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Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Merce Cunningham Trust Award, Baryshnikov Arts Residency, Uptown Rising Open Call, Young Choreographer’s Festival, Choreography Lab, Fertile Ground, WAXworks, NY; Austin Dance Festival Open Call, TX, USA; Culture move Europe Grants for choreographers, EU; International Choreographic Festival of Blois, FRANCE; Moovy Dance Films Open Call, GERMANY; Mudhouse Residency, GREECE; Farm Studio International Artists Residency, INDIA; Biennale Danza and Kulturfactory Performing Arts, ITALY; Kyoto Art Center Open Call, JAPAN; FIDCDMX, MEXICO, Adore Dance London Residency, UK, and more…

New Works & Events: NEW Caili Quan and Helen Pickett in New York; Pam Tanowitz and Joseph Toonga in London; Marguerite Donlon and Takehiro Ueyama in Philadelphia; Lia Cirio in Boston; Pierre Pontvianne in Vancouver; Lauren Lovette in Leipzig; Jaroslav Staniek in Krakow; Malgorzata Dzierzon in Wroclaw, and more…

Contests: 29. Internationales Solo -Tanz -Theater Festival Stuttgart 2025 Competition (Germany)

Trending: The Rise of J-pop Choreography

New Books: K-pop Dance, Fandoming Yourself on Social Media, by Chuyun Oh, Routledge, 2023

New Movies: Ballerina: A John Wick Story, directed by Len Wiseman and written by Shay Hatten

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

NATIONAL:

ARIZONA: The Made in Wickenburg Artist Residency Program, which is located at an historic guest ranch in Wickenburg, Arizona, offers artist residency programs designed to foster creative, collaborative, and performance projects of established performing artists. Each residency is designed to allow artistic companies the opportunity to pursue new projects, mount work, or collaborate with other artists. The historic “dude ranch,” situated on 20,000 acres of the high Sonoran Desert, is open to guests from October through May each year and is the perfect retreat to research, create, and develop new work without the distractions of everyday life. Application is open to US artists. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://dewpac.org/programs/made-in-wickenburg/

GEORGIA: The Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University (KSU) invites two nationally emerging or mid-career choreographers to apply for a four-week residency to create two world premieres on the KSU Dance Company. The resident choreographers will receive a $5,000 honorarium. Housing, travel expenses, and per diem are included in the honorarium. Apply by October 31, 2024. Visit: https://arts.kennesaw.edu/dance/events/choreographic_residency_at_kennesaw_state.php

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

MARYLAND: USArtists International supports performances by U.S. artists at cultural festivals and arts marketplaces around the globe. Committed to the presence of U.S.-based artists on world stages, USArtists International provides grants to ensembles and individual performers in dance, music, and theater. Apply by February 26, 2025 for projects taking place June 1 - 30, 2026. Visit: https://www.midatlanticarts.org/opportunity/usartists-international/

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 MEXICO: Keshet Makers Space Experience offers 10-day choreographic residencies providing studio rehearsal space, daily peer-led movement classes, business workshops specific to performing arts entrepreneurs, and housing. Apply by October 15, 2024. Visit: http://www.KeshetArts.org

NEW YORK: Merce Cunningham Trust accepts applications for the Barbara Ensley Award 2025. 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 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.mercecunningham.org/activities/barbara-ensley-award-application/

NEW YORK: ANGEL VISITS will be the premiere production by Body Artifacts, taking place on January 18, 2025. The performance will feature works from 3-4 choreographers showing completed works centering around the impact/experiences of religion, spirituality, or divinity in queer/ LBGTQIA+ stories. Apply by October 10, 2024. Visit: https://www.body-artifacts.com/upcoming

NEW YORK: Baryshnikov Arts is offering 1- or 2-week artist residencies for dance, music, theater, performance art, and multimedia artists. The residencies support artists by providing space for creative investigation. Baryshnikov Arts will be accepting up to 300 applications. The application is open until October 18, 2024 or until the submission limit is reached. Visit: https://baryshnikovarts.org/news/baryshnikov-arts-residencies-2025/

NEW YORK: Uptown Rising provides choreographers the space and opportunity to premiere new ideas and revisit previous works in an intimate setting. Apply by October 11, 2024, for performance on November 15, 2024. Visit: www.bridgefordance.com/uptown-rising

NEW YORK: The Young Choreographer’s Festival, now in its 13th year, presents the work of some of the most up-and-coming 18- to 27-year-old choreographers in all dance genres at Symphony Space in NYC. Apply by February 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.ycfdance.com/

NEW YORK: The Choreography Lab offers a platform to present a work to a live audience in Steps Studio Theater. The lab welcomes completed dance pieces and dance in collaboration with theater, music, and performance art. The next lab will take place on November 17, 2024. Apply by October 7, 2024. Visit: https://stepsbeyond.org/choreography-lab/

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, 2024. Visit: https://cjgfamilyfoundation.com/gross-family-prize/

NEW YORK: Bethany Arts Community offers short-term residencies to artists at different stages of their careers from around the world for the development of both new works and works in progress. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://bethanyarts.org/residencies/

NEW YORK: 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 now open 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

TEXAS: Austin Dance Festival produces professional artists working in the fields of modern dance, postmodern dance, contemporary dance, improvisation, and experimental dance. The festival will take place from April 3-6, 2025. Apply by December 1, 2024. Visit: https://austindancefestival.com/professional-artist-application.html

INTERNATIONAL:

ARGENTINA: Permanente.ciclo is a festival of experimental arts that takes place periodically in unconventional exhibition spaces. 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 October 17, 2024. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/permanente.ciclo/

AUSTRALIA: Arts House’s CultureLAB is a creative development program that supports independent artists, collectives, and small- to medium-sized organizations to generate new work. CultureLAB is one of the pathways through which Arts House commissions work for the presentation seasons. Apply by October 23, 2024. Visit: https://www.artshouse.com.au/artist-opportunities/culturelab/

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: RedSapata Kunst-, Kultur- und Tanzinitiative invite professional artists from the field of movement art to apply for residencies at artistic venues in Linz. The 2025 highlights are the topics of climate justice and gender equality. Apply by October 7, 2024. Visit: https://www.sonnensteinloft.at/blog

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, allowing around 7,000 artists, creators, and cultural professionals to go abroad for professional development or international collaborations and much more. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/creative-europe-culture-strand/culture-moves-europe-mobility-for-artists-and-professionals

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 accepted on an ongoing basis. Visit: http://www.casanailha.org

CANADA: The Choreography Residency Montréal supports German-Canadian exchange. In collaboration with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique and Fabrik Potsdam, dance artists from Germany and Canada have the opportunity to get to know the local scene in the host country and to work actively in it. Apply by October 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/tam.html

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

CHILE: Kinissis International Contemporary Dance Festival 2025 offers an immersive week of technical training, cultural exchange, and international artistic collaboration. The festival will take place January 11-18, 2025. Apply by December 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/kinissis_festival

EUROPE: The Culture Moves Europe program announces an 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

EUROPE: Cultural Moves Europe is calling for applications for the third Individual Mobility Action 3. Artists and cultural professionals can apply with a proposal to carry out a project with a partner of their choice in a Creative Europe country that is not their country of residence. Apply by November 30, 2024. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/calls/third-call-for-individual-mobility-of-artists-and-cultural-professionals#about

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

FRANCE: The International Choreographic Festival of Blois (Blois Danse) is looking for 6 dance companies/choreographers to present their work. Both emerging and established companies/choreographers can apply. The festival will take place July 4-6, 2025. Apply by November 30, 2024. Visit: www.bloisdanse.com/opencall

GERMANY: Moovy Dance Film Festival is looking for dance films and choreography for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). The festival presents innovative dance films for the screen and will take place November 1-30, 2025. Apply by November 30, 2024.  Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/Moovy

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

GERMANY: Choreographers up to age 40 are invited to apply for a guest program for young theatre professionals from abroad conducted by Goethe-Institut, Munich, and the Federal Republic of Germany Centre of the International Theatre Institute (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: 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 2025 residency season. Apply by January 1, 2025. The application process is free and open to all. Visit: http://www.mudhouseresidency.com/about

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/

INTERNATIONAL: Ballet Nights presents unique evenings of classical ballet, neo-classical ballet, and contemporary dance. The program is seeking acts ready to stage from across the world in new revolutionary spaces worldwide. Apply by January 1, 2025. Visit: http://www.Youtube.com/@BalletNights

ITALY: The Biennale Danza Dance Department promotes a multi-year programme aimed at supporting the production (or co-production) of new works by international choreographers or dance companies. The program will take place July 17 through August 2, 2025. Apply by October 20, 2024. Visit: https://www.labiennale.org/en/dance/2024/international-call-new-choreographic-creation

ITALY: The GIPSY RAW company in collaboration with PROLOCO and the municipality of Margherita Di Savoia is launching the second edition of the SALInSTRADA Festival. The festival is looking for companies from all arts disciplines to play in the city of Margherita di Savoia between June 19-22, 2025. Apply by January 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/salinstrada_festival/

ITALY: Kulturfactory Performing Arts Residency is offered to 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: Contemporary Dance Association of Japan is accepting applications with complete dance pieces to be performed for Dance Pan 2025, taking place on March 8 & 9, 2025. Apply by October 25, 2024. Visit: http://www.gendaibuyou.or.jp/news/recruit/n24072500

JAPAN: Kyoto Art Center offers an artist-in-residence program to support the creative activities of emerging artists and researchers in the arts who seek to create new artistic expression through exposure to different cultures. Apply by September 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.kac.or.jp/news/20240820/

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, contemporary dance companies, and dance troupes are invited to participate in the FIDCDMX open call. The festival will be held August 7-17, 2025. Apply by December 30, 2024. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/FIDCDMX

MEXICO: ATLAS Mexico Biennial International Dance Festival 2025 is a pedagogical and scenic meeting point that showcases performative works and workshops featuring the most important trends in the dance scene. The festival will take place April 14-25, 2025. Apply by Decemeber  30, 2024. Visit: http://www.atlasmexicofestival.com

PORTUGAL: Lugar Futuro is a showcase of choreographic works by young choreographers who are starting a career in the professional world of dance, framed within the youth dance festival Lugar Futuro, which takes place March 13-16, 2025. Apply by October 31, 2024. Visit: https://on-the-move.org/news/lugar-presente-lugar-futuro-youth-dance-festival-2025-portugal

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 residency is proposed as a laboratory for experimental creation and as an exhibition and informative place. Duration of residency is from one to two months. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://espaciolavadero.com/

SWITZERLAND: The Sudkulturfonds has developed a grant to support 100 artists from countries in the global South and East who are in the early stages of their careers. The project supports performances happening at Swiss venues. Apply by four weeks before the project date.  Visit: https://www.suedkulturfonds.ch/ongoing-grants

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

UK: London-based artists may apply for the Adore Dance London Residency Program. The residency offers free studio space for up to 10 weeks. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.adoredance.london/free-dance-studio-space-london-artistic-residency

NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:

NATIONAL:

MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Ballet’s Principal Dancer Lia Cirio marks her second choreographic work for the company. Her ballet will feature neo-classical pointe work. The premiere will take place on October 24, 2024. Visit: https://www.bostonballet.org/performances/fall-experience/

NEW YORK: The 2024 Fall Fashion Gala continues to pair couture with contemporary choreography: a world premiere from Caili Quan marking her debut work for NYCB, a company premiere by Gianna Reisen originally made for the School of American Ballet in 2022, and Tiler Peck’s acclaimed winter 2024 creation Concerto for Two Pianos. The performance will take place on October 9, 2024. Visit: https://www.nycballet.com/support/special-events/fall-gala/

NEW YORK: In Crime and Punishment, Helen Pickett brings Raskolnikov’s story to life in the striking new ballet for the American Ballet Theater, featuring music by Isobel Waller-Bridge. The world premiere will take place on October 30, 2024. Visit: https://www.abt.org/event_dates/crime-and-punishment-2024-10-30-730pm/

NEW YORK: American Ballet Theater’s triple bill includes new works by Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham. World premiere will take place on October 16, 2024. Visit: https://www.abt.org/performances/fall-season/

PENNSYLVANIA: Ballet X presents a new work by Marguerite Donlon and the return of Matthew Neenan and Takehiro Ueyama. Marguerite Donlon creates dynamic and poetic works with a touch of humor. The world premiere will take place on November 13, 2024. Visit: https://www.balletx.org/seasons/fall-series-2024/

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AUSTRIA:  The Austrian premiere of Freedom Sonata, with choreography by Emanuel Gat, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, will take place on October 18, 2024. Freedom Sonata celebrates dance as a method of exploring our society in movement. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/emanuel-gat/4183

AUSTRIA: Notte Morricone, choreographed by Marcos Morau, will have its Austrian Premiere on November 23, 2024. The Spanish artist, crowned Choreographer of the Year 2023 by the magazine tanz, returns to the Festspielhaus with a programme set to the music of Ennio Morricone, Italian maestro of film music. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/marcos-morau-ccnaterballetto-tonkunstler-orchester/3755

AUSTRIA: Shout Aloud, choreographed by Yasmeen Godder in collaboration with Egyptian-Iraqi singer Dikla, will have its Austrian premiere on November 30, 2024. In recent years, the choreographic works of Yasmeen Godder have focused on empathy and “acknowledging that other people are also in the room having their own experiences.” Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/yasmeen-godder-dikla/4128

CANADA: Ballet BC’s season opener DAWN introduces a world premiere from a choreographer new to the company, Pierre Pontvianne. The program also includes works by Heart Drive from Imre and Marne van Opstal, and Crystal Pite’s Frontier. The world premiere will take place on November 7, 2024. Visit: https://balletbc.com/performance/dawn/

CANADA: Since 1984, CINARS, one of the most important international performing arts conferences in the world, takes place every two years in Montréal. After 18 editions, the CINARS Biennale has become a key worldwide event in performing arts touring. The 21st edition will take place from November 11-16, 2024. Visit:  https://cinars.org/en/cinars

GERMANY: In her first work for the Leipzig Ballet, American choreographer Lauren Lovette presents Romeo and Juliet, focusing on the heart of the tragedy: the relationships and feelings between the characters we all know and whose familiar story we are privileged to follow. This world premiere of Romeo and Juliet will take place on October 26, 2024. Visit: https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/romeo-und-julia/743

GERMANY: In Kinsun Chan and Martin Zimmermann’s new ballet for the Semperoper Ballet, Wonderful World, dancers try to make connections with others, and in so doing, they face the challenge of losing their balance and even the ground beneath their feet. The premiere will take place on October 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/wonderful-world-en/62467.html#ni_ev_30983

NETHERLANDS: NDT 2 opens the season with a double bill, which includes Marcos Morau’s Folkå (2021) and work by Nadav Zelner, whose passion for dance and music comes together in a complex choreography that inspires the artistic virtuosity of the dancers. The world premiere will take place on October 24, 2024. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/lucid-variations/

POLAND: The Krakow Opera House presents Możdżer…in blue with choreography by Jaroslav Staniek and music by George Gershwin. The premiere will take place on October 4, 2024. Visit: https://opera.krakow.pl/spektakle/mozdzer-in-blue#producersAndCast

POLAND: The Grand Theatre Lodz presents Giselle with choreography by Zofia Rudnicka. The world premiere will take place on October 12, 2024. Visit: https://www.operalodz.com/index.php?id=29&idd=643

POLAND: The Polish National Ballet presents Peer Gynt with choreography by Edward Clug. The two-act ballet is based on the dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen with the music of Edvard Grieg. The Polish premiere will take place on October 25, 2024. Visit: https://teatrwielki.pl/en/calendar/2024-2025/peer-gynt/termin/2024-10-25_19-00/

POLAND: The Wroclaw Opera House will present The Snow Queen with choreography by Malgorzata Dzierzon, who also leads the ballet company. The world premiere will take place on November 8, 2024. The musical score will be Max Richter’s version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Visit: https://www.opera.wroclaw.pl/1/spektakl.php?_id=6111

POLAND: Ciało/Umysł International Festival for Dance and Performance Art, one of the oldest contemporary dance festivals in Poland, will take place from November 11-13, 2024. The festival is presented under the artistic direction of Edyta Kozak. Visit: https://cialoumysl.pl/en/festiwal/23-c-u-2024-en/?f=23-c-u-2024-en

UK: Birmingham Royal Ballet presents the world premiere of Luna. Five female choreographers from around the world take inspiration from the pioneering women of Birmingham. Each tells a story tackling universal themes through sweeping dramatic movement and intense, intimate moments of darkness and light. The performance will take place on October 23, 2024. Visit: https://www.brb.org.uk/shows/luna

UK: The Royal Ballet’s fall program Encounters includes new contemporary works by Pam Tanowitz and Joseph Toonga. The world premiere will take place on October 22, 2024. Visit: https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/encounters-four-contemporary-ballets-details

UK: The Royal Ballet presents Maddaddam in which Margaret Atwood’s dystopian epic of annihilation and survival is transformed into a visionary new ballet by Wayne McGregor. The premiere will take place on November 14, 2024. Visit: https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/maddaddam-details

CHOREOGRAPHIC CONTESTS:

INTERNATIONAL:

GERMANY: Application for the 29. Internationales Solo -Tanz -Theater Festival Stuttgart 2025 Competition for contemporary choreographers and young dancers is now open. The choreographies should be developed like a contemporary and genuine movement language. The dancers must be at least 18 years old and not more than 30 years old. Apply by November 11, 2024. Visit: https://www.solo-tanz-theater.de/2024/06/14/registration-application-2025/

TRENDING: The Rise of J-pop Choreography

Star choreographer Kyle Hanagami discusses the influence of his Japanese roots, his interest in bringing J-pop artists into the mainstream, and what it was like working with Blackpink, Tina Fey, and more. Courtesy of the publication Tokyo Weekender. For the full interview, please go to: https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/music/dancing-with-the-stars-an-interview-with-kyle-hanagami/

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

K-pop Dance, Fandoming Yourself on Social Media, by Chuyun Oh, Routledge, 2023. This book is about K-pop dance and the evolution and presence of its dance fandom on social media. Based on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, choreography, and participation-observation with 40 amateur and professional K-pop dancers in New York, California, and Seoul, the book traces the evolution of K-pop dance from the 1980s to the 2020s and explains its distinctive feature called ‘gestural point choreography’ – front-driven, two-dimensional, decorative and charming movements of the upper body and face – as an example of what the author theorizes as ‘social media dance.’ It also explores K-pop cover dance as a form of intercultural performance, suggesting that, by imitating and idolizing K-pop dance, fans are eventually ‘fandoming’ themselves and their bodies.

Presenting an ethnographic study of K-pop dance and its fandom, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of media studies, Korean studies, performance studies, and dance. LINK: https://www.routledge.com/K-pop-Dance-Fandoming-Yourself-on-Social-Media/Oh/p/book/9781032079394?source=shoppingads&locale=en-USD&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrp-3BhDgARIsAEWJ6SyAfziFzq3nTFCRKOkv0O9uxWsarOGBsXQBtrqxLngXpEP_myDeg7AaAoT-EALw_wcB

Video interview with the author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1MdhNVrjgE

CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

NEW FILM: Ballerina: A John Wick Story is an upcoming American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman and written by Shay Hatten. It is a spin-off and the fifth film in the John Wick franchise, starring Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Keanu Reeves, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, and Ian McShane. In the film, ballerina-assassin Rooney (Armas) hunts those who killed her family. This is Reddick's final screen role, which will be released posthumously on June 6, 2025.

Video trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WoYY-Ct4YE

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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), and Maya Zhalova-Kanwar (India)

Christel Grillo (Italy)