Made possible by the support of the Ford Foundation, New York Community Trust, and other generous funders, the purpose of the Dance Workforce Resilience (DWR) Fund is to promote fair labor practices and addresses wage inequities and precarious working conditions for individual freelance dancers by providing awards tied to formal contracts to dancers within the New […]
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.
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2 events,Through the New England Dance Fund, NEFA will award grants between $1,500 and $2,500 directly to choreographers who identify and articulate an important opportunity that will significantly impact aspects of their dance making or advance their role within the regional New England dance landscape. ELIGIBILITY: Have a CreativeGround profile with DANCE as the primary discipline. […] |
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3 events,The Community Arts program ensures vibrant work is created, new voices are celebrated, and artists and audiences inclusive of the Bay Area’s diverse communities and cultures have opportunities to thrive. We support the creation of work by Bay Area artists and access to the arts for Bay Area communities. We celebrate the rich diversity of […] In 2027, AABP will celebrate our fifth anniversary by launching a new program for Asian American choreographers. Over the past four years, we've found that very few Asian American choreographers have the chance to create work on professional ballet dancers, and even fewer have set ballets on entirely AANHPI casts. We hope to take one […] |
3 events,Dance on Camera is thrilled to partner with Emerging Artist Resources (EAR) to create a new pathway into one of the world’s longest-running dance film festivals. As part of the 55th annual Dance on Camera Festival, EAR and Dance on Camera are launching a new Emerging Artist Program designed to discover, celebrate, and showcase the […] Shubert Foundation grants are awarded exclusively to US organizations, which must have current 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and must submit current financial statements in order to be eligible for funding. The Foundation provides grants only to professional organizations that have an established track record as well as a history of fiscal responsibility. Non-professional community dance organizations […] |
2 events,Atland and Moulin/Belle are partnering up to offer an international self-directed artist-in-residence program for one group of dance artists/collaborators in 2027. The selected artist group will be awarded a week-long research residency period in Périgord, France from May 4-11, 2027 and a week-long residency in Western Massachusetts in August 2027 (we ask your date preferences […] |
2 events,Tapestries Emerging Choreographers Program will commission three (3) emerging choreographers based in either Minnesota or NYC for Tapestries 11.0. They will be selected by an expert panel of dance/community leaders to create new works for the company’s spring season under the guidance of Artistic/Executive Director Karen L. Charles and additional feedback from their peer choreographers. […] |
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3 events,SPLIT BILL provides a platform for NYC-based dance and movement artists in the early stages of their careers to develop and premiere new work in a shared performance setting. The SPLIT BILL program includes: Three evening performance run Lighting design Production resources + support Marketing resources + support Funding strategies + project planning support Video […] We're commissioning 3 short dance films from around the world! Each selected filmmaker will receive $5,000usd - please scope your idea and budget accordingly. Films should be between 3-10 minutes long. Rights: Filmmaker retains full copyright, we are here to uplift YOU. In exchange for the commission, Dance Filmmaking will receive exclusive distribution rights for […] |
2 events,Perform Europe is a funding scheme offering EUR 1.4 million for performing arts collaborations across all 41 Creative Europe countries. Perform Europe supports partnership proposals which reinvent the way we tour across borders. After two highly successful editions (2020-2022 / 2023-2026), Perform Europe will continue to put emphasis on exploring, with the performing arts sector, […] |
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2 events,The Choreographic Residency program at KSU invites two nationally-emerging or mid-career choreographers to the Department of Dance each summer for a four-week residency to create two world premieres on the KSU Dance Company. Invited choreographers will audition and select dancers, preferably for ten students, for which they will create an original choreographic a 30-minute group […] |
2 events,The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation is an independent foundation administered at Brown University. It awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in selected fields, targeting its support specifically to early mid-career individuals, who have completed at least one major project and demonstrate potential to be future leaders in […] |


