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CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: Alaska Ketchikan Dance Film Festival, AK, Jacob's Pillow Curriculum in Motion™ Institute, MA, Works & Process, SMUSH Gallery, and KoDaFe Open Call, NYC, USA; F-O-R-M, CANADA; TelepARTMobility, FINLAND; Moulin/Belle, Transforme, and ChoreoLab, FRANCE; HELLERAU, GERMANY; Corposensibile and SOLOCOREOGRAFICO, ITALY; Kyoto Arts Center Open Call, JAPAN; ChoreoComp, THE NETHERLANDS; Polish Dance Platform, POLAND; AIR Taipei, TAIWAN;  MASDANZA, SPAIN, etc.

NEW WORKS & EVENTS:  NEW Rena Butler, Andrea Miller, Paul Singh, Lucinda Childs, Lee Serle, and Peter Chu in NYC, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in Miami, USA; Guillaume Côté in Toronto; Medhi Walerski in Vancouver; Anthony and Kel Matsena in London; Grzegorz Brożek in Szczecin; Melanie Lane in South Bank; Martin Schläpfer in Vienna, etc.

TRENDING: Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway

NEW BOOKS: Errand Into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham, by Deborah Jowitt, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

NEW MOVIE: Étoile, by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino

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: 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: 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: 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 11, 2025. Visit: https://sanssoucifestival.org/call-for-entries/

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 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

MASSACHUSETTS: Application cycle is open for the Jacob's Pillow Curriculum in Motion™ Institute—a unique career development opportunity for emerging, mid-career, and seasoned choreographers and teaching artists to integrate dance with community engagement. Apply by April 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.jacobspillow.org/programs/community/jacobs-pillow-curriculum-in-motion/curriculum-in-motion-institute/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%F0%9F%93%A2Applications%20Now%20Open%20for%20the%20Curriculum%20in%20Motion%E2%84%A2%20Institute%21&utm_campaign=CE%3A%20JPCIM%20Institute%202025%20Applications%20Now%20Open

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 YORK: Application cycle is open for US residents for the Small Plates Choreography Festival, a series of four curated dance performances to be presented November 7-9, 2025. Apply by August 1, 2025. Visit: www.smallplatesdance.com/newburgh-2

NEW YORK: Works & Process is holding its first open call for applications from NYC artists who create movement-based work to apply for a week-long, out-of-town residency.  Apply by April 22, 2025 or until submission limit of 250 applications is reached. Visit: https://www.worksandprocess.org/residencies

NEW YORK: i KADA Contemporary Dance Company presents the annual international Korean Dance Festival “KoDaFe” in NYC. The festival unites artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world, offering a special cultural exchange opportunity. Apply by April 10, 2025. Visit: www.ikadadance.com

NEW YORK: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning is calling for applications for the 16th Annual Making Moves Dance Festival. Nine choreographers will be chosen. Apply by May 16, 2025. Visit: https://jcal.submittable.com/submit/323175/16th-annual-making-moves-dance-festival-mmdf2025

NEW YORK:  SMUSH GALERY is 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

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. The program brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://indigoartsalliance.me/mentorship-residency-program/

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

RHODE ISLAND: ScreenDance RoadShow is a year-long traveling short dance film series in New England that showcases contemporary creative voices exploring choreography for the camera. Apply by July 27, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/motionstatearts

TENNESSEE: Loghaven Artist Residency invites emerging and established artists to apply for residencies during the open application cycle: June 1 through July 15, 2025. In addition to living in their own modernized log cabin, dancers and choreographers will have access to the performing arts studio. Visit: https://loghaven.org/residencies/apply/

TEXAS: Application cycle is 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: 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/

INTERNATIONAL:

ARGENTINA: Permanente.ciclo Festival is looking for works focusing on the relationship between body and movement for its multidisciplinary exhibitions. The festival promotes the work of artists from the local and international scene. There are several deadlines. Apply by June 23, 2025 for the latest. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/permanenteciclo

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

AUSTRIA: Tanz Company Gervasi is looking for Vienna dance artists who wish to develop, explore, and bring a performative concept to life, guided in the fields of choreography. Apply by April 13, 2025. Visit: https://www.gervasi.at/

CANADA: Artists from around the world are invited to submit a short movement-based film to the 10th annual F-O-R-M in November 2025. Apply by May 9, 2025. Canadian emerging artists may apply for the Commissioning Fund Program. Apply by April 15, 2025 with a short film concept that involves movement. Film submission Visit: https://www.f-o-r-m.ca/short-film-submissions-2025 Commission Fund Visit: https://www.f-o-r-m.ca/commissioning-program-2025

CANADA: Reboot: Micro-Grants by Scotiabank Dance Centre are small grants of up to $500 that help artists (maximum 2 per month) improve skills and create work. 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: 2025 European Cooperation Projects are open to all cultural and creative sectors. Proposals are expected to present a clear cross-border cooperation dimension. Apply by May 13, 2025. Visit: https://culture.ec.europa.eu/calls/2025-european-cooperation-projects

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

EUROPE: Moving Identities is calling for applications for a border-crossing residency programme for performing artists to develop a project idea and artistic vision through three paid residencies. Apply by April 24, 2025. Visit: https://www.movingidentities.eu/open-call-2025

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: Compagnie Humaine / Eric Oberdorff launches a call for dance short films in partnership with Nice European Short Film Festival for its 2025 edition. Apply by May 31, 2025. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/NiceDanceFilm

FRANCE: MOV’IN Cannes is an international dance film competition under the artistic direction of Didier Deschamps and Eric Oberdorff. Participants in the competition will have a chance to be part of the pre-selection of films that will be screened during the festival in front of an international jury of dance and film professionals. Apply by April 30, 2025. 

Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/MOVINCANNES

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: 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 at 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: The Art & AI program by the Federal Cultural Foundation supports the development and implementation of at least ten projects. The funding is aimed at cultural institutions and independent artist groups that demonstrate the wish to engage with one of the central technologies of our time and its social implications. Apply by April 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/de/projekte/film_und_neue_medien/detail/kunst_und_ki.html

GERMANY: The purpose of Danceland, by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, is to present the diversity of contemporary dance and to build long-lasting partnerships between dance ensembles and guest performance venues. General Project Funding accepts applications from creative artists twice a year to finance projects. Innovative projects with an international context are eligible to receive General Project Funding. Apply by July 31, 2025.  Visit: https://www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/en/funding/general_project_funding.html

GERMANY: The “Digital Performance” funding programme supports artists whose projects 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: 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 every two years presents current developments and innovative trends in contemporary dance. 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: 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: Akropoditi Dance and Performing Arts Centre and the International Dance and Performing Arts Festival Akropoditi Dance Fest are now calling for applications for the Artistic Residency Program, which will take place from September – December, 2025. Apply by June 1, 2025. Visit: https://akropoditi.com/dancecentre/en/residencies-en/#1554724541704-3a535a8e-1533

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/

ITALY: Citofonare PimOff Residency supports Italian and international choreographic research. PimOff will provide a residency from March to May, up to a maximum of 15 days, to the selected artists, offering use of the theatre room and its equipment, financial support, and organizational, communicative, and promotional support. Apply by April 30. 2025. Visit: https://www.pimoff.it/en/citofonare-pimoff

ITALY: SOLOCOREOGRAFICO is a solo dance festival taking place in different cities in Italy and Germany, with a wide network of international partners. Apply by May 10, 2025.  Visit: www.solocoreografico.com

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: Corposensibile is a research and selection program for screendance to 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: Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is calling for applications for a resident choreographer. Selected choreographer will receive creative support for two years. Apply by April 8, 2025. Visit: https://akarenga.yafjp.org/event/yrbwchoreographer_opencall/

JAPAN: Kyoto Arts Center is calling for applications for its residency program, which offers space for creation and performance. Apply by April 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.kac.or.jp/news/20250315/

JAPAN: The Hokkaido Cultural Foundation is calling for performance plans for the Art Theater Appreciation Project in 2026 from within and outside of Hokkaido. Apply by May 2, 2025. Visit: https://haf.jp/news.php?n=279

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

POLAND: The Polish Dance Platform 2026 is a prestigious event aimed at promoting and developing contemporary dance in Poland. Open for Polish tax residency. Apply by July 1, 2025. Visit: https://nimit.pl/en/aktualnosci/we-are-opening-the-call-for-applications-to-the-polish-dance-platform-2026/

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. Apply by email. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://zaratan.pt/en/residencies/

REPUBLIC OF CHINA(TAIWAN): Artist-in-Residence Taipei includes two major sections: the International Residency Project and the International Artist Exchange Project. Artists selected for the International Residency Project are provided free accommodation during specific time frames and the spaces of Treasure Hill. Apply by June 30, 2025.  Visit: https://www.artistvillage.org/planintro.php

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: The 17th Barcelona B>Meeting, the central event of Barcelona International Dance Exchange (BIDE), is a 5-day event where dancers, choreographers and cultural managers from around 20 countries, different institutions, festivals and dance organizations meet in the same space for creative exchange and networking. Event dates: June 25-29, 2025. Visit: https://bidebarcelona.com/en/bmeeting-applications

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 take place 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 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:

FLORIDA:  Annabelle Lopez Ochoa creates 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: The Trisha Brown Dance Company presents a new commission by Lee Serle, 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

NEW YORK: Celebrated contemporary dance company A.I.M by Kyle Abraham brings new works by Andrea Miller and Rena Butler, alongside creations by Paul Singh and Artistic Director Kyle Abraham. Premiere date at the Joyce Theater: April 23, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/153//a-i-m-by-kyle-abraham?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Eblast_25_AIM_Push1_2.20.25&utm_content=version_A

NEW YORK: Gibney Company showcases two world premieres by Lucinda Childs and Peter Chu, alongside a company premiere by Roy Assaf. World premiere date at the Joyce: May 6, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/157//gibney-company

NEW YORK: Parsons Dance presents a new work by Rena Butler in collaboration with composer Darryl J. Hoffman, plus Robert Battle’s The Hunt. World premiere date at the Joyce: May 13, 2025. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/158//parsons-dance

OREGON: Ihsan Rustem turns to the music of French songbird Edith Piaf for his 14th original work for NW Dance Project. Premiere date: May 30, 2025. Visit: https://nwdanceproject.org/performances

WASHINGTON STATE: Rena Butler will create a world premiere for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Director’s Choice Program. Premiere date: May 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.pnb.org/season/

WASHINGTON, DC: Dance Place presents New Releases, a mixed-bill choreographers’ showcase designed for DMV-based emerging artists to grow in their choreographic practice, receive feedback, and present new works. Performance dates: May 3 & 4, 2025. Visit: https://www.danceplace.org/performances/new-releases/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRALIA: Australasian Dance Collective celebrates 40 years of dance with Blue, a triple bill that honours the past, embraces the present, and looks boldly toward the future. The program includes new work by Melanie Lane. Premiere date: May 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.qpac.com.au/whats-on/2025/australasian-dance-collective-blue?mc_cid=cb3efe2ebe&mc_eid=ebbfae5ab5

AUSTRIA:  Martin Schlapfer creates 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: 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 marginalised through history. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/jan-martens/4223

AUSTRIA: Hofesh Shechter and his British-based company plunge deep into a world of fantasy and the unconscious, inhabited by fears, hopes and desires in the Austrian premiere of Theater of Dreams. Performance date: May 16, 2025. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/hofesh-shechter-company/4224

CANADA: Ballet BC’s At DUSK program includes a new creation from a sought-after choreographic duo, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, and Artistic Director Medhi Walerski.  World premiere: May 8, 2025. Visit: https://balletbc.com/performance/dusk/

CANADA: Guillaume Côté bids “adieu” to The National Ballet of Canada by creating a new work and restaging his Boléro, celebrating his legacy as Principal Dancer and Choreographic Associate. Two additional world premieres from Canada’s Ethan Colangelo and Jennifer Archibald complete the programme. Performance date: May 30, 2025. Visit: https://national.ballet.ca/productions/adieu/

DENMARK: Kassandra Production presents the world premiere of Narrative Scripts, a late-night show about (self-)censorship, cancel culture, and tribal dancing. Premiere date: May 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.svalegangen.dk/events/gaesteforestillinger/2024-2025/narrative-scripts

EUROPE: Moving Balkans Showcase presents new works by choreographers from the Balkans region. Festival dates: Ljubljana, SI (10–11 May), Rijeka, HR (12 May), Zagreb, HR (13 May). Visit: https://www.movingbalkans.eu/

GERMANY: Winterreise was premiered by the Zurich Ballet in October 2018. Christian Spuck will be creating a new Berlin version of his choreography with the Staatsballett Berlin. Premiere date: May 11, 2025. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/winterreise-en/149.html#a_333

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. World premiere: 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

ITALY: The Spring Forward Festival 2025 is part of the official programme of the European Capital of Culture 2025 Nova Gorica, bringing together inspiring dance makers from around Europe to a professional international audience.  Festival Dates: April 23-26, 2025. Visit: https://aerowaves.org/spring-forward-festival/spring-forward-2025/

ITALY: The Prospettiva Danza Teatro Festival will take place through May 11, 2025, presenting urban dance performances, workshops, and meetings. Visit: https://www.prospettivadanzateatro.it/en/festival-prospettiva-danza-teatro-xxviith-edition-dance-dance-dance-padua-from-28-february-to-11-may/

NORWAY: Carte Blanche presents Cancel Bertha, choreographed by Jan Martens, premiering as part of the Bergen International Festival 2025. World Premiere: May 22, 2025. Visit: https://carteblanche.no/en/shows-and-events/cancel-bertha/

POLAND: The Horizons, by The Silesian Opera, is a review organised on the occasion of International Dance Day, creating a space for young talent and enabling them to develop and present their own work. Premiere Date: April 27, 2025. Visit: https://opera-slaska.pl/spektakle/event/145/horyzonty

POLAND: A world premiere of Cinderella will feature choreography by Grzegorz Brożek and music by Karol Lipiński and Niccolò Paganini. The performance will feature the dancers of the Ballet of the Opera at the Castle. Performance Date: May 31, 2025. Visit: https://www.opera.szczecin.pl/en/whats-on/cinderella

POLAND: Gala Horizons. Intergenerational ballet meetings will take place on April 27, 2025. The highlight of the event will feature choreographies by the festival winners to music by Polish composers, showing the diversity and richness of Polish dance art.

Visit: https://opera-slaska.pl/spektakle/event/145/horyzonty

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

ROMANIA: Dance.Context.Showcase presents a selection of contemporary dance performances from the latest years and aims to strengthen a national network of dance festivals and performing arts institutions in the country. Festival Dates: April 24-27, 2025. Visit: https://cndb.ro/en/dance-context-showcase-schedule/

SLOVAKIA: The Slovak Dance Platform is hosted by Bratislava in Movement in partnership with PLAST and Divadlo Štúdio tanca, presenting works by Slovak artists created in the last two years. Festival Dates: May 29 - June 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.danceplatform.sk/en/dance-up-close/

SLOVENIA: The Gibanica Biennale offers an overview of high-quality dance productions to an international audience of professionals in order to increase the visibility of Slovenian-based dance authors in the international arena. Festival Dates: May 6-10, 2025. Visit: https://gibanica.info/en/12th-biennale-of-contemporary-dance-in-slovenia-gibanica/

SPAIN: The12th edition of the BETA PUBLICA International Choreographic Exhibition will take place within the 40th Madrid en Danza Festival on May 28 & 29, 2025. The festival aims to give rise to new reflections and bring together points of view that contribute to enriching the creative process. Visit: https://www.betapublica.org/

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: Philip Berlin presents L'exposé, a new work in which the dancers’ precision unfolds, allowing stillness and motion to coexist in a dissonant flow. Premiere Date: April 3, 2025. Visit: https://www.nordbergmovement.se/artists/philip-berlin/

SWEDEN: Landscapes, created by Anna Öberg for two dancers with backgrounds in house and folk dance, explores the intersection of two groove-based movement practices. Premiere Date: April 23, 2025. Visit: https://www.annaoberg.se/

SWEDEN: Inside Queens is an opera for the security of our inner realm, premiering at the Folkoperan on April 23-24, 2025. The research expedition was led by internationally renowned Director Charlotte Engelkes. The production features a royal entourage consisting of opera singer Maja Frydén, circus artist Julietta Birkeland, and dancer Tobias Ulvfebrand. Visit: https://charlotteengelkes.com/drottning-inuti/

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/

UK: Brothers Anthony and Kel Matsena bring a reimagined telling of the tale of Cain and Abel, the first murder in human history, in KABEL, which delves deep into the primal emotions of jealousy, rage, and redemption. World Premiere at Sadler’s Wells on May 5, 2025. Visit: https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/matsena-kabel/

TRENDING: Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway

Buena Vista Social Club, a new musical choreographed by husband-and-wife dance-superstar team Justin Peck and Patricia Delgado, opened on Broadway, NYC, in April.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELSXAjmvpDQ

Link to full articles: https://dancemagazine.com/buena-vista-social-club-choreographers-justin-peck-patricia-delgado/#gsc.tab=0

and https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/theater/buena-vista-social-club-review-broadway.html

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

Errand Into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham, by Deborah Jowitt, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024

In this exciting and evocative new biography, Deborah Jowitt takes us into the maze of Martha Graham’s world. She begins with the earliest influences of family and continues through her experiences with Denishawn, performances in the Greenwich Village Follies, early experiments at the Eastman School, and her first independent choreography. She chronicles the arc of Graham’s choreography, beginning with works inspired by American themes such as American Document and Appalachian Spring, the turn towards literary themes with Deaths and Entrances and Letter to the World, the Greek cycle with dances such as Night Journey, Cave of the Heart, and the epic Clytemnestra, and finally her own role as a creator in the playful Maple Leaf Rag.

Errand into the Maze takes the reader on a journey through the cultural landscape of the twentieth century as Graham explored the depths of her own creativity. Through Jowitt’s clear and insightful writing, we come to understand Graham as a force within a wider cultural world, influenced by changing constructs at the same time that she is instrumental in creating change.

Note: Ellen Graff, a former Graham dancer and author of Stepping Left: Dance and Politics in New York City, 1928-1942, once danced with Deborah Jowitt in a work by Pearl Lang. In the 1980s, Graff was a student of Jowitt in NYU’s Department of Performance Studies.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Errand-into-Maze-Martha-Graham/dp/0374280622

CINEMA ON CHOREOGRAPHY AND CHOREOGRAPHERS

Étoile, a ballet-themed dramedy from Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, is a Prime Video series set in Paris and New York, following the dancers and staff of two renowned ballet companies who embark on a plan to save their institutions. All eight episodes of the first season will be released on April 24, 2025. 

Set in both New York City and Paris, Étoile follows the dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies as they embark on a groundbreaking scheme to lure audiences back to their art form. “A lot of our dancers have abandoned toe shoes for TikToks,” says Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Geneviève, interim general director of l’Opéra Français and Le Ballet National. 

The eight-episode Étoile, which premieres on April 24, was partially inspired by Frederick Wiseman documentaries like La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet, which capture “the tough world behind this very delicate art form,” says Palladino.

Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/etoile-luke-kirby-charlotte-gainsbourg-palladino-first-look

Trailer: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9fp90q

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