DDP has compiled the following list of upcoming deadlines for grants, fellowships, residencies, and competitions as a resource for dancers, students, choreographers, and other professionals in the dance industry. Please scroll below to view detailed information about each of these programs and opportunities.

ArtFields 2024

ArtFields started in 2013 with a simple goal: honor the artists of the Southeast with 9 days worth of celebration and competition while revitalizing a small Southern town. The competition and exhibition offers over $100,000 in cash prizes. The winners of two People’s Choice Awards are determined by the votes of people visiting ArtFields; a […]

Camille A Brown & Dancers’ (CABD) Mentorship Program

Camille A Brown & Dancers’ (CABD) Mentorship Program will pair a developing or emerging Black artist with one of CABD’s accomplished Company Members or Alumni – members who have performed concert dance on major stages around the world with Brown and other prominent choreographers, on television, film and Broadway (Fela!, Hamilton), and with leading Pop […]

artsHERE Initiative

Through grants and peer learning opportunities, ArtsHERE invests in organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming, with the goal of increasing arts participation for underserved groups/communities, and sharing insights that may inform similar funding programs in the future. artsHERE invests in organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity […]

Arts Business Collaborative CoLearning Pilot Fellowship Community Program

Arts Business Collaborative, through community-centered programs and culturally relevant services, helps to facilitate avenues for people of color, with an emphasis on Black, Latine and Indigenous, and their communities, to leverage the economic value of cultural capital and improve their quality of life by addressing barriers of access to capital, networks, and knowledge. We exist […]

Atlantic Center for the Arts Mentoring Artist-in-Residence Program

The three-week Residency Program brings together three “Mentoring Artists” from different disciplines, such as the visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography, film/video, and multimedia), architecture, music (composition and performance), literature, choreography, dance, performance art, and theater. Each Mentoring Artist determines the requirements and basic structure of their residency, and through an online application process, they each […]

New Wave Dance Festival 2024

Get ready to make waves in the world of dance as we open the doors to The 5th Annual New Wave Dance Festival, presented by AkomiDance! New Wave Dance Festival has been the perfect vehicle to bring Southern California's AkomiDance and the groundbreaking talent of our pre-professional division, AkomiNu, to the iconic stage of New […]

NDEO, What Data Can Do for You: Data-Driven Opportunities in Dance Education

Oakland University and NDEO invites dance educators from K-12, higher education, and the private sector to come together in person for this Special Topics Conference to spark creativity, embrace the joy of communal experience, and hold space for the myriad ways we can work together to create data-driven and evidence-based methods of Dance Education. Connect […]

NDEO, Somatic Movement in Dance Education: Enhancing Health and Creativity for Teachers & Students

The conference provides a forum to experience and explore the intersections of Somatic Movement and Dance Education. How are dance and somatic educators collaborating to innovate practice and enhance learning in our fields? This dynamic partnership between two pioneering, internationally recognized organizations will deepen our common roots and ignite our imaginations. Somatic movement sessions, panel […]

South Arts: Presentation Grants

Grants up to $9,500 for organizations to present a Southern artist for a performing arts, literary arts, visual arts, or film engagement. The following is a top-level list of the main eligibility requirements necessary to be considered for a Presentation Grant. Please refer to the full list of eligibility requirements in the Guidelines section below. Be a […]

BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers

BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers is open to members of the dance community who have prior professional choreography experience. The selected choreographer will be asked to commission, with BalletCollective’s support and guidance, a composer to create an original score for their piece. These two collaborators will then be tasked to work together to identify a […]

CORPS de Ballet International Choreographic Sharing

Ballet Pedagogies: past, present, and future June 11-13, 2024 Only one submission per person will be eligible for random selection in the lottery. It is not necessary to include the video file with this form. Submitted works must be no longer than 10 minutes in length. There will be time for questions and discussion following […]

Palm Desert Choreography Festival

Dedicated to the advancement of dance as an art form, specifically through the support and promotion of quality choreography, this festival includes a choreography competition, outreach projects, workshops, residencies and a Lifetime Achievement Award presentation. Since 1998, the Festival has presented 761 original pieces of choreography and awarded over $800,000 in prize money. The Festival […]