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National Dance Project Production Grant

March 16

NDP Production Grants are made to projects led by professional choreographers or companies to support the creation and U.S. touring and/or sharing of a new dance project.

PLEASE NOTE: The 2026 NDP deadline will be its last. For additional context regarding the sunsetting of National Dance Project and National Theater Project, please read the September 2025 letter to the field from NEFA’s Executive Director, Harold Steward.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be professional choreographers or companies. Preference is given to U.S.-based dance artists and companies, but artists and companies based outside the U.S. may apply.

Have nonprofit status or a nonprofit fiscal sponsor who will act on their behalf. If you are not a 501(c)(3) organization*, then you should list a non-profit organization, with 501(c)(3) status, who agrees to be the fiscal sponsor as the ‘Payee‘ in the form, and upload their completed and signed W-9 form**. Please do not ever upload a W-9 form with your personal information.

Propose a new dance project to be developed and toured/shared. Projects may be interdisciplinary and can include creators in other artistic forms.

Submit or appear in only one application per choreographer or company, including applications for a project that will be created by a guest choreographer on another company. If you are a company interested in submitting an application with a guest choreographer, please be in touch with that choreographer to ensure that they themselves will not be applying or that they have not given permission to another company.

Fulfill the Requirements & Reports for Grant Recipients (see below), if awarded.

NEW/UPDATE: To ensure this grant supports the sharing of new work across multiple communities, groups, and audiences, all NDP projects must adhere to the following timeline:
Premiere after September 30, 2026
Complete all project activity and use of NDP tour subsidy by December 31, 2028

NEW/UPDATE: Work with a minimum of two (2) U.S. organizational partners committed to supporting the development and/or engagement of the proposed new dance project.

NEW/UPDATE: Work with a minimum of two (2) U.S. touring partners committed to the presentation of the proposed new dance project within the grant timeline identified above.

 

DEADLINE: March 16th, 2026

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