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Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Film Festivals in Alaska, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, CA; National Choreography Intensive, FL; ChoreoLab, Democracy Cycle, and Subject Residency, NYC; Iron Factory Residency, PA; New Release Open Call, DC; Aerowaves Spring Forward, EU; Moulin/Belle, Transforme, and Choreographic Laboratory, FRANCE; Pina Bausch Fellowship, GERMANY; Thessaloniki Fringe Festival, GREECE; Play Practice Residency, INDIA; Kyoto Arts Center, JAPAN; ChoreoComp, THE NETHERLANDS; MASDANZA, SPAIN; Choreographic Research and Frame Rush, UK; and more...

New Works & Events: NEW Baye & Asa, Virginie Mécène, and Lee Serle in New York, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in Miami, Stanton Welch in Philadelphia, Price Suddarth in Seattle, Martin Schläpfer in Vienna, Helen Pickett in Amsterdam, Robert Balogh in Bytom, Martin Chaix in Leipzig, Andrea Peña and Fernando Hernando Magadan in Vancouver, Katerina Andreou in Oslo, and more….

Contests: MASDANZA (Las Palmas); Hannover International Choreographic Competition 39 (Germany) and Solo Dance Competition (Poland)

Trending: HUMANS VS NATURE - Claudia Schreier’s new The Rite of Spring

New Book: Remembering a Dance: Parts of Some Sextets, 1965/2019, by Yvonne Rainer (Editor) and Emily Coates (Editor)

New Movie: The Six Triple Eight, directed by Tyler Perry, choreographed by Debbie Allen

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

NATIONAL:

ALASKA: Ketchikan Dance Film Festival invites dance, movement, and video/film artists to submit their dance films to the third season of the festival. Apply by July 1, 2025 for regular deadline and by July 22, 2025 for late deadline. Festival Dates: September 27 – October 4, 2025.  Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/KetchikanDanceFIlmFestival

CALIFORNIA: LA Dance Film Festival celebrates short dance films from around the globe. Creators of cinematic films of all dance styles are encouraged to submit. Apply by April 1, 2025 for regular deadline and by May 1, 2025 for late deadline. Festival Date: August 2, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/LADanceFilmFestival

CALIFORNIA: The San Francisco Dance Film Festival is a multi-day international event showcasing the best in dance films from around the world. Apply by April 16, 2025 for regular deadline and May 8, 2025 for late deadline. Festival Dates: November 5-9, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/SanFranciscoDanceFilmFestial?fbclid=IwAR1pDF3wdlNdYjJ8nNGrpCA0gLAQFrVXzCMzNw2SZXmdDb6ERXazlFsybPg

CALIFORNIA: Palm Desert Choreography Festival presents new and original choreography and features a competition in two divisions, plus networking opportunities for choreographers and dancers. Apply by March 15, 2025 for early bird discount and April 1, 2025 for regular deadline. Visit: https://www.mccallumtheatre.org/festival-details/

CALIFORNIA: Dance film choreographers are invited to submit entries for Los Angeles’ prominent Dance Camera West 2026 open call. The festival is open to film media in any dance style or genre. Apply by July 1, 2025. Festival Dates: January 23-26, 2026.  Visit: http://www.dancecamerawest.org/

COLORADO: T2 ChoreoFest provides professional development, resources, and support for emerging choreographers. Mentors from professional dance companies will provide daily feedback to choreographers, who will undertake three rehearsals working with the T2 Dance Company dancers. Apply by March 31, 2025. Program dates: August 4–10, 2025. Visit: https://t2dance.org/choreofest/

FLORIDA: Dancing Out of Time Film Festival is accepting film submissions from dance artists from diverse communities. Films must address the relationships between nature and urban environments that are being affected by climate change. Apply by March 31, 2025. Festival will take place in late spring. Visit: https://www.nwdprojects.org/film-festival-dancing-out-of-time/

FLORIDA: The Regional Dance America National Choreography Intensive 2025 is a multi-faceted program providing emerging and seasoned choreographers with the opportunity to work and create under the guidance of nationally recognized professionals. Intensive Dates: June 15 - June 29, 2025. Apply by May 30, 2025. Visit: http://www.nationalchoreographyintensive.com

GEORGIA: Contemporary dance compan 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

LOUISIANA: International Dance Festival New Orleans is calling for applications from independent movement artists for a choreographic residency taking place July 27-August 8, 2025. The resident choreographers receive a $500 honorarium, housing, and studio access at Tulane University. Apply by March 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.idfnola.com/

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 is an annual event held in Battle Lake that brings together professional dancers, choreographers, and dance educators for one week of dancing, creating, relaxing, and performing in the heart of the lakes. Festival dates: July 21-27, 2025. Apply by March 11, 2025. Visit: www.dancebarncollective.org/festival

NEW YORK: The Choreography Lab by the Steps Beyond Foundation focuses on fostering new works and building community among the city's up-and-coming and established choreographers. Performance date: May 4, 2025. Apply by March 24, 2025. Visit: https://stepsbeyond.org/choreography-lab/

NEW YORK: The Ardsley Choreographic Residency is a week-long, all-inclusive residency in collaboration with Catskill Art Space, offering travel from NYC, accommodations, space, stipend, and a community showing at the end. Apply by March 3, 2025. Visit: https://www.dancegalleryfestival.com/application-details/2025-ardsley-application

NEW YORK: The Queensboro Dance Festival is an annual performance tour for Queens-based cultural and contemporary dance groups of all styles that runs from May to September. Apply by March 10, 2025. Visit: https://queensborodancefestival.org/call-for-dancers/

NEW YORK: The Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art awards grants annually to early-career artists of all backgrounds to assist in the production of new major performance art works. Artists from all areas of the world are encouraged to apply. Selected artists must present their work in New York City. Apply by April 1, 2025. Visit: https://franklinfurnace.org/grants-and-funding/the-fund/

NEW YORK: The Democracy Cycle 2025 is a new commissioning program designed to support new works that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy. Apply by April 1, 2025. Visit: https://pacnyc.org/the-democracy-cycle/

NEW YORK: WADE is seeking two women-identifying choreographers for its Full ON Subject Residency, a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project exploring feminist narratives totally removed from the patriarchal male gaze. The program provides New York City-based dance artists with a studio and financial support to develop and perform a new work. Apply by March 24, 2025. Visit: https://wadedance.org/fullonsubject

NEW YORK: An American nonprofit with a program in Italy, the Bogliasco Foundation is now accepting applications for residencies for gifted artists and scholars during the spring 2026 semester. Apply by March 7, 2025. Visit: https://bfny.org/en/about/program-overview

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

NEW YORK: Movement Research, one of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms, will select six artists to participate in the 2025/2026 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence Program. The program provides commissioning support, rehearsal space, and performance opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of movement-based artists. Apply by March 18, 2025 for 18-month residency taking place July 1, 2025 -- December 31, 2026. Visit: https://movementresearch.org/artist-opportunities-and-programs/residency-programs/artist-in-residence/

NEW YORK: AGORA’s Auteur is a dynamic film festival celebrating emerging short filmmakers. Open to all artists, this event invites creative collaboration across disciplines, culminating in the production of compelling short films. Apply by March 9, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/agora_nyc/

NORTH EASTERN REGION AND MAINE: The Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Artists Residency Program serves as an arts incubator with workspace that fosters mentorship by pairing two artists together during a residency period to cultivate rich conversation, collaboration, and exchange. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://indigoartsalliance.me/mentorship-residency-program/

PENNSYLVANIA: The Iron Factory is offering free 1-week residencies for individual artists in the initial creation of new work. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.theironfactory.org/residency

TEXAS: Applications are open for Small Plates Choreography Festival, a curated dance performance series. Apply by May 1, 2025. Festival Dates: September 5 & 6, 2025. Visit: https://smallplatesdance.com/apply/

US: Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in socially engaged forms. The 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 3, 2025. Visit: https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/

US: National Performance Network is now accepting applications for the Creation and Development Fund, which supports the creation, development, and mobility of new artistic work that advances racial and cultural justice and results in the live experiential exchange between artists and community. Apply by May 19, 2025. Visit: https://npnweb.org/programs/cdf/

WASHINGTON D.C.: Dance Place is bringing back New Releases, a mixed-bill showcase designed for DMV-based emerging artists to grow in their choreographic practice, receive feedback, and present new works. Audition dates: March 8 & 9, 2025. Performance dates: May 3 & 4, 2025. Visit: https://www.danceplace.org/performances/new-releases/

INTERNATIONAL:

ARMENIA: HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival is calling for applications from performing arts companies and artists to present their productions in all genres. Apply by March 15, 2025. Festival Dates: October 1-8, 2025. Visit: https://highfest.am/apply/

AUSTRALIA: Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships offer Australians the opportunity to travel overseas to conduct research in their chosen field. Apply by May 1, 2025.

Visit: https://www.churchilltrust.com.au

AUSTRALIA: QL2 Dance offers curated residencies for both 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

BELGIUM: Workspacebrussels supports research, experimentation, and creation by offering residencies to Belgian and international artists working within the performing arts. Apply by April 1, 2025 for a residency between January and July 2026. Apply by November 1, 2025 for a residency between August and December 2026. Visit: https://www.workspacebrussels.be/en/studio-residency

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/

EUROPE: Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival provides a platform for some of Europe’s most vibrant and promising choreographers to show their work to performing arts professionals and local audiences. Hosted by Artisti Associati, the 14th edition of Aerowaves will take place from April 24-26, 2025. Apply by March 21, 2025. Visit: https://aerowaves.org/spring-forward-registration-form/

EUROPE: Culture Moves Europe announces its open call for artists and cultural professionals. The program 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: 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 13th edition of the Festival of Contact Improvisation is an opportunity to experience an exploration of dance and movement with quality workshops on contact improvisation and composition, jams, live music, and nature. Festival dates: July 19-25, 2025. Apply by July 19, 2025. Visit: https://www.emotionbodies.com/events/76-festival-contact-improvisation-provence-rustrel-summer-2025.html#angles

FRANCE: Choreographic Exchange at Moulin/Belle in Southwest France will take place August - October, 2025. Five to six participants will be selected through their application and interview. Application: https://forms.gle/afdxxjVqGDqjgirV8 Visit: https://www.instagram.com/moulinbelleperigord/

FRANCE: The Académie des beaux-arts and the Cité internationale des arts host French and international artists in residence. For the Choreography Programme, candidates must be able to demonstrate at least 5 years of artistic professional practice and at least one professional dance performance. Apply by April 6, 2025. Visit: https://www.citedesartsparis.net/en/academie-des-beaux-arts-x-cite-internationale-des-arts

FRANCE: Ballet Du Nord will begin accepting applications for its Accueil Studio 2026 on April 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.balletdunord.fr/ccn-et-vous/avec-les-artistes/residences-et-accueils-studio/accueil-studio-ajout-compagnie/

FRANCE: BAU Institute Camargo Fellowship provides interdisciplinary residencies in France and Italy with uninterrupted time and space to develop new work in settings of cultural interest and extraordinary natural beauty. The two- to four-week residency is from July 22-August 19, 2025. Apply by March 15, 2025. Visit: https://bauinstitute.submittable.com/submit

FRANCE: Transforme is a touring festival launched by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès to promote innovation in the performing arts. The programme is open to emerging and established artists based in France and around the world across all disciplines. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.fondationdentreprisehermes.org/fr/formulaire-transforme-en

FRANCE: The Choreographic Laboratory of the company IFunamboli offers a unique opportunity for students to approach the work process, dynamics, creative logic, and technical requirements that characterize work in a professional company. Courses will take place over 6 weekends from January to June, 2025. For information, contact Fabio Crestale at ifunamboli@gmail.com or Visit: http://www.ifunamboli.com

FRANCE: Côte d’Azur Dance Festival is calling for entries for the International Dance FilmCompetition “MOV’IN Cannes.” Festival Date: November 27, 2025. Apply by April 30, 2025. Visit: http://www.festivaldedanse-cannes.com

GERMANY: b12, a new festival for contemporary dance and performance art in Berlin, is now accepting applications. Application deadline varies for each program. Visit: www.b12.space

GERMANY: The German-French Fonds Transfabrik for the Performing Arts offers funding for artistic cooperation between France and Germany, especially in the fields of contemporary dance, theatre, and circus. Apply by March 18, 2025. Visit: http://www.fondstransfabrik.com/dossier

GERMANY: The Pina Bausch Fellowship supports individual artists and offers them the freedom to further develop their unique artistic style through mentoring, exchange, and new experiences. Apply by March 15, 2025. Visit: https://fellowship.pinabausch.org/en/home

GERMANY: The “Digital Performance” funding programme supports artists whose projects 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: Fonds Transfabrik, a German-French partnership for the performing arts, allocates funding for new Franco-German projects, especially in the fields of contemporary dance, drama, and circus, as well as puppet theater, theater of objects, and street arts. Apply by March 18, 2025. Visit: http://www.fondstransfabrik.com/

GERMANY: The International Coproduction Fund by Goethe-Institut funds coproductions worldwide that grow out of collaborative and dialogue-based working processes in the performing arts. The fund promotes innovative productions, international cultural exchange, and new approaches. Apply by May 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/int.html

GERMANY: Tanzplattform Rhein-Main Pop-Up Residence offers a series of one- to two-week residencies for local dance professionals and their teams in the rooms of the Hessisches Staatsballett or Mousonturm. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.tanzplattformrheinmain.de/de/professionell-tanzen/residenzen/pop-up-residenz/

GERMANY: In 2026,  HELERAU European Centre for the Arts will host the Dance Platform Germany, which presents current developments and innovative trends in contemporary dance every two years. An independent jury will select up to 12 productions for the program, which will be shown at HELLERAU in mid-March 2026. Productions created in Germany between September 2023 and August 2025 will be considered. Visit: https://www.hellerau.org/de/festival/tanzplattform2026/

GERMANY: The Kubinaut District is calling for proposals for the Berlin Project Fund for Cultural Education, which supports artistic cooperation projects with children, teenagers, and young adults up to age 27. Application deadline varies from district to district. Visit: https://www.kubinaut.de/de/event/foerdersaeule-3-fuer-2025-projekte-bis-5000/

GERMANY: NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste offers guest performance funding for dance and theater/freelance artists in North Rhine-Westphalia. Application deadline differs depending on the performance date. Visit: https://www.landesbuerotanz.de/tanz-foerdern/gastspielfoerderung

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. 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: Kyveli Kouvatsi and Yorgos Sioras Deligiannis are calling for applications from choreographers and dance artists for an immersive residency in Lefkada Island. The program offers an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and self-reflection for 12-16 participants. Residency dates: July 6 – August 10, 2025. Apply by March 20, 2025. Visit: https://paleohori.com/

GREECE: Dance Days Chania 2025 is calling applications for Video Dance Works, groundbreaking and innovative work in the field of camera related choreographic captures with 1 minute works (preferably). Apply by March 23, 2025. Visit: https://dancedays.gr/portfolios/15th-dance-days-chania-video-dance-projects/

GREECE:  TheThessaloniki Fringe Festival celebration of the extraordinary and the unconventional in the world of performing arts, invites applications from companies and individual artists from various disciplines. Apply by March 18, 2025. Festival Dates: October 8-12, 2025. Visit: https://thessfringe.com/artists/

INDIA: The Play Practice Artist Residency Program invites interdisciplinary movement and performing artists, dancers, and choreographers to participate in a residential program in Bangalore to focus on in-depth creative research. The program offers a residency in March 2025. Visit: www.playpractice.in

INDIA: Farm Studio International Artist Residency hosts artists throughout the year, with accommodations available for 6 to 12 residents at one time. Residents stay and create at a quiet art centre in a beautiful environment where they can develop their artwork free from distractions. Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply. Rolling deadline.  Visit: https://farmingstudio.wordpress.com/art-residency/

IRELAND: Moving In Collaboration International Intensive 2025, scheduled from July 7- 18, 2025, will be hosted at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and University of Limerick. This programme offers an immersive experience in the collaborative intersections between movement and music. Apply by March 21, 2025. Visit: https://luail.ie/opportunity/call-out-moving-in-collaboration-international-intensive-2025/

IRELAND: Light Moves invites filmmakers, dance artists, choreographers, and visual artists to submit screendance works for consideration for the program of dance, film, and media art with movement as a central focus. Apply by March 21, 2025. Visit: https://www.lightmoves.ie/open-calls-2025/

ITALY: Drupa Centre Residency Program is calling for applications for projects with a distinctive trait: completed works, works in progress, or experimental approaches focusing on audiences, languages, and spaces. Apply by March 16, 2025. Visit: https://www.drupacentre.com/en/post/drupa-residency-call-for-entries-2025-1

ITALY: La Biennale di Venezia has issued an international call for applications from chorographers and dancers for the fifth edition of Biennale College Danza, which will take place under the mentorship of Director Wayne McGregor. Event dates: May 15 - August 2, 2025. Apply by March 6, 2025. Visit: https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/biennale-college-danza-new-call-applications-open-until-6-march

ITALY: The Premio Libera Connessione competition is calling for applications for the creation of innovative screendance works that highlight aspects, relationships, and connections between the territory, its history, nature, humanity, and dance. Apply by April, 15 2025. Visit: https://www.premiomonferratodanzarte.it/premio-social/

ITALY: The Municipality of Padua Culture Council, in collaboration with Circuito Multidisciplinary Regionale Arteven, announces the 16th Prospettiva Danza Teatro International Prize. Choreographers aged 18-45 at the time of application may participate. Apply by March 9, 2025. Visit: https://www.prospettivadanzateatro.it/en/16th-edition-of-the-international-dance-theatre-prize-online-call-for-entries-2025/

ITALY: Corposensibile is a research and selection program for screendance that will explore the synergic collaboration between performative movement and cinematic expression. Apply by April 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/drupacentre/

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

JAPAN: Awaji Art Circus is calling for artists for residency and performance. Apply by March 14, 2025. Visit: https://en.awajiartscircus.com/opencall.php

JAPAN: Arts Council Tokyo is accepting applications from Tokyo based artists for a grant program supporting performing arts performances in Tokyo and abroad. Apply by March 4, 2025. Visit: https://www.artscouncil-tokyo.jp/ja/what-we-do/support/grants/tokyo-grant-program/71162/

JAPAN: Kuma Foundation is accepting applications from creators in any genre under the age of 25 for a year-round scholarship to support their creation. Apply by March 16, 2025. Visit: https://kuma-foundation.org/scholarship/guideline/

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 7th 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 May 1, 2025.

Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/knowboxdancefilmfestival

NETHERLANDS: ChoreoComp Royal Conservatoire Dance is calling for 3 young choreographers who are interested in (speed) creating movement and music with live musicians and dancers for a choreography course. Apply by May 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.koncon.nl/choreocomp

PORTUGAL: The 4th edition of the Mafra Dance Festival, organized by Amalgama Companhia de Dança with the support of Mafra Council, aims to promote talent and skills in a variety of positions in contemporary performative dance. Applications for the Choreographic & Performing or Videodance category are open. Apply by April 1, 2025. Festival Dates: May 23-25, 2025. Visit: https://www.amalgama.pt/festivais-mdf/

PORTUGAL: Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, a not-for-profit space and organization, once per year offers a 4-week or longer residency that covers studio and accommodation fees. Emerging and professional artists, performers, musicians, curators, writers, and other cultural agents are eligible to apply. Apply by email. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://zaratan.pt/en/residencies/

SINGAPORE: Singapore Fringe Festival 2026 is calling for applications. The festival focuses on presenting work fueled by socially engaged practices. Apply by March 7, 2025. Visit: https://2025.singaporefringe.com/Fringe-2026

SLOVENIA: The International Festival of Young Dance Creators OPUS 1, 16^th Edition, will promote contemporary dance and discover fresh talent while seeking to foster the creativity of young dance creators rather than to push for competitiveness. Apply by March 11, 2025. Visit: https://www.jskd.si/ples/prireditve_ples/opus/opus_25/english_opus_25.htm

SPAIN: MASDANZA, the International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands, will include choreography competitions for solo and group pieces. Festival dates: October 2-26, 2025. Apply by April 18, 2025. Visit: https://www.masdanza.com/english/terms-and-conditions-ii/

SPAIN: LAV Artist Residency is proposed as a laboratory for experimental creation and exhibition based on coexistence and community. The project offers a space that accommodates artistic creation in situ in the city of Granada. Duration of the residency is 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 at Swiss venues. Apply by four weeks before the project date.  Visit: https://www.suedkulturfonds.ch/ongoing-grants

TURKEY: SOLO Contemporary Dance Festival will run August 30-31, 2025. As participants in the festival, choreographers and dancers from around the world are requested to perform a solo piece that is new, original, imaginative, and unique. Apply by June 8, 2025. Visit: http://solodans.com

UK: Space 2 Create is calling for applications for £11,000 commission for a new dance theatre piece. Apply by March 17, 2025. Visit: https://www.eastlondondance.org/opportunities/space-2-create/

UK: The Jerwood Choreographic Research Project promotes new choreographic research by expanding knowledge and practical approaches to making dance in the UK and beyond. Apply by March 10, 2025. Visit: https://fabric.dance/jobs/jerwood-choreographic-project-2025-artist-call-out/

UK: Frame Rush is an annual festival of screendance works programmed by the MA students at London Contemporary Dance School. The event will be a live sharing of the works in central London with a potential hybrid component. Festival Date: September 19, 2025. Apply by March 31, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/FrameRush

UK: Pavilion Dance South West invites applications for the Visiting Artist Scheme 2025: Creation Residency. The opportunity is open to UK-based artists working in dance or movement-based practices. Residency Dates: 14-18 July 2025. Apply by March 3, 2025. Visit: https://www.pdsw.org.uk/vacancies/visiting-artist-callout-2025/

UK: Young Creative Awards presents an opportunity for 11- to 24-year-olds living, working or studying in Nottingham to showcase their creativity. Categories span across ten art forms and are supported by professionals in the creative industries in Nottingham. Apply by March 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.youngcreativeawards.org/       

UK: Yorkshire Dance is seeking applications from artists based in Yorkshire for the Dance Partner Projects Programme 2025-26. Apply by March 17, 2025. Visit: https://yorkshiredance.com/opportunity/dance-partner-projects-2025-26/

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: Dance Partner Projects 2025-26 is seeking applications from dance artists or companies based in the North of England, with priority given to Yorkshire artists, to provide an opportunity to research and develop a new or early-stage artistic project. Apply by March 17, 2025. Visit: https://yorkshiredance.com/opportunity/dance-partner-projects-2025-26/

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:

FLORIDA: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa will create a new Carmen for Miami City Ballet. World Premiere Date: April 25, 2025. Visit: https://www.miamicityballet.org/tickets-and-events/202425-season/carmen/

NEW YORK: Martha Graham Dance Company will present World Premiere  Baye and Asa's work Cortege and Graham's solo works reconstruction and interpretational choreography by  Virginie Mécène at the Joyce Theater. Performance date: April 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/154/dances-of-the-mind/martha-graham-dance-company

NEW YORK: The Trisha Brown Dance Company presents a new commission by Lee Serie in collaboration with visual artist Mateo López and in partnership with Rolex. Premiere date: April 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/155//trisha-brown-dance-company

PENNSYLVANIA: Pennsylvania Ballet presents a new work by choreographer Stanton Welch AM, featuring music by contemporary composers Jennifer Higdon and Michael Nyman. World premiere: March 20, 2025. Visit: https://philadelphiaballet.org/24-25-season/bolero/

WASHINGTON: Pacific Northwest Ballet presents a new work from company dancer Price Suddarth.  World premiere: March 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.pnb.org/season/emergence/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRIA: Martin Schlaepfer create a new work for the dancers of the Vienna State Ballet based on Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique.  Premiere date: April 9, 2025. Visit: https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/en/calendar/detail/pathetique/2025-04-09/

AUSTRIA: Specky Clark, A series of theatrical images by Northern Irish choreographer Oona Doherty, will have its Austrian premiere on March 7, 2025. For the first time, Doherty works with dialogue written in collaboration with Irish playwright Enda Walsh. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/oona-doherty/4196

AUSTRIA: Voice Noise by Jan Martens will have its Austrian premiere on April 26, 2025. Martens was inspired by the essay The Gender of Sound, in which the poet Anne Carson investigates how women’s voices have been marginalized through history. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/jan-martens/4223

BELGIUM: Carte Blanche will present How Romantic by Katerina Andreou at Studio Bergen. Premiere date: March 6, 2025. Visit: https://carteblanche.no/en/shows-and-events/how-romantic/

CANADA: Ballet BC presents a program featuring a world premiere by the winner of the 2024 Ballet BC Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award, the return of a masterful work from a renowned creator, and a new commission from a longtime collaborator. ZENITH brings a new creation by Andrea Penna, and a world premiere by Fernando Hernando Magadan. Premiere Date: March 6, 2025. Visit: https://balletbc.com/performance/zenith/

GERMANY: Semperoper Ballett presents new works by Francesca Frassinelli, Julian Nicosia, and Giovanni Insaudo, who each hand over their own choreography to the next team member. Performance dates: April 1-23, 2025. Visit: https://www.semperoper.de/en/whats-on/schedule/stid/tag-team-1-en/62465.html#ni_ev_31195

GERMANY: The Moon Princess, created by Martin Chaix for the Leipzig Ballet, explores the richness of Japanese legend and tells a story of family and home. The world premiere will take place on April 12, 2025. Visit: https://www.oper-leipzig.de/en/programm/die-mondprinzessin/737

GERMANY: Gauthier Dance opens the Colours International Dance Festival, presenting world premieres by Akram Khan and Barak Marshall. Event Dates: June 26 - July 13, 2025. Visit: https://www.coloursdancefestival.com/en

JAPAN: The Tokyo Ballet Choreographic Project is organized, created, and danced by dancers of the company. World Premiere: March 29, 2025. Visit: https://www.nbs.or.jp/stages/2025/cgp-2025/

NETHERLANDS: American theatre and film choreographer Helen Pickett collaborates with Dutch National Ballet Director James Bonas and composer Peter Salem to delve into the mind of the ruthless Lady Macbeth. Premiere Date: April 5, 2025. Visit: https://www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-national-ballet/2024-2025/lady-macbeth

NETHERLANDS: The NDT 2 dancers perform a new work by Botis Seva, founder of company Far From The Norm, who works within the realm of hip-hop, physical theatre, and contemporary dance and is a new voice for NDT. World Premiere: March 27, 2025. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/falling-into-shadow/

NORWAY: How Romantic, by Katerina Andreou creates space for reflection—on power and relations, intimacy, forced entertaining, and maybe the role of love as the ultimate finishing line for any race, even when it feels unattainable. Performance Date: March 7, 2025. Watch: https://vimeo.com/1041129225/a478faaf59

POLAND: The Silesian Opera presents Spartacus, a new ballet with music by Aram Chaczaturian and choreography Robert ballockby Robert Balogh. Premiere Date: March 8, 2025. Visit: https://opera-slaska.pl/spektakle/event/183/spartakus

POLAND: The ballet company of The Wroclaw Opera will present 12 original choreographies created by dancers of the company and invited guests. Premiere Date: March 8, 2025. Visit: https://www.opera.wroclaw.pl/1/spektakl.php?_id=6154

POLAND: Polish National Ballet will present the 17th edition of choreographic workshops. The choreographic miniatures will be prepared by dancers of Polish National Ballet, who will also be responsible for the whole production process. Performance Date: April 25, 2025. Visit: https://teatrwielki.pl/en/calendar/2024-2025/kreacje-17

POLAND: The ballet company of The Grand Theatre Lodz invites the public to the premiere of the triple bill Sea. The main motive of all choreographies will be the motives of sea and water. Premiere Date: April 26, 2025. Visit: https://www.operalodz.com/index.php?id=29&idd=658

POLAND: The dancers from Grand Theatre Poznań present their creations in the program Spectrum 03. Premiere date: March 20, 2025. Visit: https://opera.poznan.pl/en/spectrum-03

SPAIN: Dansa València serves as a platform for artists from all over Spain, presenting works from Catalonia, Andalusia, and the Balearic Islands. Performance dates: April 5-13, 2025. Visit: https://dv.ivc.gva.es/en/

SWEDEN: Inside Queens is an opera for the security of your inner realm, premiering at the Folkoperan on April 23-24, 2025. Research expedition led by internationally renowned Director Charlotte Engelkes. Visit: https://charlotteengelkes.com/drottning-inuti/

SWEDEN: Norrdans’ ten dancers share the stage with ten local residents, forming a unique ensemble that explores the concepts of crowds and power. Crowds & Power is created by Martin Forsberg. World Premiere: March 14, 2025. Visit: https://norrdans.se/en/choreographies-events/2025/crowds-power/

SWEDEN: Viktor Fröjd’s upcoming new piece, TRACKS, takes its name from a song, a path, or a track. Premiere Date: March 26, 2025. Visit: https://dansstationen.nu/en/mar-26-27-%E2%98%85-premier-%E2%98%85-tracks-viktor-frojd/

SWEDEN: In the work Haunted Desires, Björn Säfsten delves further into man’s constant failures with communication and the impact these failures have on the individual. Premiere Date: March 7. 2025. Visit: https://www.nordbergmovement.se/artists/bjorn-safsten/

UK: Rearray (London Edition 2025) is William Forsythe’s newest iteration of his 2011 work, originally created for the legendary ballerina Sylvie Guillem. Forsythe continues to evolve this piece for English National Ballet. World Premiere at Sadler’s Wells: April 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/english-national-ballet-the-forsythe-programme/

CHOREGRAPHIC CONTESTS:

INTERNATIONAL:

LAS PALMAS: MAZADNSA – The International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands, SPAIN. Founded in 1996 by dancer and choreographer Natalia Medina, MASDANZA holds since 2019 the EFFE Quality Label from the European Festivals Association, an initiative of the European Union, and has been nominated for the Best European Dance Festival Award. OPENA CALL with deadline April 18, 20025: https://www.masdanza.com/english/

GERMANY: The application process is now open for the Hannover International Choreographic Competition 39. Choreographers age 39 and under may apply. The competition is open to any style of dance. Apply by March 15, 2025. Competition Dates: June 19-21, 2025. Visit: https://choreography-hannover.de/en/choreagraphy-35/

POLAND: As part of Gdansk Dance Festival, the solo dance competition 2025 is accepting applications. Competition Dates: September 22-25, 2025. Apply by March 31, 2025. Visit: https://gdanskdancefestival.wordpress.com/

TRENDING: Claudia Schreier’s The Rite of Spring: Humans vs Nature 

Raw, instinctual, and emotionally powerful Claudia  Schreier's  The Rite of Spring explores humanity’s struggle against the inescapable forces of nature. Set to Igor Stravinsky’s iconic score, this world premiere for the Atlanta Ballet comes to life with breathtaking choreography and the live majesty of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra.

Trailer of the process: https://www.instagram.com/atlantaballet/reel/DFV-WmGudtA/

Trailer of the performance:https://www.facebook.com/AtlantaBallet/videos/962480079182722/

 and https://www.facebook.com/AtlantaBallet/videos/1800390764061133/

Press Review: https://www.artsatl.org/review-atlanta-ballets-rite-of-spring-isnt-beautiful-its-sublime/

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

Remembering a Dance: Parts of Some Sextets, 1965/2019, by Yvonne Rainer (Editor), Emily Coates (Editor), RoseLee Goldberg (Contributor), Jill Johnston (Contributor), Kathy Noble (Contributor), David Thomson (Contributor), Lynne Tillman (Contributor), Soyoung Yoon (Contributor), Nick Mauss (Contributor), Performa/Lenz/Wadsworth Atheneum (November 5, 2024).

Yvonne Rainer’s 1965 performance Parts of Some Sextets, for 10 people and 12 mattresses, represents a turning point in the American choreographer’s oeuvre. Built on her formative years with the Judson Dance Theater, "my mattress monster," as Rainer calls it, was where she asserted her exploration of "ordinary" actions and her disregard for narrative constructions, creating an intricate choreography with a new scene every 30 seconds.

More than half a century after its premiere, Rainer, in collaboration with dance artist Emily Coates, directed the 2019 revival of the piece for the Performa 19 Biennial in New York.  Remembering a Dance focuses on the two distinct occurrences of this single dance. In this book, exquisitely designed by Nick Mauss, previously unpublished archival images and documents from the 1965 stagings at the Judson Memorial Church in New York and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford resonate with contemporary responses and pose questions about the trajectories of artworks, performers and audiences.

Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Yvonne-Rainer-Remembering-Dance-Sextets/dp/B0BNZSWSYJ

CINEMA ON/WITH CHOREOGAPHY:

The Six Triple Eight, directed by Tyler Perry and choreography by the legendary Debbie Allen to original song written by Diane Warren. During WWII, the only US Women's Army Corps unit of color stationed overseas takes on an impossible mission in Tyler Perry's drama based on a true story. Available on Netflix.

Movie Trailer: https://www.netflix.com/title/81590591?trackId=259776131&trkId=259776131&src=tudum

Choreographic process with Debbie Allen: https://www.tiktok.com/@mychelleuk/video/7451627991379103008

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