cultural heritage and lets the spirits carry her on the wind, from the Persian Gulf to the African continent. The Austrian premiere will take place on April 5, 2024. Visit: https://tqw.at/en/event/zaar-ahmadzadeh/

AUSTRIA: Assembly Hall, with choreography by Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young, will have its Austrian premiere on May 9, 2024. Their third collaboration explores the human need for belonging. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/crystal-pite-jonathon-young-kidd-pivot/1855

AUSTRIA: The twins Sadè and Kristina Alleyne are stars of the international dance scene. Their big stage performance, A Night's Game, is inspired by real-life events. The stirring and highly precise choreography takes the audience on an intense journey about the desire for freedom and the resistance to it. The premiere will take place on May 28, 2024 as part of Klagenfurt Festival. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/fouad-boussouf/1843

AUSTRIA: In 2024, tanzist will celebrate their 30th anniversary with performances by Liquid Loft & Bulbul, James Wilton Dance, Angélique Willkie, Demestri & Lefeuvre. The festival will take place from June 13-23, 2024. Visit: https://www.tanzist.at/festival-2024/#bulbul

AUSTRIA: In Fêu, with choreography by Fouad Boussouf, a blazing fire dances to its own tune. Everything in Fouad Boussouf’s latest creation revolves around this destructive and creative element. With a movement vocabulary that is an amalgam of hip-hop, new circus, and both contemporary and traditional North African dance, the Moroccan-French choreographer has delighted audiences around the world. The Austrian premiere will take place on April 12, 2024. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/fouad-boussouf/1843

CANADA: The dancers of Ballet BC take the lead in a unique program entirely created, produced, and performed by them. Originally conceived as a digital initiative to keep dancers active during the pandemic, now it is included as part of the regular season offerings. The performance will take place on April 5 & 6, 2024. Visit: https://balletbc.com/performance/take-form/#features

CANADA: A full evening of premieres from Ballet BC Artistic Director Medhi Walerski closes the season. A powerful tribute to The Rite of Spring, the epic Chamber makes its long-awaited company premiere. SWAY, an intimate exploration of hope, is shared with North American audiences for the first time, plus an anticipated world premiere, Walerski’s first new creation. The world premiere will take place on May 9, 2024. Visit: https://balletbc.com/performance/for-ever/

CANADA: The New Standards is a collaboration with Canadian tap star Danny Nielsen and musician Dan Reynolds. Inspired by the concept of contrafacts, where new melodies are overlaid on familiar harmonic structures, the two will co-create a performance drawing on everything from traditional and contemporary jazz to R&B, hip hop, and rock. The premiere will take place on May 23, 2024. Visit: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/danny-nielsen/

GERMANY: Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau is a star of the modern dance scene and known for his visually spectacular productions. Currently he is an artist-in-residence at the Staatsballett Berlin, where he has created Overture, a new production with the Staatsballett ensemble. The program also includes Angels’ Atlas by Crystal Pite. The world premiere will take place on April 28, 2024. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/overture-en/89.html#a_181

GERMANY: In collaboration with the music ensemble Sjaella, Leipzig Ballet turns its attention to Giselle, one of the greatest masterpieces of classical ballet, as Ballet Director and Chief Choreographer Mario Schröder rediscovers the story of the peasant girl who dies of a broken heart. The premiere will take place on April 20, 2024. Visit: https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/giselle/600

NETHERLANDS: NDT 1 presents a triptych of works, Do Not Run Fly, which includes two new creations by choreographers Marcos Morau and Yoann Bourgeois, plus Solo Echo (2012) by Associate Choreographer Crystal Pite. The world premiere will take place on May 16, 2024. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/do-not-run-fly/

POLAND: In the frame of XXX Bydgoszcz Opera Festival, two ballet performances will be presented. Dolce Folia/Folia with choreography of Mourad Merzouki and Le Ballet Monte Carlo will present Romeo and Juliet with choreography of Jean-Christophe Maillot. The festival will take place from April 20-May 5, 2024. Visit: https://www.opera.bydgoszcz.pl/xxx-bfo-program.html

POLAND: The Identities offers an evening of new choreographies created by dancers of the ballet company of The Opera at the Castle. They not only create their choreographies but are responsible for the whole process of production. The performance will take place on April 27, 2024. Visit: https://www.opera.szczecin.pl/repertuar/tozsamosci-wieczor-nowej-choreografii

POLAND: The Black Wedding is the new production of The Kielce Dance Theatre, which will be presented in the frame of 22nd Dance Festival Kielce 2024. The piece is choreographed by Hope Maimane. The premiere will take place on April 26, 2024. Visit: https://ktt.pl/zobacz-jazz-hymn-of-life-golden-ages-22-festiwal-tanca-kielce-2024-duza-scena-ktt-26-kwietnia-2024-r-godz-1800/

POLAND: The premiere of Romeo and Juliet, choreographed Sasha Waltz to music by Hector Berlioz, is part of the XXVII Lodz Ballet Festival. The world premiere of this ballet took place in 2007 at The Paris National Opera. Now Sasha Walz is preparing this production with the Ballet Company of The Grand Theatre, Lodz. The performance will take place on May 11, 2024. Visit: https://www.operalodz.com/index.php?id=29&idd=533

POLAND: Polish National Ballet will present the world premiere of the ballet Pinocchio to the music by Mieczyslaw Weinberg with the choreography of Ann Hop. Hop draws inspiration from the original story by Collodi, but adapts it for the modern age. The premiere will take place on April 21, 2024. Visit: https://teatrwielki.pl/en/repertoire/calendar/2023-2024/pinocchio/termin/2024-04-21_18-00/

POLAND: The Ballet Company of the Baltic Opera presents the premiere of Leo Delibes’ Coppélia with choreography by John Kobborg. The premiere will take place on April 6, 2024. Visit: https://operabaltycka.pl/wydarzenie/coppelia

SWEDEN: Carte Blanche launches a new world premiere, Retro Cat, by esteemed artist and composer Tori Wrånes. Retro Cat is a performance where set design, sound, light, and dancers merge into a lively and surreal experience. The performance is a co-production between Carte Blanche and Bergen International Festival. The premiere is on May 23, 2024. Visit: https://carteblanche.no/en/shows-and-events/rtro-cat/

SWEDEN: Breaking Point is an exhibition and a dance performance created by choreographer Helena Franzén and filmmaker Håkan Jelk. Its world premiere is at Uppsala konstmuseum on April 13, 2024. Visit: https://konstmuseum.uppsala.se/utstallningar/brytpunkt/

SWEDEN: In Cosmetic Demons: A Choreographic Salon, the hair salon is a place where gossip, emotions, and personal processes are made visible. The piece will premiere on April 11, 2024. Visit: https://www.nordbergmovement.se/artists/sindri-runudde/

UK: Sadler’s Wells’ Elixir Festival challenges perceptions around dance and age with works by iconic artists from around the world alongside inspiring performances. The festival will take place from April 10-19, 2024. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/elixir-festival-2024/

UK: The Royal Ballet, together with various international companies, present a programme of new works made by emergent choreographic voices in the global dance industry. The program will take place from April 10-13, 2024. Visit: https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/international-draft-works-2024-details

UK: Breakin’ Convention, the world’s biggest festival of hip hop dance theatre, is hosted and curated by Jonzi D and features the freshest works from favourite artists. The festival will take place at the Sadler’s Wells on May 4 & 5, 2024. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/breakin-convention-2024-international-festival-of-hip-hop-dance-theatre/

UK: The dancers of the DART Dance Company will unleash their creative forces, bringing to life the new works of Jiri Pokorny with his bizarre, pulsating, and uncompromisingly physical piece The one AND lonely, while Roy Assaf will carry the audience into a sensitive and pure world with his new work called Birds Don’t Sing They Screech In Pain. The premiere will take place at the Sadler’s Wells on May 14, 2024. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/dart-dance-company-the-one-and-lonely/

UK: Scottish Ballet’s hugely popular, award-winning production of A Streetcar Named Desire is directed by Nancy Meckler and choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Scottish Ballet’s UK premiere will take place at the Sadler’s Wells on May 16, 2024. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/scottish-ballet-a-streetcar-named-desire/

UK: To celebrate International Dance Day and the launch of Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2024, dancer and choreographer Raul Reinoso of Acosta Danza explores, by the processes of creolization, the foundation of African Caribbean culture. The performance will take place on April 29, 2024. Visit: https://www.serendipity-uk.com/event/lets-dance-international-frontiers-2024-launch-unbuntu-acosta-danza/

COMPETITIONS: 

INTERNATIONAL:

ITALY: The International Screendance Competition is open to international artists who are willing to accept the challenge of creating innovative, courageous short dance films with a strong cinematic impact and provocative storytelling. The competition will take place on June 11, 2024. Apply by April 9, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/Ladanzain1minuto

KOREA: The 21st Seoul International Dance Competition 2024 in South Korea, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, & Tourism, is open for registrations. The competition has a choreography category and will take place from July 5-17, 2024. Apply by April 30, 2024. Visit: https://bit.ly/SIDC2024DO

POLAND: The Opera at the Castle in Szczecin is accepting applications to participate in an International Choreographic Competition taking place on June 29, 2024. The competition is addressed to young choreographers, both beginners and experienced, who hold a diploma from a ballet school or work in ballet ensembles of cultural institutions. Apply by April 14, 2024. Visit: https://www.opera.szczecin.pl/aktualnosci/informacje/konkurs

POLAND: The International Solo Dance Contest is open for professional solos of contemporary dance lasting 5-20 minutes. The festival will take place from August 26-30, 2024. Apply by May 17, 2024. Visit: https://www.gdanskifestiwaltanca.pl/en/News/Apply-to-SOLO-DANCE-CONTEST-2024~n2480

TRENDING: Remembering the 2023 Best Choreographies in Film

In a follow-up to the 96th Academy Awards, which took place on March 10, we’re taking a moment to acknowledge the most prominent dance in the films nominated for Oscars this year, as well as the choreographers of those movies. Well… The Oscars and dancemakers don’t have the easiest relationship. Although many of the films nominated inevitably include dancing, there’s no award for choreography. Yet, we can vividly remember “The Best Dance in This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Films” in this wonderful article in the US Dance Magazine:

https://www.dancemagazine.com/oscars-dance/

Enjoy!

 NEW BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY:

Meredith Monk: Calling, by Anna Schneider (Editor) – May 14, 2024. The first visual book on the massively influential musician and interdisciplinary artist whose six-decade oeuvre unites music, movement and art. Composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer Meredith Monk has united music, theater, and dance to forge a new creative idiom exploring the human voice as an instrument that has proved enormously influential for musicians and artists from Bruce Nauman and Terry Riley to Björk and John Zorn.

Since the 1960s, Monk has created performances at the Guggenheim Museum rotunda (the first artist to do so), performed in public car parks and on opera stages, and recorded numerous acclaimed albums with ECM. Her music has been used in films by Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague), the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski) and David Byrne (True Stories), and she has directed two films (Ellis Island and Book of Days).

This catalog is the first overview of her work, featuring previously unpublished archival material, scores, notations, drawings and photographs, as well as an insightful conversation with Monk and essays by acclaimed writers and curators such as Andrea Lissoni, Rick Moody, Timothy Morton, Teresa Retzer, Beatrix Ruf, Anna Schneider, Adam Shatz, and Louise Steinman.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Meredith-Monk-Calling-Anna-Schneider/dp/3775754814

CINEMA ON/WITH CHOREOGRAPHY:

Pulse of the Dance, directed by Georgi D. Kostov. Life is more than just a loss. Pulse of the Dance is a movie about the price of success. In this romantic drama, Martina becomes involved with the young dancer Victor, who begins to train her, but he does more than that. He also becomes her teacher in life.Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JovxoP9c4As

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