Gibney Dance Company is thrilled to announce a new initiative to support emerging choreographers, in partnership with Springboard Danse Montréal: the GDC/Springboard EMERGE Choreographic Award.

The EMERGE Choreographic Award will be presented to one of the Emerging Choreographers from Springboard Danse Montréal’s roster each summer. The selected artist will receive:

• Commissioning support to create a new work for Gibney Dance Company that will premiere on a split bill program the following spring;
• Mentorship through the creative process from a seasoned choreographer;
• And opportunities to teach classes and share their creative process through showings and dialogues at Gibney throughout the year.

The inaugural EMERGE performance, taking place May 2 – 4, 2019 in the Theater at Gibney 280 Broadway, will feature New York City-based choreographers Chanel DaSilva and Bobbi Jene Smith alongside the 2018-19 EMERGE Choreographic Award Winner, to be announced this July.

Find out more here

Applications for Your Move are due tomorrow. Co-presented by Art House Productions and The Loew's Theatre in Jersey City, the award-winning dance festival will be held on Friday Nov. 2nd at 8:00pm and Sunday Nov. 4th at 2:00pm and 5:00pm. Selected choreographers will receive a $100 stipend and two performance slots over the three shows.

Apply HERE

Applications are due no later than June 8, 2018 by midnight 12am EST. The application fee is $17. Accepted choreographers will be notified by mid-July. For more information email: yourmovejc@gmail.com
Your Move features local, national, and international high-caliber dance companies during a weekend of mixed billed performances. The festival is highly revered in the community as a staple of the dance cultural calendar (see last year’s review: here). 

Mabou Mines’ new performance initiative SUITE/Space provides artistic mentorship, development, rehearsal space, and opportunities for public performances in our new 99-seat theater to artists that reflect NYC’s rich cultural landscape and share Mabou Mines’ commitment to breaking new ground in form and content.
For the inaugural year 2017-18, SUITE/Space artists were nominated by curators. For 2019 and beyond, the SUITE/Space artists will be selected through nominations and a public RFP process. The 2018 curatorial team included Mabou Mines Co-Artistic Director Karen Kandel, Mabou Mines Associate Artist David Neumann, and playwright and former Mabou Mines Resident Artist Carl Hancock Rux.

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Submissions for Mabou Mines' 2019 SUITE/Space program open on June 1, 2018 and the deadline to submit is July 2, 2018. For more information on the program, visit our website and click APPLY. 

YOUR MOVE announces applications for 2018 season!

Your Move, the award-winning modern dance festival presented by Art House Productions, features local, national, and international high-caliber modern dance companies during a weekend of mixed billed performances. 

Your Move's 2018 season is presented by the The Loew's Theater in Jersey City on Friday Nov. 2nd at 8pm and Sunday Nov. 4th at 2pm and 5pm. Selected choreographers receive a stipend of $100 and 2 performance slots over the 3 shows. The festival is highly revered in the community as a staple of the dance cultural calendar (see last year’s review: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5a130a1fe4b08b00ba673276 ). 

Applications are due no later than June 8, 2018 by midnight 12am EST. The application fee is $17. Accepted choreographers will be notified by mid-July. For more information email: yourmovejc@gmail.com

Apply online HERE

​ChoreoLaB June 18 - 29, 2018 | Ages 18+

An immersive, career-building program that places rising professional dancers in an intimate studio experience with distinguished choreographers and seasoned artistic staff.Artists in today's dance world must be more than just technicians. Beyond demonstrating skilled technique, dancers are frequently expected to contribute thoughtfully to a choreographic process, transition seamlessly between varied styles of repertoire, and possess strong partnering ability. Dancers can face challenges getting hired if they lack the business skills to communicate professionally with artistic directors, or create supporting application materials that best demonstrate their artistic strengths. ChoreoLaB hones both artistic skills and professional excellence through a holistic program, which shapes hirable, competitive in-demand dancers ready to advance their careers. 
During the intimate two-week studio experience, participants will:

• Work with renowned guest choreographers Mario Alberto Zambrano, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Carlos Pons Guerra as well as former artists from Batsheva, Ballet Frankfurt, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
• Learn excerpts of Ballet Hispánico's repertory from Company dancers and artistic staff
• Attend forums, networking events and Q&A sessions with artists in the field
• Audition in an open call for Ballet Hispánico's second company BHdos
• Receive constructive feedback and guidance from artistic leaders in the field, and more! 

Audition by scheduling an appointment to take Company Class, or submit a video audition by June 1, 2018.

​For further details, visit www.ballethispanico.org/classes/choreolab.

Applications due this Friday, June 1!

​LiftOff Creative and Project Development ResidencyAugust 2018The LiftOff Creative and Project Development Residency provides four physical-based performance artists with:

• A minimum of 30 hours of rehearsal space
• Two creative and project development feedback sessions facilitated by NDA director Karen Bernard or guest facilitator

There is no fee for the residency.

Apply now!

Please note:It is mandatory that artists be available for an introductory meeting on August 1st, mid-month creative (sharing work) and project development session (date TBA), creative (sharing work) feedback session on August 31st.

Past LiftOff Resident Artists are not eligible.

See more information about the LiftOff Creative and Project Development Residency here

Concord Academy, an independent college preparatory school for grades 9 through 12 located in Concord, Mass., has an opening for a Wilcox Fellowship in dance teaching through its Performing Arts Department beginning in the fall of 2018. Chartered in 1922, the school currently enrolls approximately 382 boarding and day students from 10 countries and territories and 15 states. 

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The Office of Arts + Cultural Programming (ACP), through it’s PEAK Performances series, presents and produces national and international works of dance, music, theater, performance and opera as well as projects offered by departments within the College of the Arts (CART). PEAK provides the conditions for artists to perform works without compromise and audiences the opportunity to explore adventuresome ideas freely. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Cultural Engagement (CE) Director is responsible for developing original ways of engaging artists with audiences: patrons, students, diverse academic departments and varied regional organizations. The purpose of this position is to contextualize ACP’s acclaimed PEAK Performances season and in doing so, to advance the boundaries of the performing arts while cementing a lasting relationship between artist and audience. Under the guidance of the CE Director, ACP’s cultural engagement programs are extended to off campus communities with the intention of expanding appreciation for the contemporary arts. Through the work of the CE Director, ACP makes the statement that performing artists are creative inspirations for everyone in all fields of endeavor and all walks of life.

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Deadline: Extended to May 25, 2018The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) invites New York City-based dance companies to apply to an open call for the ninth annual Making Moves Dance Festival, a dance celebration to kick off JCAL’s 2018 dance season.  Set to be held September 22 & 23, 2018 at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC), the Open Call requests choreographers working in all genres of dance apply to present their work and engage the communities representing the creative and cultural diversity that is NYC. Rehearsals and open showcases will be scheduled as part of JCAL/JPAC’s community outreach and 2018 dance season programs.

Making Moves offers five opportunities for dance companies:

• A new opportunity for two emerging groups to perform a 12-15 minute piece at an outdoor presentation. Each group will receive a $125 stipend to present an existing work. (Afternoon) 
  
• An opportunity for up to four professional groups to perform a 20-30 minute piece at an outdoor presentation. Each group will receive a $400 stipend to present an existing work. (Afternoon) 
  
• An opportunity for up to four professional groups to perform a 15 minute piece each at an indoor stage presentation. Each group will receive a $500 stipend to present an existing work. (Evening)
  
• An opportunity for a choreographer to create a 30-45 minute work, commissioned by JCAL, which will be presented at the evening presentation. The choreographer will receive a $3,500 stipend to create a new work and will have access to JCAL’s rehearsal space for up to 80 hours. 
  
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ShowDown is a performance and feedback series for works-in-process at Gibney, which provides dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting.The Fall 2018 sign up form is now open! Artists sign up to share work through a non-curated lottery process. From the submissions received, 12 artists will be randomly selected. 
FALL 2018 DATES
Sunday, September 9
Sunday, October 14
Sunday, November 14
Sunday, December 2

​SIGN UP HERE BY MAY 21