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.

Emergence Artist Residency

Culture Lab LIC's Emergence Artist Residency is a developmental performing arts program geared toward the support and creation of new work. It offers artists & companies free rehearsal and performance space to develop and produce new performance-based work. Artists should submit a new preforming arts project to be developed over the course of their residency […]

Studio Essentials Grant

Our heart has always been with studios. And Revolution has been partnering exclusively with dance studios for 25 years. Our dedication to studio owners and their businesses has inspired us to give back to the dance community. The Studio Essentials Grant Program is a unique initiative designed to provide studio owners with grants and resources […]

South Arts: Express Grants

Open to organizations in rural communities of 50,000 people or less, the Express Grant program offers expedited awards of up to $3,000 supporting the presentation of touring artists. South Arts believes that rural communities deserve great art, and can require specialized support to make that vision viable. Distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis, Express Grants […]

BalletX Choreographic Fellowship

Launched in 2016 with lead support from the Wyncote Foundation, BalletX’s Choreographic Fellowship unites one emerging artist each season with a distinguished choreographer who serves as a mentor as they both create World Premieres on the BalletX dancers. As one of the only programs in the nation that focuses on choreographic development in ballet, the […]

Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is proud to partner with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation to administer Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants, an emergency grant program for professional dancers. Robert Rauschenberg was committed to assisting fellow artists in need of emergency aid, ultimately establishing the nonprofit foundation Change, Inc. in 1970. Recognizing the particularly extreme […]

NoHo Afterschool Performing Arts Classes Spring Session

The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Performing Arts Division (PERF) is proud to announce an open call for Arts Organizations in the North Hollywood community who specialize in performing arts practices. DCA invites performing and community arts organizations, both established and emerging, in the fields of musical theater, costume design, and performing arts instruction, as […]

Princess Grace Awards Program

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA is dedicated to upholding the legacy of Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco, (née Grace Kelly). Her commitment to advance the arts in the United States is sustained by the Princess Grace Awards which supports and elevates extraordinary early career artists in theater, dance and film through game-changing grants; and […]

Aimed Dance Emerging Choreographer Fellowship

The Emerging Choreographer Fellowship grants two creative artists, ages 18 to 35, an opportunity to create and premiere a new work as part of Aimed Dance Summer Fest Concert Series. The fellowship recipients will be granted up to eight hours of studio time with the performance company in July 2025. The recipients will be selected […]

Bethany Arts Community Residency Emerging Artist Fellowship

In 2022, Bethany Arts Community (BAC) identified the need and opportunity to support a longer-term fellowship specifically for emerging artists ages 21+. In 2025, BAC welcomes their third Emerging Artist Fellowship, running in two cohorts from May 22 to September 11, 2025 and July 24 to November 13, 2025. This fellowship is designed to offer a creative […]

Dancers’ Group

CA$H Dance is a granting program for artists and organizations creating work in the San Francisco Bay Area. CA$H was designed in 1999 by artists for artists through the organizational work of Dancers’ Group and Theatre Bay Area. The program seeks to support a range of artists and organizations that represent the many diversities of […]

Making It Public for Massachusetts Artists

Making it Public (MIP) for Massachusetts Artists is a free five-week virtual workshop series designed by Forecast Public Art (FPA) to support artists of all disciplines in exploring and expanding their public art making practice. At the conclusion of the workshop series, participating artists will be better equipped to respond to a Call for Temporary […]

USArtists International

Mid Atlantic Arts is committed to the development and expansion of both the careers and artistic goals of U.S. performers by providing connections to audiences, presenters, curators, and their peers through the USAI program. By elevating the voices that reflect a vibrant array of creative expression, we are able to celebrate and share the diversity […]