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Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Dance Camera West 2024, CA; DanceBARN Festival, MI; WAXworks, NY; Oklahoma International Dance Fest, OK; ImPacT, AUSTRIA: Alter Ego Fest, BULGARIA; IETM, Conference BULGARIA; Reboot Funding, CANADA; Culture Europe Grants, EU;  TETRALAB, FRANCE; DanceLand, GERMANY: Akropoditi Dance Fest, GREECE: AREAL, Dance Italia, and Dance HUB, ITALY; Arts Council Tokyo, JAPAN; IN OUT Fest, POLAND; Residency Project, PORTUGAL; LAV, SPAIN; FABRIC International , UK, and more…

New Works & Events: New David Parsons, Penny Saunders, and Jamar Roberts in New York; Dwight Rhoden in Houston; Robert Bondara in Perth; Medhi Walerski in Vancouver; Pontus Lidberg in Santiago; Rena Butler and David Dawson in Stuttgart; John Neumeier in Hamburg; Marcos Morau in Den Haag; Sasha Walz in Lodz; Jiri Pokorny in London; and more…

Contests: Contact.energy ’24 (Germany), Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition (Netherlands), and International Solo Dance Contest (Poland)

Trending: Artificial Intelligence & Dance Industry: AI & DI

New Books: Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time, by Beth Weinstein 

New Movies: Pastor. Four Movements, a documentary film directed by Joanna Rechnio

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 for the opportunity to pursue new projects, mount work, or collaborate with other artists. Residencies take place at a historic guest ranch where artists are free from the distractions and pressures of everyday life. 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/

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/

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 for new applicants opens in May. Visit: www.dancebarncollective.org/festival

NEW YORK: Dare To Dance In Public Film Festival (D2D) is dedicated to the concept of democratizing dance, performing it in public places, and sharing it on film. D2D presents films that explore dance as an urgent, irrational, universal language and transform our preconceptions of what it is to be human. Selected films will have a chance to be sponsored. Apply by August 1, 2024. Visit: www.dare2danceinpublic.com

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: 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: 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

OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma International Dance Festival (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

TENNESSEE: Loghaven Artist Residency invites emerging and established artists in the field of dance to apply for residencies during the open application cycle from June 1 - July 15, 2024. In addition to living in their own modernized log cabin, dancers and choreographers have the use of the performing arts studio with a sprung floor. Visit: https://loghaven.org/residencies/apply/

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/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRALIA: The Ian Potter Cultural Trust is committed to encouraging excellence and supporting a vibrant, world-class arts scene in Australia. The Cultural Trust offers grants up to $10,000 to assist talented emerging and early career artists to take up professional development opportunities, usually overseas. Apply by June 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.ianpotterculturaltrust.org.au/opportunities/emerging-artist-grants/

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 will run from July 14-29, 2024. ImPacT aims to connect participants with the professional international dance world. 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: 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, creates 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

BULGARIA: IETM Sofia Plenary Meeting 2024 will take place from June 12-15, 2024 at the new Centre for Contemporary Performing Arts, featuring performances showcasing the very best of the local Bulgarian and international cultural scene. Apply by May 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.ietm.org/en/meetings/ietm-sofia-plenary-meeting-2024

BULGARIA: Critical Moves Screenings is an international competition program in the frame of the Moving Body Festival with a focus on short screendance films. The entry call for the ninth edition of the festival is now open. Apply by June 17, 2024. Visit: https://movingbody.bg/en/open-call-screenings-2024/

CANADA: The Guelph Dance Festival celebrates the best in Canadian contemporary dance presented in theatres, parks, and studio settings. The festival runs from May 31 - June 2, 2024. Visit: https://www.guelphdance.ca/festival/

CANADA: WildDogs International Screendance Festival invites dance, movement, image, and video artists to submit their dance films. The festival will take place September 13-15, 2024. WildDogs pays screening fees to all selected filmmakers. Apply by May 10, 2024. Visit: https://wilddogs.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: Applications are now being accepted from European deaf and/or disabled artists who are seeking co-producers for new artistic works based in dance practice, choreography, or movement. Apply by May 19, 2024. Visit: https://www.ednetwork.eu/news/eba-open-call-24

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

EUROPE / ONLINE: ArtUniverse offers a choreographic course that prepares directors for performance production with performers by equipping students with the tools and skills necessary to build strong mise-en-scene, blocking, composition, and movement directing. The next program starts in September & October 2024. Rolling Admission.  Visit: https://www.nipai.org/programs/choreography-and-blocking-course

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: TETRALAB gathers movers (dancer performers) and makers (choreographic artists) in order to produce innovative and quality dance films. The program provides practical training that offers participants optimal filming conditions and international visibility. The screen dance workshop will take place from August 19-31, 2024. Apply by June 30, 2024. Visit: tetralab.fr

FRANCE: There is an open call for solo dancers/creators for the 8th edition of En Chair et en Son festival international meetings of dance and acousmatic music, taking place in Paris from November 20-24, 2024. The festival’s selection committee chooses 15 composers and 15 dancers. The dancers will create a solo performance on the composers’ selected musical works. Apply by May 14, 2024. Visit: http://en-chair-et-en-son.fr/

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: The purpose of Danceland, funded 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: NRW KULTURsekretariat offers the “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 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: Thessaloniki Cinedance International is an independent festival aiming to showcase contemporary dance-on-screen works from around the world. New ways to capture, edit, and process the movement of the body are being constantly developed in increasingly imaginative ways, through the collaboration not only of cinematographers, choreographers, and dancers, but also visual artists and animators, composers, and writers. Apply by July 19, 2024. Visit: https://die-wolke.org/tci

GREECE: Akropoditi Dance and Performing Arts Centre and the International Dance and Performing Arts Festival Akropoditi DanceFest 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

HUNGARY: International Dance Week Budapest is a workshop festival that provides a creative platform for dancers from around the world. It is a place to share experiences and explore new ways of gaining knowledge, work hard, and have fun. The festival will take place from July 8-19, 2024. Visit: https://idwbudapest.com/

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: 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

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

ITALY: Choreographers between 18-35 years old may apply for choreographic opportunities for the Kseij Dance Company, an emerging youth contemporary dance project company. Artistic Director Alekseij Canepa is looking for a young choreographer to create a new piece to be included in the repertoire of the company. Apply by July 22, 2024. Visit: http://www.kseijdance.com

ITALY: AREAL, a space for choreographic development in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, is launching an open call for projects for a two-week dance residency scheduled for November 2024 in Bucharest. This pilot residency offers a dance studio and an artistic fee of 1000 Euro for projects involving two Italian artists. The residency aims to enhance collaboration between the Romanian and Italian dance scenes. Apply by May 31, 2024. Visit: https://arealcolectiv.ro/en/

ITALY: The Apulia International Dance Festival, taking place from August 19-31, 2024, is structured to allow ample time to delve 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: Young choreographers may consider summer workshops at Dance Italia. The program thrives on the creative exchange of ideas, exploration, and opportunities for participants to experience a diverse spectrum of dance/movement disciplines. The program will take place from July 7 - August 3, 2024. Apply by June 1, 2024. Visit: http://www.danceitalia.com/

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 applicant artists hope to achieve during their residency. Rolling deadline. Visit: http://www.kultursciok.com/kulturfactory.html

JAPAN: The first open call of fiscal year 2024 Startup Grant Arts Council Tokyo will provide support for up-and-coming artists and arts organizations taking on the challenge of fresh artistic and creative activities, and who aspire to become active in Tokyo’s arts scene. Apply by May 23, 2024. Visit: https://www.artscouncil-tokyo.jp/en/what-we-do/support/grants/startup-grant-program/63975/

JAPAN: The Chishima Foundation and Villa Kujyoyama are accepting applications for the Artist in Residence Program in Paris 2024/2025. The residency supports Osaka-based artists to create a new work in Paris for 3 months. Apply by May 31, 2024. Visit: https://www.kac.or.jp/news/20240404/

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: The 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: 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/

PORTUGAL: The second edition of the Zêzere Cinedance Festival, organized by Madrasta Dance, is calling for applications. By bringing together creators from all over the world through film, the festival aims to turn the city of Ferreira do Zêzere, in the center of Portugal, into a place of creative excellence for cinedance. Apply by September 8, 2024. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/ZezereCinedanseFestival

PORTUGAL: A Residency Program aiming to encourage research and creation processes invites performing artists to work on topics focused on the theme of climate migrations among human and other-than-human beings. The residency will take place from October 12 - December 1, 2024 in Agit Lab, a space that provides both accommodation and work space for the artists. Apply by May 15, 2024. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/improviseandorganize/

RUSSIA: Innopraktika School offers a unique opportunity for choreographers age 21-35 to participate in a choreographic session with the support of the Innopraktika Foundation at The Boris Eifman Dance Academy. The purpose and mission of the session is cultural exchange. The grant covers all expenses: accommodation (4* hotel in the city centre), full board, visa and travel costs, and the cultural and training program to create a piece of 5-6 minutes. Apply by May 5, 2024. The session will take place from July 1-20, 2024. Visit: https://artschool.pro/sessions/choreography-session-2024/

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/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

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 will take place. Visit: https://www.suedkulturfonds.ch/ongoing-grants

TAIWAN: The Taipei Artist Village offers residency opportunities. Artists selected for the International Residency Project are provided free accommodation during specific time frames and the spaces of Treasure Hill as their studio; presentation and rehearsal spaces will also be provided. Apply by June 30, 2024. Visit: www.artistvillage.org

UK: Established in 2011, Central School of Ballet’s MA Choreography Course is designed for professional choreographers who wish to develop their choreographic profile and professional skills. The application process is now open. The program uses a rolling admissions system where the application will remain open for the next intake until all places have been filled. Visit: https://www.centralschoolofballet.co.uk/applications/ma-choreography-application-form/

UK: Stomping Ground is seeking proposals from UK based artists for bold and original dance works made for outdoor spaces for presentation in 2025/26 and beyond. The program offers a commission of £22,000 towards an original work. Apply by May 13, 2024. Visit: https://theplace.org.uk/opportunities/stomping-ground-commission-call-out-2025-26

UK: FABRIC International offers bursaries to independent artists and producers who are based in England and working in dance, to attend an international marketplace or festival that has a strong presenter presence. Apply with a tour-ready work available by May 13, 2024. Visit: https://fabric.dance/jobs/international-bursary-opportunity/

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

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

UK: Yorkshire Dance is seeking applications from artists based in the North of England to take part in their Dance Partner Projects scheme for 2024-25. The programme aims to provide dance artists/companies at different career stages with an opportunity to research and develop a new or early-stage artistic project. Apply by May 13, 2024. Visit: https://yorkshiredance.com/opportunity/dance-partner-projects-2024-25/

UK: Applications are open for the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship at Girton College. This unique collaborative opportunity is open to artists internationally and is not confined to any single aesthetic, theme, or medium. The fellowship offers opportunities for playful experimentation and the space to re-imagine beyond conventional artistic and scientific boundaries. Apply by May 19. 2024. Visit: https://www.cavendish-artscience.org.uk/open-call/

NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:

NATIONAL:

NEW YORK: The Netherlands-based Introdans makes its first return to The Joyce in over a decade. The company offers a diverse program including innovative new work by London-based choreographer Akram Khan. The premiere will take place on June 11, 2024. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/97/energy/introdans

NEW YORK: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana returns to offer the US premiere of EQUILIBRIO (Clásica/Tradición), a new creation by acclaimed flamenco artist Emilio Ochando. The work embraces flamenco tradition while creating a unique environment of sound and creative staging. The premiere will take place at the Joyce Theater on June 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/100//flamenco-vivo-carlota-santana

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  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

OREGON: NW Dance Project celebrates its 20th Anniversary with new works by Artistic Director Sarah Slipper and Resident Choreographer Ihsan Rustem. The premiere will take place on May 31, 2024. Visit: https://nwdanceproject.org/performances

TEXAS: Houston Ballet presents a world premiere by Dwight Rhoden, Founding Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of Complexions Contemporary Ballet – his first for Houston Ballet. The world premiere will take place on June 6, 2024. Visit: https://www.houstonballet.org/seasontickets/pdps/2023-2024/four-seasons/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRALIA: Polish choreographer Robert Bondara returns to create a new work on West Australian Ballet dancers. The program also includes a new work by James O’Hara. The world premiere will take place on May 31, 2024. Visit: https://waballet.com.au/state2024

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

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 between Canadian tap star Danny Nielsen and renowned 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/

CHILE: Pontus Lidberg will premiere a new piece for Ballet Nacional Chileno on May 10, 2024 with additional performances on May 18, 2024. Visit: https://www.ceacuchile.cl/eventos/ciclo-1-titulo-por-definir-estreno/

CROATIA: The Šibenik Dance Festival is an annual celebration of contemporary dance featuring some of the most talented dancers, choreographers, and artists from around the word. The festival takes place from July 22 - 27, 2024. Visit: https://sibenikdancefestival.com/

GERMANY: The Stuttgart Ballet’s double bill unites two strong choreographers of contemporary ballet. Roman Novitzky, newly appointed company Artist in Residence, creates his first major work for the Opera House stage. David Dawson will also create his first work for the Stuttgart Ballet. The premiere will take place on June 28, 2024. Visit: https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/schedule/season-2023-24/novitzky-dawson/

GERMANY: With his latest creation Epilogue, says John Neumeier goodbye after 51 years as director and chief choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet. For Epilogue, Neumeier chooses quiet tones in an intimate, chamber music-like work for the ensemble that he shaped for decades and led to world fame. This world premiere also opens the 49th Hamburg Ballet Days. The performance will take place on June 30, 2024. Visit: https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/schedule/event.php?AuffNr=196299

GERMANY: TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA will take place from July 30 - August 9, 2024 in Munich. Visit: https://www.jointadventures.net/

GERMANY: The Theaterhaus Stuttgart Gauthier Dance JUNIORS present world premieres by Rena Butler and Barak Marshall. The program includes works by Sharon Eyal, Andonis Foniadakis and Marco Goecke, as well as a short film premiere by Eric Gauthier. The premiere will take place on June 6, 2024. Visit: https://www.theaterhaus.com/en/program-tickets/renaissance/364

HONG KONG: Intermediate generation choreographer Justyne Li shows care towards humanity and the present era, along with her curiosity in her short work Ode to Joy, which has been reshaped with her idiosyncratic contemporary vocabulary. The premiere will take place on May 10, 2024. Visit: https://www.ccdc.com.hk/en/ccdc_events/ode_to_joy_evolving/

NETHERLANDS: In a close collaboration between Netherlands Dance Theater and Korzo, Up & Coming Choreographers offers talented, emerging makers the opportunity to create a work for the smaller stage. The project serves as a platform to support new voices, experimentation, and exchange. The performance will take place on July 5, 2024. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/up-and-coming-choreographers/

NETHERLANDS: NDT 1 presents a triptych of works, Do Not Run Fly, which includes two new creations by choreographers Marcos Morau and Yuann 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: Late Lovers of Moon Snow, a dance performance inspired by the work of René Magritte, was created by the director of ROZBARK Dance and Movement Theatre, Anna Piotrowska. The choreography will use the language of dance, acrobatics, and areo-dance. The premiere will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rozbark Theatre activities and will take place on May 25, 2024. Visit: https://bilety.teatrrozbark.pl/index.php/repertoire.html?id=262

POLAND: The Ballet Company of The Grand Theatre Poznań presents an evening of contemporary choreographies consisting of two works by duet Sol León & Paul Lightfoot: Shutters Shut and Subject to Change, and choreography by Krzysztof Pastor in Moving Rooms. The evening will close with the choreography of Bolero as interpreted by Poznań Ballet Company Director Robert Bondara. The performance will take place on June 22, 2024. Visit: https://opera.poznan.pl/pl/leon-lightfoot-pastor-bondara-wieczor-baletowy

POLAND: The Ballet Company of Opera Wrocławska will present the Johan Kobborg version of Napoli, the famous ballet of August Bournanville. The set design and costumes for the production were created by Otto Bubeníček. The premiere will take place on June 8, 2024. Visit: https://www.opera.wroclaw.pl/1/spektakl.php?_id=6019

POLAND: The 3rd edition of the Krakow Dance Festival gives choreographic voice to Polish and foreign artists. The festival will take place from August 3-10, 2024. Visit: https://nck.krakow.pl/kcc/krakowskifestiwaltanca/

POLAND: The premiere of Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by 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 Waltz 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

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/

SWITZERLAND: Steps 2024, the Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival, will showcase outstanding work in contemporary dance. Over the course of four weeks, the festival transforms Switzerland into a platform for contemporary dance featuring performances by national and international companies. The festival actively supports artistic creation and has co-produced countless works that premiered in the context of the biennale. The festival will run through May 19, 2024. Visit: https://www.steps.ch/en

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 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 Jury Pokorny ith 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 The Birds don’t sing, They Screech in pain. The premiere will take place at 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 Sadler’s Wells on May 16, 2024. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/scottish-ballet-a-streetcar-named-desire/

UK: Carlos Acosta triumphantly returns to Sadler’s Wells stage to dance with his company of dancers in Carmen. In his new version, the story’s universal and timeless themes are laid bare in a sparse and powerful setting. The UK premiere will take place on July 2, 2024. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/acosta-danza-carlos-acostas-carmen/

COMPETITIONS:

INTERNATIONAL:

GERMANY: The contemporary dance contest contact.energy ’24 will take place on October 26, 2024. The aim of the artist is to produce a creative and exciting connection between himself and the audience. The contest takes place during the 9. Internationale’s Tanztheaterfestival Erfurt. The three most outstanding and compelling performances will receive an award. Apply by August 31, 2024. Visit: www.tanztheaterfestival-erfurt.de

NETHERLANDS: Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition (RIDCC) is a unique annual dance festival that brings together new choreographic voices with renowned artistic leaders and programmers, both nationally and internationally. Up-and-coming choreographic talent from around the world, in all imaginable dance styles, will participate in a duet competition to win outstanding awards. The 6th edition will take place on June 20 & 21, 2024. Visit: https://www.theaterrotterdam.nl/agenda/11429//ridcc-2024

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

TRENDINDG: Artificial Intelligence & Dance Industry:  AI & DI

There are countless ways artificial intelligence can be useful to dance artists. Need a brainstorming partner? Help planning rehearsals? A tool for generating new movement? A way of documenting your work? Look no further than the buzzy chatbot technology, “it told me when I asked.”Lauren Wingenroth's article for Dance Magazine offers insight into how dance artists use AI and what the technology could mean for the sector's development. Link: https://www.dancemagazine.com/how-dancers-use-ai/

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time, by Beth Weinstein , Routledge; 1st edition, May 31, 2024.

Architecture and Choreography: Collaborations in Dance, Space and Time examines the field of archi-choreographic experiments―unique interdisciplinary encounters and performed events generated through collaborations between architects and choreographers. Forty case studies spanning four decades give evidence of the range of motivations for embarking on these creative endeavors and diverse conceptual underpinnings, generative methods, objects of inquiry, and outcomes.

Architecture and Choreography offers vital lessons not only for architects and choreographers but also for students and practitioners across design and performance fields.

Link to pre-order: https://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Choreography-Collaborations-Dance-Space/dp/0367418541/ref=zg_bsnr_g_1474_sccl_45/134-4007593-8442731?psc=1

CINNEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY AND CHOREOGRAPHERS: 

Pastor. Four Movements a documentary film directed by Joanna Rechnio offers an intimate and multi-perspective portrait of Krzysztof Pastor, a renowned Polish dancer and choreographer associated with the Dutch ballet school. The movie captures Pastor at work in Warsaw, revealing his creative process, interactions with dancers, and the challenges he faces in the world of ballet. Pastor provides his personal insights into his life and reflections on the art of dance. "Pastor. Four Movements" is a testament to his artistry and dedication. The documentary offers a rare and captivating perspective on the beauty and complexity of this art form. More info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29964477/?ref_=tt_mv_close

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