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Every year, our goal for our membership program is to unite and amplify the collective voice of everyone who is passionate about dance in Chicago. With this goal in mind, SCD is excited to announce a continuation of free memberships through 2021!

Renew your See Chicago Dance membership today. Join our See Chicago Dance membership program and get the benefits you know and love:Discounted advertising on SeeChicagoDance.com, the most comprehensive source for dance events in Chicago.Opportunities to participate in performance events like Chicago Dance Month, SummerDance Village, and more!Steep discounts on rentals of our versatile 20’ x 25’ portable dance floor, marley floor, and audio equipment, and more!
To enroll in our 2021 membership program, please fill our our 2021 membership survey. From there, you will be contacted by a See Chicago Dance staff member on ways to take advantage of the many programs we have to offer. Complete Your 2021 SCD Membership Survey Today!

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A list of spaces to make work that are west of Western or south of Cermak, including pricing and size of space.

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Chicago Dance Spaces - West of Western / South of Cermak

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CDHP investigates, documents, and presents the individual and institutional past of Chicago dance. To showcase that legacy and continue our work, we present the Interview Marathon, a live, day-long, digital event on SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2021.

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The Chicago Dance History Project (CDHP) seeks to investigate, preserve, and present the oral and corporeal histories of dance in Chicago.

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"From personal taxes to institutional racism, arts workers face complex issues every day. The Field is committed to navigating these issues with thoughtful programming, so you won’t have to face them alone."

https://www.thefield.org/news-and-events/
chicago@thefield.org

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The Field Network is a consortium of sites that provide Fieldwork workshops (our signature method of nondirectorial, artist-to-artist feedback) and other Field programs. Initiated in 1993, the Network has locations in cities across the United States. Each site tailors its activities to the local community with the mission to support artists. Sites are stewarded by trained Fieldwork facilitators who are also practicing artists themselves.
At $100 per year, Field Network Members get all the basic Member Benefits* of The Field, PLUS: *For an additional $150 you are also eligible to become a Member of The Field's Sponsored Artist Program. Contact Shawn René Graham at shawnrene@thefield.org for details on upgrading to fiscal sponsorship.

Access to up-to-date Fieldwork Guidelines and Facilitator Training Manual.

Guidance from the National Network Manager and Field New York.

Access to opportunities for professional and creative development offered exclusively to Field Network members. (Examples: Funding to attend the biennial conference and funding for racial justice/antiracism training.)

Periodic network updates and network conference calls to discuss issues in Fieldwork and arts advocacy. (Past topics have included how to market Fieldwork and racial justice, inclusion in Fieldwork.)

Want to start a Field Network site? Contact The Field Network Manager, Jen Mitas, at networkmanager@thefield.org.

Current Field Sites:

founded in 1992
Contact: Stefanie Boettle, outreach@coredance.org

founded in 2013
Contact: Chrissy Nelson, boulder@thefield.org

Chicago, Illinois founded in 2018
Contact: Jane Jerardi, chicago@thefield.org

Detroit, Michigan founded in 2019
Contact: Philippa Kaye, detroit@thefield.org

founded in 1992
Contact: Stefanie Boettle, outreach@coredance.org

founded in 1992
Contact name: Becky Flowers, miami@thefield.org

founded in 2013
Contact: Joelle Worm, milwaukeefield@gmail.com

founded in 1986
Contact: Shawn René Graham, shawnrene@thefield.org

Portland, Oregon founded in 2014
Contact: Katherine Longstreth, pdx@thefield.org

Portland (Rose City Park), Oregon founded in 2018
Contact: Jennifer Gwirtz, rosecity@thefield.org

Salt Lake City, Nevada founded in 1997
Contact: Amy Caron, saltlakecity@thefield.org

Seattle, Washington founded in 1993
Contact: Vanessa DeWolf, thefieldseattle@gmail.com

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Floridafounded in 2019
Contact: Amanda Sieradzki, tampa@thefield.org

Washington, DC founded in 1994
Contact: Claire Alrich, dc@thefield.org

Past Field Network Sites include San Francisco (founded in 2005), Los Angeles (founded in 2015), North Carolina (founded in 2003), Berlin (founded in 2009), and Vienna (founded in 2009).

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The Field Network is a consortium of sites that provide Fieldwork workshops (our signature method of nondirectorial, artist-to-artist feedback) and other Field programs. Initiated in 1993, the Network has locations in cities across the United States. Each site tailors its activities to the local community with the mission to support artists.

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Pentacle - College and Post-Graduate Internship

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Pentacle - College and Post-Graduate Internship

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Internship for college students, postgraduates, or individuals above the age of 18 who are passionate about the arts and interested in expanding their knowledge of the nonprofit arts field through arts administration. This program requires a 12-week commitment of 2 hours/week for 4 weeks and 10-12 hours/week for 8 weeks. The next session is January 31, 2022 - April 24, 2022. The DEADLINE for interns to apply is November 15, 2021.

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College and Post-Graduate Internship Program: For Interns

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Pentacle’s College and Post-Graduate Internship Program seeks college students, postgraduates, or individuals above the age of 18 who are passionate about the arts and interested in expanding their knowledge of the nonprofit arts field through arts administration.

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College and Post-Graduate Internship Program: For Interns

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Freelance dancers collectively organizing to create safer & more equitable working conditions. General Membership meetings are the first Monday of each month!

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Dance Artists' National Collective (DANC) is a growing group of freelance dance artists organizing for action toward safe, equitable, and sustainable working conditions.

We hold General Membership meetings on the first Monday of the month at 1pm ET (first-timers can join at 12:45 for an introduction and chat).

Our current work includes the creation of a letter of agreement template and a negotiation toolkit for freelance dancers; and a research drive to understand what dancers need from their art and activism spaces in this post-election, mid-COVID moment.

You can:

join us on the first Monday of the month at 1pm ET - Zoom link

drop by a Wednesday night social hour read our meeting notes to catch up follow us on Instagram join our Facebook group
and sign up for our mailing list.

Sign our Solidarity Statement

Want to take the next step and become a voting member of Dance Artists' National Collective?

Join us by signing our Solidarity Statement below.

By signing, you establish your DANC membership and give us a way to count our numbers. The more signatures we have, the more powerful we will be.

To receive updates about meetings, events, and news, join our mailing list.

High participation is a prerequisite to power.
- Jane McAlevey

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Dance Artists' National Collective (DANC) is a growing group of freelance dance artists organizing for action toward safe, equitable, and sustainable working conditions. We hold General Membership meetings on the first Monday of the month at 1pm ET (first-timers can join at 12:45 for an introduction and chat).

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See Chicago Dance's calendar is one of the most comprehensive lists of upcoming events in the city. It is a great place to look for upcoming classes and workshops.

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The Latest on Unemployment for Creatives (Arts Alliance Illinois)

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The Latest on Unemployment for Creatives (Arts Alliance Illinois)

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Recording of the webinar and policy update: https://youtu.be/t5muHCgE7yE
Other covid-19 and advocacy resources:
Research and Resources - Arts Alliance Illinois

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As part of our website revamp, we have a lot of research that we are working to make available in a more accessible way. Stay tuned. In the meantime, this page will be focused on our COVID-19 resources and resources for advocacy!

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Research and Resources - Arts Alliance Illinois

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leveler | peer to peer wealth distribution

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leveler is a tool for people with job security to help people whose work status has been impacted by COVID-19.

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The application is closed currently, but click the tab that says "Be Notified When The Next Round Opens" to receive email updates. https://linktr.ee/chicagoartistsrelief

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The Dancers’ Fund provides short-term financial assistance to Chicago dance professionals diagnosed with a critical health need.

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Black Lives Matter

Chicago Dancers United shares the widespread feelings of outrage and grief surrounding the deaths of George Floyd and many other Black people in our country whose names are seared into our consciousness. CDU firmly supports Black Lives Matter, peaceful protests, and real change, and we stand in solidarity with the many artists and community members who are working to dismantle systemic racism and address injustice in our society.

Our mission is to support any member of the professional dance community who has been diagnosed with a critical health need. Through The Dancers' Fund, we have endeavored to distribute funds equitably and inclusively. While unifying our community has been an integral part of our work since the beginning, we acknowledge we have more work to do.

At this critical time, we are committed to moving our mission forward with compassion and a pledge to continue learning, listening, and evolving in response to our world and our community's needs. Among the actions the board of directors will take:

We will participate in diversity education programs with experts in the field to better enact our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

We will establish an advisory council, consisting of board members and non-board members, to listen to and engage with the whole community and identify needs, challenges, and opportunities.

We will further increase the diversity of our board of directors during the next year and beyond.

For the past 29 years, we have valued the contributions of artists and ensembles from throughout Chicago who have participated in Dance for Life, our annual fundraiser for The Dancers' Fund. Here, we share a brief excerpt from Lean on Me choreographed in 1994 by Randy Duncan. Randy's powerful and uplifting choreography has brought so much joy to our audiences through his creation of almost every finale in our history.

The Dancers' Fund provides short-term financial assistance for Chicago's dance professionals when medical circumstances adversely impact one's ability to work in the dance profession. During the Covid-19 pandemic, The Dancers' Fund is temporarily expanding to offer assistance with other medical expenses. Company dancers, freelance dancers, choreographers, musical theatre chorus dancers, full-time dance instructors, full-time class and rehearsal musicians, and full-time administrative, production and technical personnel are eligible to apply.

Chicago Dancers United is committed to being open minded, compassionate, accessible and inclusive in addition to being responsible, transparent and professional stewards of The Dancers' Fund. APPLY TODAY!

Whether you're a dance professional looking to give back, a dance fan looking to support those who create the art you love or a passionate philanthropist looking to create positive change, your support is critical to helping Chicago Dancers United advance our mission and live our cause.

Chicago Dancers United is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization that improves the lives of dance professionals by cultivating pathways to holistic wellness of the body, mind and spirit; and providing financial support to those diagnosed with a critical health need.

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Chicago Dancers United shares the widespread feelings of outrage and grief surrounding the deaths of George Floyd and many other Black people in our country whose names are seared into our consciousness. CDU firmly supports Black Lives Matter, peaceful protests, and real change, and we stand in solidarity with the many artists and community members who are working to dismantle systemic racism and address injustice in our society.

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Last week, we joined together to learn and share on a panel titled Ways and Means of We Economy. We learned from partners, experts and members of our People’s WPA Cohort about some of the most critical cooperative/non-hierarchical business models that people are building across the country. The US Solidarity Economy Network puts it best:

The solidarity economy is a global movement and economic philosophy that meets human needs through economic activities–like the production and exchange of goods and services–that reinforce ancient-future principles such as:

solidarity, mutualism, and cooperation

equity in all dimensions: race/ethnicity/nationality, class, gender, LGBTQ

the primacy of social welfare over profits and the unfettered rule of the market

sustainability

social and economic democracy

pluralism and organic approach, allowing for different forms in different contexts, and open to continual change driven from the bottom up

To see a recording of the panel, click here!

Recommended Reading:

Movement Generation’s ‘From Banks and Tanks to Cooperation and Caring’

Sustainable Economies Law Center’s piece on ‘Worker Self-Directed Nonprofits’

“Think Outside the Boss: How to Create a Worker-Owned Business’

An Introduction to Sociocracy

WEB DuBois’ 1907 piece ‘Economic Cooperation Among Negro Americans’

Racial Equity in Co-ops: 6 Key Challenges and How to Meet Them

Austin Robey’s ‘How to Start a Cooperative’

Organizations and Events You May Want to Check Out:

Repaired Nations in Oakland’s Instagram Live Book Club

The Center for Popular Economics’ political economy bootcamp

‘Black Conference’- a play by Reg Flowers

PBS’ ‘Public Money’, a short film about participatory budgeting

The Cooperative Catalyst (New Mexico-specific)

The Plague of Worker Expendability- from Larry Bogad’s ‘The Plague’ Podcast

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In Latin, the phrase Pro Bono Publico means, “for the public good.” As BIPOC interpreters, we recognize that all systems in the world around us have been corrupted by the hand of white supremacy; the interpreting field is not immune to this fact. While we understand the importance of the tenets in o…

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About

Launching in February of 2021, Threewalls, a contemporary arts organization, will be offering funds in support of Chicago's arts ecosystem: Response + Relief Fund. In this inaugural round, Threewalls is prioritizing the fund for independent, recently laid off or furloughed arts administrators and curators who have urgent situations and are needing temporary financial support. These arts workers are often overlooked in the field. Response + Relief Fund seeks to offer some assistance for them during a difficult moment in their lives.

Response + Relief Fund is open to those residing within the Chicagoland area; with awarded applicants receiving a one-time unrestricted grant of $500. These $500 grants will be disbursed within 30 days following the applicants receiving notification. For 2021, there will be only one round. A total of $20,000 in funding will be available.

Funded through Threewalls' Take Time for JOY Fundraiser, Response + Relief Fund welcomes eligible arts workers to apply, with a particular focus on those who identify as: ALAANA (African descendant, Latinx, Arab, Asian, Native American), LGBTQ2SIA+, non-binary, women, d/Deaf and/or disabled.
HOW TO APPLY?
The application period for Response + Relief Fund will open on Friday, February 19th, 2021 at 12noon, Central Time and close on Friday, March 5th at 4:00pm, Central Time. The application will be made available on Threewalls' website: https://three-walls.org/. If there is funding still available after the application period has closed, the application portal will remain open until we have reached funding capacity.

Applicants will fill out a brief Google Form online. Please keep your answers simple and concise. To ensure that Response + Relief Fund practices equitability, you will be asked to share certain demographic information, in order to identify those who may fall within further priority consideration. All information shared by applicants is confidential.
ACCESSIBILITY:
For d/Deaf and disabled artists: if you have any concerns with completing the application form, you may apply by phone or video. To complete the application by phone or video you may contact Barak adé Soleil, Threewalls' Director of Programs at 312.622.2772 (text or call) Tuesday, Wednesdays or Fridays between 11:00am - 4:00pm or email [email protected]

For general questions, please email [email protected].
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY IN 2021?
- Applicants must be individual arts workers within the Chicagoland visual and performing arts community. For this round, arts workers to be prioritized are: full- or part-time arts administrators and curators who have been recently laid off or furloughed; independent arts administrators and curators who rely on freelance opportunities and do not have a career-driven arts practice. These arts workers may have had freelance work canceled, are working fewer hours and/or experiencing a particularly difficult moment in their lives. This includes part-time, temporary and contract staff.

Applicants fitting within the prioritized arts workers:

- may be documented or undocumented individuals.

- must be residents of the Illinois counties - Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaPorte, McHenry & Will. Proof of residency will be required.

- will need to express the urgency of their situation.

- will need to offer a statement on how they fit within the defined arts workers description.

THOSE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY for the 2021 Round INCLUDE:

- Artists

- Students enrolled in any degree program

- Arts workers who have retained full-time jobs

- Propeller Impact Fund recipients and current Threewalls Research and Development Lab+Outside the Walls Fellows.
CAN AN ARTIST WHO IS ALSO AN ADMINISTRATOR APPLY?
You must be able to clearly state how your administration work is central to your career. If your artistic practice is central to your career, and administration is something you "do on the side", you may not be eligible in this year's funding round.
HOW CAN RECIPIENTS USE THIS GRANT?
This grant provides short-term financial support for those experiencing a financial loss as a result of a particularly difficult moment in their lives. Recipients can use these funds to cover any expenses necessary to stay afloat.
IS THERE ONLY ONE ROUND?
Yes, for 2021, there is only one round. If you are not selected in this round, you may apply for future rounds, pending funding. If you are selected as a recipient, you are no longer eligible to apply for future rounds of Response + Relief Fund.
OTHER GRANT DETAILS:
-The $500 payments will be made electronically via PayPal. Threewalls can also offer payments via check. For those who prefer a paper check, please note that processing payment will take longer than electronic.

- This grant may be considered taxable income.

- Applicants should be aware that due to limited funding and the potential high demand, only a small percentage of those who apply will receive the grant.

- Selection process will be done via lottery, with priority given to those who identify intersectionally as ALAANA (African descendant, Latinx, Arab, Asian, Native American), LGBTQ2SIA+, non-binary, women, d/Deaf and/or disabled.
PRIVACY AND SECURITY:
As an applicant, your data will be viewed by members of Threewalls. Individual applicant data (including name) will not be shared, duplicated, or distributed publicly. Aggregated applicant data from all applications collected may be shared in summary reports to funders and/or the public, but will not disclose any personal information.

Response + Relief Fund will award applicants a one-time unrestricted grant of $500. A total of $20,000 in funding will be available.

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Launching in February of 2021, Threewalls, a contemporary arts organization, will be offering funds in support of Chicago's arts ecosystem: Response + Relief Fund. In this inaugural round, Threewalls is prioritizing the fund for independent, recently laid off or furloughed arts administrators and curators who have urgent situations and are needing temporary financial support.

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Sisters in Cinema, Black women in film and media nonprofit, recently opened Media Arts Center in South Shore

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Sisters in Cinema, Black women in film and media nonprofit, recently opened Media Arts Center in South Shore

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sisters in Cinema celebrates Black girls and women in film and media, and soon they will have a new home on the South Side.

The non-profit focuses on lifting up the voices of Black girls, women and non-binary media makers.

"There are certain stories that we can tell that, if we don't have the opportunities and the skill set to tell these stories, they will be lost forever," said founder and CEO Yvonne Weldon.

Their new Media Arts Center will be located near 75th and Yates in South Shore. Sisters in Cinema received a grant from Chicago's Neighborhood Opportunity Fund, which finances commercial and cultural projects in historically disinvested neighborhoods with revenue from downtown development.

"So once Sisters in Cinema is completed, it will further strengthen our South Shore community," said Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Weldon grew up in South Shore, and still lives there. She said it's always been her goal to help her community reach her potential.

"It is really important for us to have a place to dream," she said. "It's important to have a place to go to see there is something else on 75th Street. There's something else in South Shore that's not just boarded up buildings."

Sisters in Cinema is excited about the possibilities for growth when their building opens in September.

"I think it is going to be a really important program in the future," said Payton Baker, Sisters in Cinema participate.

"It is so important to be able to see someone who looks like yourself in front of the camera and behind the camera," said Chloe Herring, Sisters in Cinema business and development coordinator.

For more information about Sisters in Cinema, and to see upcoming programing and donate, click here to visit their website.

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Sisters in Cinema, Black women in film and media nonprofit, to open Media Arts Center in South Shore

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sisters in Cinema celebrates Black girls and women in film and media, and soon they will have a new home on the South Side. The non-profit focuses on lifting up the voices of Black girls, women and non-binary media makers.

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In addition to grants, they often offer fantastic workshops/events.

The Role of Artists in Social and Cultural Change

Artists in a COVID Economy

Adaptive Platforms for Artist Resilience

Financial Literacy: A Cheat Sheet for Artists

Intro to Budgeting for Artists

Intro to Funding for Art Projects

Organizing Tax Returns? Top Tips for Artists!

Crowdfunding Your Project with Jessica Massart of Kickstarter

Determining Your Artist Fee

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The Harris Theater recognizes that artists need a space to work and create together. Resident Companies, community partners, and independent artists may apply for use of the theater's Rehearsal Room free of charge for a period of up to 10 days.

The Harris Theater stage may also be used for rehearsal, with companies being responsible for pass through costs for cleaning and stagehand support.

Have questions? Email creativefuture@harristheaterchicago.org

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Rehearsal Room dates are based upon availability and the Harris Theater is currently accepting requests for June 2022-August 2022.

Please note - Harris Theater resident companies will be given first opportunity for usage of the Rehearsal Room. Requests will then be accommodated based on date availability and the order in which the request was received.

COVID-19 Policies:
Harris Theater requires individuals accessing backstage spaces to either provide proof of vaccination or proof of negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of being onsite. Masks are required at all times when moving throughout the space.

Have questions? Email creativefuture@harristheaterchicago.org

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Harris Theater Creative Future Fund--Rehearsal Room Application

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Rehearsal Room dates are based upon availability and the Harris Theater is currently accepting requests for June 2022-August 2022. Please note - Harris Theater resident companies will be given first opportunity for usage of the Rehearsal Room. Requests will then be accommodated based on date availability and the order in which the request was received.

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Applicants reviewed on a rolling basis based on availability.

https://chicagotap.org/become-a-partner/

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Artist in Residence
Applications closed for the 2022 season; Stay Tuned for 2023 Application

To apply, visit our website for details this spring/summer.

About
The AIR program is HCL’s flagship, 12-month residency that supports artists to create time-based work. Artists receive stipends, no-cost studio space, and documentation, along with tailored curatorial, development, and marketing support.

This residency is designed to meet artists where they are in their creative process: in research, development, workshop production, public presentation, post-premiere.  HCL supports artists advancing their work with multiple or singular areas of focus, ranging from choreography to music composition, from community-activated social practice to filming, from writing and rehearsal to meetings and teaching—as part of the process or as the project itself.

Artists are invited to apply through an annual open application and are selected by HCL’s 10-member juried panel. Certain slots may be curated by invitation from HCL’s Artistic Director.

Partners of the AIR Program: HCL additionally invites artists who are grantees of valued organizational partners to leverage select resources of this residency, including no-cost studio space and shared marketing support. Partner organizations have included Chicago Dancemakers Forum and 3Arts.
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Read more about our Residency Programs.

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U.S. Residencies, Incubators & Presenters

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U.S. Residencies, Incubators & Presenters

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Alabama

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

ADC is a statewide, nonprofit service organization for the Alabama dance community. The ADC's mission is to promote the study, creation, performance, and enjoyment of dance in all forms.

NETWORKS

The Alabama Dance Exchange is the most comprehensive source of information for Alabama's dance performances, events, classes, and resources.

Alaska

PRESENTERS

A panel of teachers at the Alaska Dance Theatre chose company members for the ADT Performing Company. Auditions are held yearly and company members are given the opportunity to study with a variety of teachers and guest artists. They perform works throughout the year.

Arizona

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

Desert Dance Theatre is a contemporary dance company that was founded in 1979 by four ASU Dance Graduates. Currently, under the artistic direction of Lisa R. Chow and Step Raptis, Desert Dance Theatre has an eclectic variety of dances in the current repertory, ranging from classical, comical to abstract and theatrical.

A historic guest ranch in Wickenburg, Ariz., is available for artist residency programs to foster creative, collaborative, and performance projects by established performing artists. Each residency allows companies to pursue new projects, mount work, or collaborate with other artists, free from everyday pressures. The residencies are intended for individual artists or companies wishing to create a new piece of work or add a piece to their repertoire, in preparation for a tour or, at a minimum, multiple performances. Disciplines eligible for residency during the 2015-2016 season include music, dance, theater, and film.

The Artist-in-Residence Program offers professional artists the opportunity to spend three weeks on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in housing provided by the National Park Service. The North Rim AiR program is seasonal, with five residencies during the summer and early fall. Artists in all genres and disciplines, contemporary, traditional, or folk, who have a genuine interest in contributing to on-going national discussion will be of special interest to the program.

PRESENTERS

The Arizona Jazz Dance Showcase (AJDS) is an annual dance festival hosted of The University of Arizona School of Dance. Designed for intermediate/advanced dancers ( recommended for dance students ages 13 and up), AJDS includes performances, dance classes, scholarship auditions for summer programs as well as an audition opportunity for the UA School of Dance for interested high school seniors. The AJDS Invitational Concert, which receives hundreds of submissions, is held in a professionally equipped theater.

Arkansas

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES
BALLET ARKANSAS VISIONS CHOREOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
VISIONS began as the vision of Ballet Arkansas' Artistic Director Michael Bearden, who wanted to give choreographers an opportunity to have their works seen and appreciated by audiences and the dance community, as well as the opportunity to have their choreography fully produced.

California

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

ODC is a groundbreaking contemporary arts institution with longstanding roots in the San Francisco community. Formed by Brenda Way in 1971 as a collective of artists at Oberlin College in Ohio where the name ODC originates (Oberlin Dance Collective), in 1976, the collective moved to San Francisco. In its 25th year, the pilot program encourages the artistic and professional development of choreographers by providing a performance venue and a framework for self-production and promotion.

With guidance from the faculty's resident choreographers, six aspiring choreographers will create their own works on other dancers, which will be shown the faculty and students at the end of the session. This is an opportunity to gain new insight into the choreographer's perspective on the collaborative process.

Footloose is an arts-presenting organization that produces original theater, dance, music, comedy, and multimedia works with artists and technologists from all fields, especially emerging and established women artists. The company provides resources for artists to develop their works from initial through exhibition stages to promote their professional careers.

The Artists in Motion is Footloose Presents' performing arts residency program culminates in a showcase where the artist may also invite guest artists to share the bill. This year-round series features live performances of dance, theater, music, spoken word, and multimedia hybrids. Artists are considered for a variety of venues and programs and are offered free rehearsal space, publicity and marketing, technical and administrative support, and mentoring on how to self-produce.

The Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) is an international residency program with a particular focus on American and Asian artists. APPEX programs (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2010) have brought together more than 250 traditional and contemporary artists of varying disciplines from America and throughout Asia -- from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Vietnam -- for six week long intensive residency sessions on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus and in Indonesia.

Founded and directed by Molly Lynch, Corona del Mar's National Choreographers Initiative supports and nurtures the process of new choreographic development, while educating and enriching the community through access to the creative process. The National Choreographers Initiative invites choreographers from the southern California community to take part in the process of creating new contemporary ballets and seeing these works performed for the first time.

Since its inception in 1974, the Exploratorium's Artist-in-Residence Program (AIR) has grown to include hundreds of artists and performers. The museum works with individuals and artist groups who are drawn to collaboration, interested in interdisciplinary dialogue, and open to developing new working methods. Projects have taken countless forms, such as multimedia performances, theatrical productions, animated filmmaking, immersive installations, walking tours, and online projects. The program allows for artists to embed within the unique culture of the institution, affords access to a dynamic and diverse staff, and provides opportunities for cross-pollination with a broad public. While the museum allows room for variance, residencies typically unfold over two years and include both an exploratory and project-development phase.

The Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program (LAP) is designed to offer artists from a range of disciplines an environment conducive to individual and collaborative creative practice. Seeking to stimulate an energetic exchange of ideas between culturally diverse fellows and across varied artistic fields and scholarly disciplines, the residency has earned international recognition as a model of curatorial practice supporting the development of new and challenging contemporary work.

The Pasadena Dance Festival is an award-winning, week-long dance festival that highlights the greater Pasadena/Los Angeles dance community, featuring top teachers and inspiring performers. This annual event features an array of dance classes, workshops, seminars and performances bringing the community together by providing the experience of dance for people of all ages, all ethnicities and all circumstances. The festival kicks off with a showcase of up-and-coming local dance companies followed by a Choreographer's Showcase, which presents an exciting selection of emerging choreographers.

Push Dance Company seeks existing and created dance works for PUSHfest, which showcases 14 choreographers in two separate programs in the state-of-the-art ODC Theater in San Francisco.

sjDANCEco is a contemporary dance company, based in San Jose, Calif., which presents works by its core choreographers, guest choreographers, and modern dance masters, such as Jose Limon. Its ChoreoProject Awards Concert is a open to local professional choreographers via audition at no cost. Two special awards are given: one where the audience votes for their favorite and the sjDANCEco directors choose their favorite based strongly on choreography. In its eighth year, sjDANCEco recently added an additional ChoreoProject concert.

Djerassi is an internationally recognized artist residency founded by Stanford University Professor Emeritus, Dr. Carl Djerassi in 1979. The Djerassi Residency hosts cycles of about eight artists for a period of four to five weeks, totaling about 60 artists annually. Writers, composers, choreographers, visual artists, and media artists are eligible to apply. Located north of Santa Cruz near Stanford, Djerassi allows artists to work continuously for a period of a little over a month. The Djerassi experience encourages interaction between the artists involved, as dialogue and interaction is the cornerstone for collegiate artist fellowship. The residency is year round with about seven cycles annually.

The Artist in Residence (AIR) program awards fully sponsored residencies to approximately 45 local, national, and international artists each year. Residencies of four to ten weeks include studio space, chef-prepared meals, comfortable housing, and travel and living stipends when available. AIRs become part of a dynamic community of artists participating in Headlands' other programs, allowing for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within the artist community on campus. Artists selected for this program are at all stages in their careers and work in all media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, dance, music, interdisciplinary, social practice, and architecture.

Dance Camera West aspires to awaken and infuse the public mainstream with a desire for critical creative programming. The vision of DCW is to present the visual language of dance on screen in a way that stretches the imagination and changes the way one thinks about dance. The Dance Camera West Dance Film Festival showcases many forms of dance, including modern dance, post-modern dance, world dance, tap dance, dance theater, ballet, hip-hop, and practically all dance that has been well captured on film. To submit a film visit:

18th Street Arts Center's Visiting Artist Residency Program hosts artists from across the United States and from around the world. There are four live/work artist studios at the center where artists are in residence from one to three months at a time (sometimes longer). This program hosts artists of all disciplines, as well as art curators, writers, and musicians. It includes invited artists as well as artists selected through an application process.

COUNTERPULSE
CounterPULSE, a non-profit theater, performance space, gallery, and community center with a focus on Bay Area's provocative performance and dance scene, acts as a catalyst for art and action. Supporting socially relevant and community-based work encourages an exchange of concepts and ideas. The CounterPULSE Residency is for emerging and mid-career artists focused on movement-based performance. The residency period is about four months and residents are expected to stay in the Bay Area during this time. CounterPULSE expects its residents to assist at events where residents will interact with artists and audiences. Beyond a generous stipend, CounterPULSE offers 100 hours of studio space, work-in-progress feedback showings, web presence, an end-of-residency show (with frequent press coverage), long-term support and connections after residency, publicity, technical support, and formal documentation of the work.

Dorland invites residency requests from visual, literary, and performing artists. Residency stays may be as short as one week or as long as three months, based on requests and availability. Residency fees are $300 per week and $1,000 per four-week period. Applications are reviewed monthly.

Through the residency program, Red Poppy Art House invites select artists, performers, and curators to use art house space as a residence for executing proposed creative projects. The ongoing creation of new work, with the often unpredictable turns and exchanges that occur when artists have time and space together, stands as the most impactful element in shaping the culture that characterizes the Red Poppy. While the Red Poppy's Artist Residency Program does not provide a living space for the artist, it provides a living and growing space for the creative work.

Colorado

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

This residency program promotes a vibrant local professional dance community by offering selected artists support and resources to create ambitious new works and have greater impact and success with their work. CCD offers three- to six-month long residencies providing local artists the space to create a new evening of work. CCD selects participants based on their artistic merit, the relevance of the proposed project, and the potential impact of the residency and work on the local community and artist's career. This program is designed to promote values of innovation, quality, rigor, and mutual support within the dance community.

The James and Rebecca Roser Visiting Artist Program, established in 1995, provides continuing funding to bring artists each year to be resident resources on campus in one or more of the five different artistic areas in which the university has major programs. These residencies are paid for by Student Program Fee Grant funds and are awarded to both faculty and students.

Dance Initiative was organized in 2009 to promote the dance in the Roaring Fork Valley and neighboring counties of Colorado. The non-profit organization serves and supports local dancers in their pursuit of professional and artistic development, projects, and careers. With the opening of The Launchpad in the fall of 2014, Dance Initiative has forged an artist-in-residency program that will host a national, a regional, and a special choreographer to create original work, host open rehearsals, and share the work with the Roaring Fork community.

The artist-in-residence program at Rocky Mountain National Park offers professional writers, composers, and visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by the park's inspiring landscape. Selected artists stay in a historic cabin for two-week periods from June through September. No stipend is provided.

Residencies at Platte Forum are competitive with more than 100 applications for four slots awarded per year. Each residency provides artist time, space and support to extend a creator's work and share their ideas with the public. Artistic excellence, innovative ideas for engagement, and collaboration with the public, and a diversity of ideas, genres, and methodologies are paramount in selecting artists for the four slots each season. Residencies are six to eight weeks in duration.

PRESENTERS

Dance Initiative was organized in 2009 to promote dance in the Roaring Fork Valley and neighboring counties of Colorado. The non-profit serves and supports the needs of local dancers in their pursuit of professional and artistic development, projects, and careers. Dance Initiative also strives to cultivate community appreciation for dance by bringing unique and inspiring performance and educational opportunities to the area. Dance Initiative has a performance series called the Spectrum Dance Collection and an annual weekend dance festival called the Spectrum Dance Festival.

Connecticut

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

The Dragon's Egg, the rehearsal space for the Mystic Paper Beasts, is to be used to encourage the creative development of new work, and the rehearsal of old, in dance and theater; to foster young and old practitioners of these arts; to provide the space and time so that these may more easily be accomplished. It will also be available for various other workshops of a theatrical and/or spiritual dimension, at the discretion of the board. Artistic residencies typically run from two days to nine days.

Florida

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES
MAGGIE ALLESEE NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY
MANCC (pronounced man-see) is the only national center for choreography in the world located in a major research institution, and operates from one of the premiere dance facilities in the United States. The center is embedded within The Florida State University School of Dance, and offers unparalleled opportunities for contemporary choreographers to hone their artistic practice and develop new work inside a creative community.

The RDA National Choreography Intensive (NCI) is a multi-faceted program, providing dancers, emerging choreographers, and seasoned choreographers the unparalleled opportunity to work, study, and create under the guidance of nationally recognized professionals in the fields of music and dance. The NCI provides a vital training ground/working environment for choreographers and a one-of-a-kind experience for dancers to work within a variety of styles and train with some of the best teachers in the world. Applications must be received no later than March.

Residencies average three weeks year-round and are open to visual, media, literary, and performing artists. Facilities include studios for dance/choreography, digital media, film/digital editing, performance theater, and exhibition/installation space. Residencies include housing, studios, and meals. Residents are responsible for travel and residency fee. Artists have the option of participating in public exhibitions/presentations.
THE HERMITAGE ARTIST RETREAT
World-class artistic creators of all disciplines are invited to work at the Hermitage Artist Retreat with a "bank" of six weeks of time and two years to "spend" that time in any increment they choose. Our artists live and work in - and are inspired by - five "Old Florida" buildings that have been lovingly restored into living space and studio space. Fifteen miles of Gulf of Mexico beach stretch north and south. By policy, Hermitage Artists are selected by nomination only. There is no application process; the National Artist Advisory Committee nominates accomplished mid-career artists and fellows are selected from the pool of nominees.

Georgia

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

The Modern Atlanta Dance Festival (MAD) was created by Douglas Scott and Full Radius Dance in 1995 to showcase the diversity and excellence of the local dance scene. The MAD Festival strives to present the best of Atlanta's modern/contemporary dance.
24 HOUR DANCE
Dancers and choreographers are invited to make a dance in 24 hours. At the beginning of the period, choreographers will be assigned dancers and a space. At the end, all works will be performed. Two works, one selected by audience vote and one selected by a panel of artists, will have the opportunity to open the MAD Festival performances.

The Creatives Project (TCP) is a vital force in Atlanta's arts community that strengthens and unites arts, education, community, and commerce by creating an arts eco-system that empowers citizens to recognize Atlanta's potential. TCP patrons donate subsidized housing and free studio space to support artists as they serve Atlanta neighborhoods by generating vibrant and fertile communities poised for economic growth and development. TCP has a variety of residencies. Of particular interest to choreographers is The Goat Farm Arts Center located in the Westside Arts District of Atlanta. The center has multiple performance and exhibition halls and hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theater performances, film screenings, and art exhibitions. It also houses a library/café, an education center, an on-site organic farm, and a 5,000 sq. ft. sprung floor for dance.

Hambidge provides a residency program that empowers talented individuals to explore, develop, and express their creative voices. Situated on 600 acres in the mountains of north Georgia, Hambidge is a sanctuary of time and space that inspires individuals working in a broad range of disciplines to create the highest caliber works. Hambidge's Residency Program opens mid-February and closes mid- to late-December through the month of January. Residencies are awarded by juried panels for two to eight weeks.

PRESENTERS

The Dance Touring Initiative is a three-year project to enhance the presentation of modern dance and contemporary ballet for presenters and audiences. Currently the Dance Touring Initiative is beginning its third cohort of participants as well as providing continued support for the first two cohorts.

Hawaii

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

The NDW-Hawaii Choreography Lab brings together emerging and professional choreographers, as well as pre-professional dancers from around the world. The week-long movement exploration on the beautiful island of Oahu will allow dancers to work intensively with choreographers to create socially conscious, site-specific work. Three to five choreographers from around the world will be invited to set new (or revisit existing) work on local and visiting dancers.

Idaho

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

Surel's Place, a non-profit artist-in-residency program, offers artists time, shelter, and professional support. Located in Boise, Idaho, and nestled steps from the Boise River, this modern live-work space is at the center of the Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District. Surel's Place mission is two-fold: to offer artists professional support and to provide the public with interesting, accessible, inclusive, and professional art experiences, including performances, readings, exhibits, and workshops. The program is open to professional visual, literary, and performance artists: painters, writers, musicians, architects, filmmakers, and choreographers -- any artist who needs a place to focus.

Illinois

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

The development of new work is of key importance at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. As part of its mission to identify and nurture young choreographers, Hubbard Street 2 (HS2) initiated the National Choreographic Competition in 1999. Renamed the International Commissioning Project (IC Project) for its 15th anniversary, the program continues to provide residencies to choreographers, offering them the opportunity to create original works for HS2's dancers and to conduct master classes.

The Chicago Dancemakers Forum (CDF) strengthens the field of dance in Chicago overall by supporting deep investigation, bold risk taking, and artistic rigor. CDF provides multi-layered support for Chicago choreographers through its prestigious Lab Artists program, public workshops, events, and residencies, all with strong emphasis on artistic and professional development. The CDF Lab Artist Program makes $15,000 cash grants to choreographers annually. Grants are combined with mentorship throughout the research, development, and performance of a newly choreographed work.

DanceWorks Chicago is committed to building a foundation for the individual artistic growth of dancers and choreographers, providing a laboratory where early career artists propel themselves and the art form to new levels through training, collaboration, mentorship, and performance. Led by Andreas Böttcher and Julie Nakagawa, DanceWorks Chicago fills a niche in the dance ecosystem by investing in the individual artists. Choreographically, DanceWorks seeks new voices while also embracing opportunities to connect with more established choreographers providing mentorship and perspective for all involved.

The Dance Center attracts world-class guests to its performance series and residencies. Visiting artists lead classes, workshops and talks, and choreograph original works. Students get a chance to see our world-class presenting series and perform in their own works.

3Arts Residency Fellowships provide the space for artists to test their mettle, see what happens, and take a breath within environments and communities that are both restorative and stimulating. Each year, 3Arts awardees are eligible to apply for all-expenses-paid, month-long residencies, which include a stipend and airfare at one of four partner sites. Managed by the Alliance of Artists Communities, these residencies are fully accessible and open to artists in dance, music, teaching arts, theater, and visual arts.

The artist in residence program is designed to serve organizations looking for a home base while they grow or expand their artistic and organizational capabilities. The center is committed to nurturing and assisting dance and other performing artists, as well as helping to promote them to expand the audience base for their work, allowing for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within the artistic community.

In the Works is the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events residency program that gives emerging and established performing artists the opportunity to test drive new work in a public setting. Each residency is tailored to the needs of the artist or company and their project and takes place in the most suitable DCASE space. Each showing allows audiences to get a behind-the-scenes look at new work by Chicago artists.

More than 150 residencies and fellowships are now offered annually to creative professionals of all types, making Ragdale one of the largest interdisciplinary artists' communities in the country. Each session, 13 artists-in-residence experience uninterrupted time for dedicated work on a five-acre historic campus beside a beautiful 50-acre prairie, 30 miles north of Chicago. With live/work studios, all meals provided, and unmatched staff support, Ragdale lets artists focus on what's most important: creating new work.

PRESENTERS

In its 21st season, Dance Chicago will be featuring more than 200 individual acts and more than 1,500 artists in four great theaters during the 2015-2016 season. Applications for the next Dance Chicago season can be found at:

The aMID festival celebrates the underserved performative body of the aging artist and challenges commonly held views regarding the age demographic of a dancer or physical performing artist. The festival accentuates the aesthetic shifts that come with a consistent art/movement practice, as well as those that accompany working with one's body as it ages and changes. aMID features choreographers confronting their shifting and declining corporeal ability to expose a different and/or alternative technical virtuosity coming from years of performance experience. Conversation and performances will take into consideration what virtuosity, especially as it applies to dance, looks like at different stages within a practice, and the differences between early and late styles within a long running choreographic career. Work presented by aMID expands assumptions of who performs dance, opening the aesthetic conversation to include the aging body.

Indiana

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

Founded in 1977 by Artistic Director Debbie Werbrouck, Patchwork Dance Company is a regional, non-profit, contemporary company dedicated to enriching audiences through performances and outreach programs. Patchwork performs choreography of both nationally recognized and resident choreographers. Patchwork Dance Company regularly hosts residencies of guest artists to enrich the talents and repertoire of the company.

Iowa

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

Grin City Collective's Artists & Writers Residency Program offers three-week or six-week long residencies for writers, visual, and performance artists on a 320-acre farm in Central Iowa. Residents receive a private studio, bedroom, and a collaborative working atmosphere. Artists over age 21 at any stage of their careers may apply. Grin City features a collaborative, supportive working atmosphere and welcomes artists interested in exposure to rural America and local agriculture and those who wish to share their creative work with this community.

PRESENTERS

Iowa Dance Theatre, a non-profit organization formed in 1983, includes a unique blend of dancers, teachers, choreographers, and art enthusiasts who combine talents to produce high-quality, artistic dance productions. New choreography, new opportunities, and new ideas are sought each year. Dance teachers and choreographers are invited to submit a proposal for a production that will challenge and excite dancers and audiences alike. Iowa Dance Theatre stands ready, upon approval of the proposal, to fully support new choreographic projects to a successful conclusion.

Kansas

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

The Department of Dance at the University of Kansas invites guest artists who enhance the professional preparation of students. During their residency, choreographers teach master classes, set works on members of the University Dance Company, and help foster connections between dance students and professionals in the dance community.

Kentucky

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

The Dance-Forms International Choreographers Showcase provides emerging and distinguished choreographers opportunities to present their works at dance events worldwide. Dance-Forms provides a complete production package, which includes excellent theaters, lighting, sound, technical assistance, publicity, box office, printed programs, and pre-show rehearsal arrangements.

Founded in 2006, KFW's Summer Residency at Hopscotch House has fostered many of Kentucky's most diverse feminist social change artists and art activists. Artists with varied backgrounds, worldviews, cultural heritages, and sexual orientations are encouraged to apply.

Louisiana

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

Flint and Steel are six-week residencies designed to allow artists to join forces with academic partners. Artists will be united with Tulane and Xavier University faculty members to inspire each other in the development of new work, to excite the public, and to fuel social change. Open to visual, musician/composing, performance, literary, new media, and interdisciplinary artists. Both established and emerging artists are encouraged to apply, but a rigorous work ethic and demonstrated ability to work with colleagues and wider audiences are expected. Students are not eligible.

Maine

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

Founded in 1993, the Bates Dance Festival Emerging Choreographers Program in Lewiston, Maine, provides gifted U.S.-based choreographers, who are beginning to establish themselves in the field of contemporary dance, with access to the resources of the Bates Dance Festival's international community of peer artists. Participating dance artists selected by invitation receive a three-week creative residency that includes daily classes and studio time, access to the BDF Archive, Bates College Library, and other college facilities, housing, meals, and an honorarium. Emerging choreographers develop a new work that will be featured on the Different Voices Concert. Participants are selected by invitation.

Bearnstow's Young Artist Residency Program is a summer-long intensive of excellent dance and dance instruction. This includes full participation in all workshop classes (eight week-long workshops, 25 hours weekly), instruction and mentoring by an international staff of professional dancers and choreographers, participation in weekly informal performances, and a presentation of their own work (choreographed in the summer workshops) in a formally mounted concert at the end of the season.

The Artist-in-Residence (A-I-R) program at Acadia National Park offers professional writers, composers, and all visual and performing artists the opportunity to pursue their particular art form while surrounded by the inspiring landscape of the park. Each year, the park and its partner, the Schoodic Institute, provides housing to participants for two-week to four-week periods. At this time stipends are not available. Participating artists offer public programs, work with visiting student groups, and donate a representative piece of their work to the Schoodic Institute in support of the A-I-R program. These creative works are later sold or auctioned with the proceeds supporting A-I-R housing expenses and supplies.

PRESENTERS

The Bates Dance Festival brings together an international community of choreographers, performers, educators, and students in a cooperative community to study, perform, and create new work. The festival offers a supportive atmosphere aimed at fostering a creative exchange of ideas, encouraging exploration and providing opportunities to experience a wide spectrum of dance/movement disciplines. Artists, students, and audiences share their knowledge and inspiration through workshops, jams, discussions, informal showings, and performances.

Maryland

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

The Arts and Humanities Artist-in-Residence (AIR) is a joint project of the Departments of Art and English, the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, and the School of Music. Each of these units has components, including the MFA degree, that involve "working art" -- that is, the creative work of a variety of artists, including writers, composers, performers, dancers, and visual artists, to name a few. AIR aims to contribute to the creative educational mission of each academic unit, while simultaneously fostering cross-disciplinary discussion and collaboration.

Baltimore's Pearl Diving Movement Residency supports professional artists making interdisciplinary and multimedia-based work by providing rehearsal space, technical support, mentorship, and a stipend during a month-long residency in March 2016. The dual-track program serves both local and visiting artists and offers time in an environment where research, play, and risk-taking are encouraged. Each residency culminates in a shared public work-in-progress showing. When responding, please use DIVING in the subject line.

Dance Exchange is a Takoma Park, MD-based non-profit arts organization committed to exploring the questions at the center of our lives, using dance-making and creative practices that engage individuals and communities of all ages. Founded in 1976 by Liz Lerman and under the artistic direction of Cassie Meador since 2011, Dance Exchange is an intergenerational company of artists that creates dance and engages people in making art. Dance Exchange serves as an incubator for creative research, bringing ideas to action through collaborations that range from experts in the field of dance to unexpected movers and makers.

The ADI Incubator creates a supportive environment that allows artists to explore big ideas and realize their vision during this critical final phase of development. ADI's Incubator is one of the few dance residency programs in the country to offer late-stage development support for new choreography. Typically one-week in length, each incubator provides selected choreographers and companies with housing, meals, unrestricted use of ADI's technical resources and staff, public showings or premiere performances, audience feedback sessions (at artist's request), an artist stipend, and professional photography and video documentation.

PRESENTERS

The Artist Partner Program at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Centers curates a multi-arts performance series with regional, national and international artists, and creative innovators. As part of a major public research university, the Artist Partner Program is committed to the creation and investigation of new work and new ways of participating in the performing arts. As part of The Clarice, the Artist Partner Program collaborates with the School of Music, the School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, and Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in building the future of the arts.

Massachusetts

CHOREOGRAPHIC INCUBATORS & RESIDENCIES

The Creative Development Residency (CDR) Program gives artists the opportunity to focus on creating new work or re-staging important work in the idyllic environment of Jacob's Pillow.

Artists receive free housing on site at the Derby farmhouse, unlimited use of the Doris Duke Theatre and/or studio space, access to the Pillow's rare and extensive archives, and other Pillow resources such as staff consultation and archival recording. CDRs are typically one to three weeks. An informal showing with an invited audience concludes the residency.

Offshore Creation Residencies by artists and companies (or otherwise collaborating groups) are the defining paradigm of The Yard. The residency structure is a legacy of founder Patricia N. Nanon's pioneering work with dance artists beginning in the early 1970s, and it has become a valued local and national resource for artists and community alike.

Unlike other residency communities across the country, the Yard is generally focused on group/company residency, emphasizing the collaborative nature of art-making by creators and performers in contemporary dance, devised theater and music. The Yard supports three categories of residency, which may overlap depending on the artists involved: Offshore Creation Residencies, Community Residencies, and Presentation Residencies.

Boston Dance Alliance's services to members and the broader dance community include a rentable, portable sprung wood floor, enabling dancers to present their work safely in any setting; the prestigious BDA Rehearsal and Retreat Fellowship; an annual open call audition that attracts more than 100 dancers across a variety of genres; fiscal sponsorship allowing unincorporated companies and dance projects to accept tax-deductible donations to support their work; professional development workshops; access to a high-quality HD video camera so that artists can document their work; and regular discounts to performances, classes, workshops, dancewear, health and wellness services, and more. Boston Dance Alliance also maintains a website that lists choreographic opportunities in the area.

A Dance Center residency opportunity for emerging student choreographers who wish to develop their choreographic skills through a semester-long, in-depth mentorship with professional choreographers provides a chance to work one-on-one with some of the best choreographers working in the field of dance today.

NEFA offers a variety of grants for artists and presenters including Production Residencies for Dance grants support residencies at the end-stage of development where artists, in collaboration with residency partners, can access technical facilities and staff and gain significant artistic, directorial, and/or dramaturgical input to produce works that are more fully realized and ready to tour. Production residencies take place either just prior to a premiere or post-premiere, but prior to the work's tour.

The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) accepts applications on an annual basis for its Choreographers' Residency Program, which provides space for up to three artists during the season. The Choreographers' Residency program provides free rehearsal and performance space, technical and administrative support, and direct financial assistance to be used at the artist's discretion. As the host for the selected companies, the BCA helps develop an audience for residency events, enabling the artist to focus completely on the creation of work and immersion in the process. This program adds a support system for dance in Boston and builds the selected dance company's repertoire to increase the amount of high-quality dance in the region.

The Dance Complex is a central hub of dance, locally, regionally, and nationally, that enables the creation, study, and performance of dance. Its professional, pre-professional, and recreational movers can find a variety of movement and dance classes. The Dance Complex provides access to affordable studio space and programs to help strengthen choreographic, performance, and production skills. The Dance Complex is home to performances, presenting more than 100 concerts a year in its theater and on-site in seven dance spaces.

The E|MERGE Interdisciplinary Collaborative Residency curates performance and visual artists, activists, scholars, and those interested in developing new cross disciplinary forms. E|MERGE works to promote the interchange of ideas, artistic innovation, and the creation of new collaborative models continuing beyond the residency. This residency is ideal for those interested in collaborating across discipline and backgrounds. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to cooperation and an interest in collective decision-making processes. The residency culminates in a final weekend of performances, panel discussions, writing, research, and other modes of expression. Earthdance enthusiastically encourages participation across social differences including race, sexual identity, gender, age, class, and ability.

The STAR Collaboration invites artists of all disciplines to come away for a semester of focused art making, and to come together with students and teachers to facilitate learning. STAR residents are accomplished artists and educators-at-heart who want to work with young people while expanding the definition of what being an educator means; who are interested in novel, interdisciplinary educational approaches; and who thrive on collaboration with others. STAR artists receive studio facilities, room and board, a monthly stipend, and a materials budget, dedicated, distraction-free time to make art, and opportunities to develop teaching skills through professional development relationships with mentor teachers. By working beside students, informally mentoring and modeling, STAR residents can wield powerful, positive influence on passionate, talented, budding artists.

The Dune Shacks of Peaked Hill Bars Historic District is a 1,900-acre National Register district significant for its association with the historic development of art and literature in America; for its representation of a rare, fragile property; and for its association with the poet Harry Kemp. Since the mid-1990s, the National Park Service has had agreements with non-profit organizations that offer artist-in-residence and writer-in-residence programs in the historic dune shacks. In addition to these opportunities, additional residencies may be available, including architecture, engineering, science, cultural/historic, dance, music, and journalism.

PRESENTERS

The Dance Complex is a central hub of dance, locally, regionally, and nationally, that enables the creation, study and performance of dance. Professional, pre-professional, and recreational movers can find a variety of movement and dance classes. The Dance Complex provides access to affordable studio space and programs to help strengthen choreographic, performance, and production skills. The Dance Complex is home to performances, presenting more than 100 concerts a year in our theatre and on-site in seven dance spaces.

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Artist and scientist led, The Arctic Circle is an annual expeditionary residency program. The Arctic Circle brings together international artists of all disciplines, scientists, architects, and educators who collectively explore remote and fascinating destinations aboard a sailing vessel. The

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Harold Washington Cultural Center - Artist Residency

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Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies: Decolonizing Dance Discourses

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Black Women Respond to a Double Pandemic: "The Emotional W(alt)eight"

The Politics of Naming the South Asian Dancer

It is Time for a Caste Reckoning in Indian "Classical" Dance

Discussing the Undiscussable, Part 2; or, This Might Hurt Your Feelings

Black Laws of Dance

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American Rhythm Center - Residency Program and Rentals (reduced rate)

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American Rhythm Center - Residency Program and Rentals (reduced rate)

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In 2021 PRJ will be launching Performance Response Journal 2.0 with a new website, paid, calls for submissions, an Embedded Writers Program (co-sponsored by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum) and a podcast! https://performanceresponsejournal.com/

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The Harris Theater with Chicago Dancemakers Forum

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Programs for dancemakers to build their capacities in collaborating with technical professionals, designers, and presenting venues. The intention is to build connections and new relationships, as well as technical capabilities. More details coming soon.

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MENTAL HEALTH: Our licensed clinicians help local industry professionals and their families deal with and provide ongoing support services for issues like work and personal stress, anxiety, depression and life transitions. 312.372.0989
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See Chicago Dance (SCD) hosts quarterly convenings to foster dialogue among artistic directors, independent artists, administrators, and funders. As many companies lack funds to seek outside assistance, SCD provides invaluable peer networking opportunities. All SCD convenings are free and open to all members and non-members.

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Hosted by the ARC Associates, CHRP Chat explores the intersection of the arts, culture, and social responsibility through interviews with people in the dance community. https://anchor.fm/arc-chrp/episodes/3---Markeya-Howard-ens527
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The Actors Fund Workshops: Tax Prep, Budgeting and More

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The Actors Fund Workshops: Tax Prep, Budgeting and More

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Starting in 2021, Links Hall will be available to support filming or live streaming your performances, including venue rentals and production support. Please contact info@linkshall.org for more info.

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Harold Washington Cultural Center - Fellowship Program

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Chicago Dancers United - The Dancer's Fund

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Chicago Dancers United - The Dancer's Fund

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The Dancers' Fund — CHICAGO DANCERS UNITED
Short-term financial assistance to Chicago dance professionals diagnosed with a critical health need, and restricted one-time grants to cover medical expenses.

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The Dancers' Fund - CHICAGO DANCERS UNITED

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The Dancers' Fund provides short-term financial assistance to Chicago dance professionals diagnosed with a critical health need. In 2020, we broadened our grantmaking to include support for general health and wellness needs. There are two grant opportunities through The Dancers' Fund: The Critical Health Need Grant helps cover medical expenses related to the diagnosis of a critical health issue.

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Community Classes (currently virtual)

Mondays: 6:30pm - 7:45pm Beginner West African Dance

Thursdays: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Intermediate/Advanced West African Dance

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Join Ayodele Youth Programs for a series of youth and family dance classes and craft making workshops.

Saturdays from 12pm - 2pm (CST)

Dance Class: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Craft Making Workshop: 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Cost: $10 Individual | $15 Family

November 14th: Afro-Dancehall Fusion with Stacy "Jukeboxx" Letrice

December 5th: Foot work with Donnetta "Lil Bit" Jackson

December 19th: West African Dance with Imania Detry

Participate in person, with socially distant, limited personnel, or on Zoom.

Tickets required and no in-person entry without a ticket

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Join Ayodele Youth Programs for a series of youth and family dance classes and craft making workshops. Saturdays from 12pm - 2pm (CST) Dance Class: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Craft Making Workshop: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Cost: $10 Individual | $15 Family November 14th: Afro-Dancehall Fusion with Stacy "Jukeboxx" Letrice December 5th: Foot work with Donnetta "Lil Bit" Jackson December 19th: West African Dance with Imania Detry Participate in person, with socially distant, limited personnel, or on Zoom.

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American for the arts serves, advances, and leads the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education.

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Rev is more than just a transcription service. In addition to clear and accurate transcripts, we also offer high-quality captions and subtitles for all audio and video types. Beyond simply creating text from audio files, we're helping users capture more value from their meetings, lectures, interviews, and films.

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To irrevocably change the racist systems in the art so that African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) arts, ALAANA arts organizations, and ALAANA people thrive.

Enrich Chicago ALAANA/BIPOC Arts Leaders Call for the preservation of DCASE Funding. DCASE is the primary source of funding for many BIPOC and ALAANA arts and cultural institutions. That's why ALAANA/BIPOC leaders in the arts and Enrich Chicago are closely following the Mayor's upcoming 2021 budget proposal as the city faces financial challenges exacerbated by COVID-19 and considers funding cuts to close a budget shortfall. Further cuts to DCASE would be detrimental to our communities. In a letter recently sent to the Mayor, Enrich Chicago and our partners urged the Mayor to protect the city's investment in arts and culture. As COVID-19 continues to disproportionately impact communities of color, we're committed to ensuring that neighborhood arts organizations survive this challenging time and thrive beyond the pandemic. Stay tuned. View our letter by clicking here.

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Enrich Chicago featured on Chicago Tonight on WTTW with partners Hyde Park Art Center and Urban Gatewaysto discuss how arts organizations in our city are working to understand and address the systemic racism in our field. Read more.

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To irrevocably change the racist systems in the art so that African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) arts, ALAANA arts organizations, and ALAANA people thrive. Enrich Chicago ALAANA/BIPOC Arts Leaders Call for the preservation of DCASE Funding. DCASE is the primary source of funding for many BIPOC and ALAANA arts and cultural institutions.

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https://www.pentacle.org/artist-services/fiscal/

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Self-Help Federal Credit Union’s Fresh Start loan can help you establish new credit or add a positive record to your existing credit history. As an added bonus, you earn dividends as you pay off the loan. https://self-helpfcu.org/personal/loans/creditbuilder-loans

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Nonprofit Leadership Alliance - Leaderosity

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Nonprofit Leadership Alliance - Leaderosity

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Leaderosity Library - Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (nla1.org)

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The Power of Know

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Leaderosity Library

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The Power of Know An on-demand catalog of nonprofit courses designed to prepare social good leaders to perform better in their jobs. Leaderosity Library Leaderosity Library features courses covering a range of nonprofit leadership and management topics. The courses are developed by experts in the field and are geared for professionals who want to put what they learn into practice.

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In Miami, the local Arts & Business Council has created a local media bureau designed to cover the arts. All the local publications and media folks then pick up and run the stories (many written by their former journalists)

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IlluminArts bringing together chamber music, visual arts and social justice

The Dec. 2 season opener, "Unmasked," will be presented by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami and the nonprofit Girl Power.

Written By Sean Erwin

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Miami New Drama's 'Seven Deadly Sins' finds a way back to live theater

Collection of short plays will be presented through Jan. 3 in six storefronts along Lincoln Road.

Written By Christine Dolen

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'Global/Borderless Caribbean XII: Focus Miami' to celebrate the arts

Artists from Miami and the Caribbean to show their works with large-scale, outdoor exhibits at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, as well as through virtual programming.

Written By Jonel Juste

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Artburst works with some of the most trusted art journalists in South Florida writing reviews, features and articles covering our vibrant cultural community. Artburst is the source for media coverage of the arts in Miami for dance, music, theater, visual arts, and film.

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The National Center for Choreography (NCCAkron)

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The National Center for Choreography (NCCAkron)

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Applications for the Dancing Lab residency program are closed currently. https://www.nccakron.org

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For the time being Ragdale is not accepting new applications to the residency program. Applications for the 2023 residency program are due by May 15, 2022.
https://www.ragdale.org/

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Individual Artist Support - Open Application Deadline

Artstour & Live Music - Open Application Deadline

Ethnic and Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program - Nov. 15 Application Deadline

Arts Midwest Touring Fund - Stay Tuned for 2022 Application
Partners in Excellence - 2022 Application Deadline has Passed; Stay Tuned for 2023 Application

Artist Fellowship Program - 2022 Application Deadline has passed; Stay Tuned for 2023 Application

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Arts Alliance Illinois -- multiple programs

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Arts Alliance Illinois -- multiple programs

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Membership

Members are the backbone of Arts Alliance Illinois: the largest connected state-level arts advocacy network fighting for arts resources and policies that benefit its members and all Illinois residents.

Due to the COVID crisis, and to center our commitment to equity and access, Arts Alliance Illinois is offering pay-what-you-can membership for ALL Illinois creative individuals and organizations for the next year.

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Members are the backbone of Arts Alliance Illinois: the largest connected state-level arts advocacy network fighting for arts resources and policies that benefit its members and all Illinois residents. Due to the COVID crisis, and to center our commitment to equity and access, Arts Alliance Illinois is offering pay-what-you-can membership for ALL Illinois creative individuals and organizations for the next year.

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Supports individual artists who are addressing social change through dance within one or more communities. Letter of inquiry often due early December. https://www.danceusa.org/danceusa-fellowships-to-artists

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Creative Capital typically offers 50 grants of up to $50,000 each awarded to artists in the fields of performing arts, technology, and literature. Letters of inquiry for 2024/25 will probably be due in April 2023.

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Field-Wide Grants - Dance/USA (danceusa.org)

List of currently available grants for dance artists.

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Want to list your opportunities for funding? Contact our director of member services.

Peace Development Fund: Community Organizing Grants

First Nations Development Institute: Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship

Grants Introduce Japanese Performing Arts to U.S. and Canadian Audiences

Kresge Foundation: Arts and Culture Program: Local Systems

New England Foundation for the Arts: Dance

The Shubert Foundation

The Sunderland Foundation

The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation

Peace Development Fund: Community Organizing Grants

The Peace Development Fund believes that the change in values needed to establish a more just and peaceful world can come about only if it is strongly rooted in local communities that recognize the importance of building movements to create systemic social change. The Fund's Community Organizing Grants provide support to community-based organizations in the United States, Haiti, and Mexico that are working for social justice. The funding priorities include organizing to shift power, working to build a movement, dismantling oppression, and creating new structures. Priority is given to new or emerging organizations; efforts that have difficulty securing funds from other sources; organizing efforts across national borders; climate change organizing at the local policy level; groups that have a genesis in Occupy, MeToo, or Movement for Black Lives; collaborative peace initiatives led by women or youth; or issues that are not yet recognized by progressive funders. Grants range from $2,500 to $10,000, with an average of $5,000. Applying organizations must have an annual budget of $250,000 or less. The application deadline is December 30, 2020. Visit the Fund's website to download the grant guidelines for the Community Organizing Grants program.

First Nations Development Institute: Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship

First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), in partnership with The Henry Luce Foundation, is offering the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship program to honor and support a cohort of fellows as they work to further Indigenous knowledge creation, dissemination, and perpetuation in Indigenous communities. Through the program, ten fellowships of $50,000 each will be awarded to outstanding Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers engaged in meaningful work that will ultimately lead to broad, transformative impacts for Indigenous communities. This fellowship is a 12-month, self-directed enrichment program designed to support the growth, development, knowledge, and networks of Native leaders. The goal of the program is to provide flexible funding to selected fellows as they seek to achieve their goals and further knowledge creation and dissemination in their respective fields. The application deadline is October 22, 2020. Visit the First Nations website to learn more about the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship.
back to top Grants Introduce Japanese Performing Arts to U.S. and Canadian Audiences
The mission of the Japan Foundation is to establish international cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and other countries. The Foundation's Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) program is designed to introduce Japanese performing arts to local audiences in North America. PAJ supports initiatives created by U.S. and Canadian nonprofit organizations to provide geographically diverse audiences with greater exposure to Japanese performing arts, as well as encouraging collaborations between Japanese and North American artists. PAJ Touring Grants assist in the presentation of Japanese performing arts in the U.S. and Canada, emphasizing locations outside major metropolitan areas. PAJ Collaboration Grants allow Japanese and American/Canadian artists to create new works that will further an appreciation of Japanese culture when presented to American and Canadian audiences. The application deadline is November 2, 2020. Visit the Japan Foundation website to download the PAJ program guidelines and application form.

Kresge Foundation: Arts and Culture Program: Local Systems

The Kresge Foundation's Arts and Culture Program is currently accepting letters of inquiry through the Increase Creative Capacity to Shape Healthier Neighborhoods focus area. The emphasis is on Creative Placemaking activities in neighborhoods and field building efforts that seek to position culture and creativity as drivers of more just communities. Through this focus area the Foundation will support arts and community development organizations that advance innovative approaches to community development that lead to inclusionary practices and policies, and use creative strategies to foster residents' agency, social cohesion, and narrative change.

New England Foundation for the Arts: Dance

New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) plays a leadership role in contemporary dance through grantmaking and other programs that support and sustain a vibrant national ecology for dancemakers and presenters. to see a listing of NEFA's grants specifically for dance.

Nonprofit Theatre and Dance Companies Funded

The Shubert Foundation is dedicated to sustaining and advancing the live performing arts in the United States, with a particular emphasis on theatre and a secondary focus on dance. The Foundation provides general operating support to nonprofit, professional resident theatre and dance companies that have an established artistic and administrative track record, as well as a history of fiscal responsibility. A limited number of grants are also made to arts-related organizations that help support the development of theatre and dance, as well as graduate drama departments of private universities. Applications for theatre grants are due December 2, 2020. All other grant applications must be submitted by October 15, 2020. Visit the Foundation's website to learn more about the funding guidelines and application instructions.

The Sunderland Foundation

The Sunderland Foundation primarily supports nonprofit organizations in Arkansas, western Iowa, Kansas, western Missouri, and Nebraska. Currently, the Foundation's main areas of interest include higher education, youth services, arts and culture, and healthcare and hospitals. The focus is on funding bricks and mortar projects such as building construction, renovation, repairs, and restoration. Grant requests are accepted throughout the year and reviewed quarterly. Application guidelines are available on the Foundation's website.

Communities Grant

The mission of The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation is to build strong and vibrant communities, improve the quality of life, and make a positive difference in locations served by the bank throughout the United States.

Grants are provided to nonprofit organizations in bank communities as well as selected national organizations. The Foundation's areas of interest include education, community development, health and human services, arts and culture, the environment, and civic affairs.

Requests may be submitted throughout the year. Visit the web link above to take the required eligibility quiz and submit an online application

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Please note: Listings on this website (danceusa.org) are all user generated. The inclusion of content by any user does not constitute an endorsement by Dance/USA of that individual or organization's views. Please email Dance/USA's Membership Department if you have any questions or would like to flag a listing. Dance/USA reserves the right to remove a posting at any time.

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Dance/USA - The national service organization for professional dance.

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Want to list your opportunities for funding? Contact our director of member services. Peace Development Fund: Community Organizing Grants First Nations Development Institute: Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship Grants Introduce Japanese Performing Arts to U.S.

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• Individual Artists Program (funding for individual artists) – Provides project-based funding for practicing artists. Stay tuned for 2023 grant information.

• CityArts (funding for nonprofit organizations) – Provides general operating and project grants to Chicago-based, arts and culture-focused, non-profit organizations of all sizes. Stay tuned for 2023 grant information.

Main grant page: Cultural Grants (chicago.gov)

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Mission

The mission of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events is to enrich Chicago's artistic vitality and cultural vibrancy. To support this overarching mission, the Cultural Grants Program's goal is to play an active role in the development of Chicago's arts and culture community by funding artists and arts organizations that have the potential to meaningfully contribute to the City's cultural vitality.

Over the next two years, DCASE will provide more than $20.7 million annually.

Designed to reach artists, creatives, and nonprofit arts and culture organizations across Chicago, DCASE Cultural Grants provide operating funds and project support for nonprofits and project specific funding for individual artists.

Staff Information
Kalena Chevalier, Director, Grants Programs:
Kalena began serving as the Program Director for the Cultural Grants Program at the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) in May of 2016. She came to DCASE with 13 years of experience working in Chicago's arts and culture community. She has worked artistically and administratively with organizations including Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Writers' Theatre, and most recently as the Associate Director of Development for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Kalena graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with degrees in Theatre, Dramatic Writing and History.
Julie Partynski, Grants Administrator:
Julie has been with the City of Chicago in the Corporate Fundraising and Event Planning capacity for 20 years, and moved into Grants Administration in 2012, as part of the team that spearheaded the overhaul and electronic implementation of the Chicago Cultural Grants Programs. Julie has a BA from DePaul University in Arts & Science.
Meghan Beals, ArtsSpace Grants Coordinator:
With an extensive theatre directing and dramaturgy background specializing in new-play development, Meghan served as Artistic Director of Chicago Dramatists before joining the DCASE grants team in 2018. Other previous positions include adjunct faculty at DePaul University, Literary Manager at Northlight Theatre, and Project Assistant at Steppenwolf. In addition to serving the City full-time, she freelances as a live event producer for WBEZ and as an independent podcast producer.

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The mission of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events is to enrich Chicago's artistic vitality and cultural vibrancy. To support this overarching mission, the Cultural Grants Program's goal is to play an active role in the development of Chicago's arts and culture community by funding artists and arts organizations that have the potential to meaningfully contribute to the City's cultural vitality.

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A list of festivals that focus only on dance film or have programmed dance film in the past.

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DFA is dedicated to furthering the art of dance film. Connecting artists and organizations, fostering new works for new audiences, and sharing essential resources, DFA seeks to be a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera.

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https://www.nefa.org/grants/grant-programs/national-dance-project

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Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Chicago

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See below for a variety of live and on-demand workshops about health and racial justice.

https://www.upswell.org/

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United Kingdom

About Us

The Chicago chapter has been funding awesomeness in the Windy City since the summer of 2011. We've funded everything from little free libraries and puppet shows to electron microscopes and a temporary mini golf course on Milwaukee Avenue. See a map of the projects we have funded over the years.

What's your awesome idea? Apply today for a $1,000 no-strings-attached grant. Our short grant application is available here. We generally review applications on the third Tuesday of every month, and respond to applicants anywhere from 2-6 weeks after receiving the submission.

The Awesome Foundation Chicago Chapter will be awarding 10 mini-grants of $1,000 in memory of Mark Rogovin, noted Chicago muralist, who served as an apprentice to David Alfaro Siqueiros on the March of Humanity in Mexico. He was the founder of the Public Art Workshop, and the Peace Museum, and was known for fostering public art and mentoring young artists throughout his lifetime. These grants will be awarded through the Awesome Foundation's regular monthly review process (please indicate that you are interested in this award). Projects must feature a public art component and take place in the Chicago metro area. Projects that include mentoring young artists, or are applications from young artists just establishing their careers are of special interest. Awards will be selected as they merit (may not be given out once a month) until the funds are exhausted.

Join us! If you'd like to play a direct role in deciding what we fund next, become a trustee! Our group is comprised of 10+ Trustees who promise to fulfill three duties:

Financial Contribution: Commit $100 per month in the interest of Awesome for at least 6 months. This contribution goes towards the $1,000 award we grant each month.

Participation: Play an active role in accepting and reviewing applications, and in deciding with the other trustees by consensus who will receive the grant.

New Projects: With no specific leadership roles, every trustee is a leader in their own right. We like trustees to come up with new project ideas for the chapter to do, and help organize the group into getting it done.

Trustees serve until they resign. If you're interested in joining us as a trustee, we invite you to complete our rolling application, and we'll try to get back to you shortly.

Keep in touch! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and sign up for our newsletter.

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The Fund is a commitment to raise and move $3M to Chicago organizations building and sustaining movements for justice that center Black lives and address anti-Blackness.

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Also offers career development programs: https://www.pentacle.org/artist-services/career_development/

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Pentacle's Administrative Support Program (ASP) provides direct administrative services for artists looking to build more sustainable organizational operations and marketplace identities. The program helps build infrastructure through a range of hands-on services including mentorships, administrative personnel, internships, performances opportunities, and membership-at no cost-to Pentacle's basic fiscal sponsorship program, Unique projects. Artists select services to best fit their needs and, when bundled together, provide an affordable and efficient way for artists to build capacity and enlarge the scope of their business and artistic activities. The artist's annual fee is applied to the various services they choose throughout the year.

Connecting artists with seasoned arts professionals

Mentorships connect artists with seasoned arts professionals/administrators in the field who can provide them with guidance in planning and implementing their artist and organizational visions, finding answers to their questions, and strengthening specific skills in areas of need. Pentacle selects the mentor, from a pool of dance leaders who have expressed interest in participating in our program, with the skills and expertise the artist needs. The artist meets with their designated mentor for a minimum of 10 hours, in order to develop the trust and familiarity necessary for a productive mentorship. Through an open dialogue, observation, and evaluation, the mentor counsels the artist and invests time and expertise in the artist's success.

Providing access to an administrator on Pentacle's staff

Recognizing that it is very difficult to hire, train, and oversee part-time administrative staff, ASP gives artists access to a dedicated administrator from Pentacle's staff for short-term projects or administrative tasks that require small amounts of personnel time. As a member of our staff, the administrator works in our offices under the guidance of Pentacle's Director of Programming and has the skills and experience necessary to help build the artist's organizational structure.

Recruiting, training, and matching artists with interns

Pentacle works with dance companies and affiliated nonprofit organizations to recruit and train interns that fit their interests and administrative needs. Pentacle handles the entire intern recruitment and hiring process: conducting interviews, handling all contract logistics, confirming interns' projects, and outlining goals for the program session. Pentacle guides both interns and companies throughout the program period to ensure a positive and educational experience for all. In addition, interns attend weekly professional development seminars with Pentacle staff and outside arts professionals, to strengthen their skills and provide them with a network of peers and mentors they can access in their work for their company.

Interns work for their companies 10 hours per week over an 8-week session. Companies and interns are given the option to extend the internship, and many choose to do so beyond the program period.

Producing three annual performances for ASP artists

Artists can participate in any of the exclusive ASP artist performances or showcases happening three times throughout the year including:

A shared program and the variety of settings gives artists opportunities to present their work to new audiences.

Pentacle fully produces each show: booking the venue, hiring and managing technical staff, and handling all communication and administration. Participants simply let Pentacle know what they need, and then concentrate on their artistry.

Supporting artistic process through subsidized studio rentals

Pentacle has partnered with Nancy Meehan Dance Company to offer discounted studio space in the historic Westbeth Artists Housing building at 55 Bethune Street. The fee includes a total of 6 hours of studio time within the agreement period. With an active online rentals calendar, space booking options are easily visible to artists. Rental requests and fees are administered by Pentacle's Administrative Support Associate.

Offering free membership to Pentacle's Unique projects

All artists who are part of ASP receive membership to Pentacle's basic fiscal sponsorship program, Unique projects. This sponsorship program gives artists the ability to receive tax deductible donations, apply for foundation grants, as well as other nonprofit benefits, such as discounted rehearsal space. Artists work with a dedicated administrator to clearly, reliably, and efficiently process their donations and send acknowledgments on their behalf. This service is ideal for emerging or established artists with project-specific fundraising needs.

Providing access to NYC's largest creative reuse center

Artists in ASP receive access on a first-come-first served basis to Materials for the Arts, which is an organization that collects unneeded items from businesses and individuals, making those donations available for free to nonprofit organizations with arts programming, government agencies, and public schools.

Educating artists in specific areas of need

Working Sessions offer artists a chance to work one-on-one with a Pentacle administrator who has expertise in a specific area they have questions about. Our staff leads the artist through the steps to solve the problem at hand, while also offering them tools to continue implementing the solution independently.

Available topics include:

Capacity Building & Management

Offering Zoom at a Subsidized Monthly Rate

ASP artists are given access to Zoom Pro at a discounted rate. This can be used for any professional, artistic activities that involve a need for virtual communications including rehearsals, meetings, and intensives.

$1000 per year

As a participant of our Administrative Support Program, artists receive $1000 worth of services over a year-long period. If an artist requests services that exceed this amount during the contract period, artists will be invoiced for those additional services at the listed rates below.

Service

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Pentacle's Administrative Support Program (ASP) provides direct administrative services for artists looking to build more sustainable organizational operations and marketplace identities. The program helps build infrastructure through a range of hands-on services including mentorships, administrative personnel, internships, performances opportunities, and membership-at no cost-to Pentacle's basic fiscal sponsorship program, Unique projects.

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Forefront is Illinois’ statewide association representing both grantmakers and nonprofits, as well as their advisors and allies. Our mission is to build a vibrant social impact sector for all the people of Illinois. We provide education, advocacy, thought leadership, and facilitate collective action around issues that are important to our Members and to the sector.

See below for a list of events and webinars.

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OUR MISSION:

To build a vibrant social impact sector for all the people of Illinois. We provide education, advocacy, thought-leadership, and we mobilize our Members around issues that are important to them and to the sector.

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To build a vibrant social impact sector for all the people of Illinois. We provide education, advocacy, thought-leadership, and we mobilize our Members around issues that are important to them and to the sector.

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The Performing Arts Alliance advocates for America's professional nonprofit arts sector before Congress and key policy makers ( more).

Alliance of Artists Communities · Alternate ROOTS American Composers Forum · Association of Performing Arts Professionals · Chamber Music America · Chorus America · Dance/USA · Early Music America · Folk Alliance International International Association of Blacks in Dance League of American Orchestras · National Alliance for Musical Theatre · National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures · National Performance Network · Network of Ensemble Theaters · New Music USA · OPERA America Theatre Communications Group

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Performing Arts Alliance - the coalition of performing arts advocates

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The Performing Arts Alliance advocates for America's professional nonprofit arts sector before Congress and key policy makers ( more).

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International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA)

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Home | IFACCA - International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies

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The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) is the global network of arts councils and ministries of culture, with member organisations in over 70 countries. Our vision is a world in which arts and culture thrive and are recognised by governments and peoples for their contribution to society.

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Co-Create a Chicago-focused Directory of BIPOC Dance Technicians & Tech Designers

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Co-Create a Chicago-focused Directory of BIPOC Dance Technicians & Tech Designers

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National Performance Network - Creation & Development Fund

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National Performance Network - Creation & Development Fund

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International Association of Blacks in Dance

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International Association of Blacks in Dance

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The International Association of Blacks in Dance (iabdassociation.org)

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Dance Studies Association 2021 Conference (Galvanizing Dance Studies: Building Anti-Racist Praxis, Transformative Connections and Movement(s) of Radical Care. 

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Dance Studies Association 2021 Conference (Galvanizing Dance Studies: Building Anti-Racist Praxis, Transformative Connections and Movement(s) of Radical Care. 

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The DSA 2021 Program Committee collectively re-imagines this international conference as a vessel that builds, explores, collaborates, performs, and agitates current practices within the field(s) of dance. Specifically, as our first COVID-times conference, it is important that our work responds to our current global crises. We imagine this conference as the start of a long process of holding ourselves to account. As dancers/scholars, we can equitably uphold diverse movement(s) of care and connection. From this generative yet fractious position, our theme, "Galvanizing Dance/Studies," calls for dancers, choreographers, activists, curators, pedagogues, technologists, scholars, and those who otherwise engage with dance and movement practices to submit proposals that interrogate the many embodied, disembodied, and colonial laden conversations around the urgent needs of our current moment, by putting theory into action.

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GALVANIZING DANCE/STUDIES: Building Antiracist Praxis, Transformative Connections, and Movement(s) of Radical Care | DSA

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The DSA 2021 Program Committee collectively re-imagines this international conference as a vessel that builds, explores, collaborates, performs, and agitates current practices within the field(s) of dance. Specifically, as our first COVID-times conference, it is important that our work responds to our current global crises.

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Standard rental is $8,750 + security costs, for nonprofits rental is reduced to $6,000 with proof of 501c3.

https://www.harristheaterchicago.org/rental/overview

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CULTURE, EQUITY, AND THE ARTS

– Arts & Culture Loan Fund

– General Operations

– International Connections Fund

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In addition to our residency programs, HCL remains a space to rehearse, create, collaborate, perform, share, teach, and gather. Our studio is located on the 4th Floor of Mana Contemporary, a multi-arts facility located between Chinatown; Bridgeport, home of a large community of Irish and Central Europe descent; and Pilsen and La Villita, Chicago’s two largest historically Mexican-American neighborhoods. The studio 1,700 square feet, equipped with Marley-faced sprung wood flooring, a 6’ Steinway piano, a PA system and projection equipment. Artists have access to use additional shared spaces at Mana Contemporary for both performance, workshop, rehearsal, and general meetings and administration based on request and availability. To inquire about availability and pricing, email yolanda@highconceptlabs.org.

Beginning in 2021, the HCL studio will be equipped with high speed internet suitable for virtual collaboration and live streaming.

High Concept Labs @ Mana Contemporary
2233 S. Throop
Chicago, IL
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On June 16th, DSA published a statement " strongly and unequivocally condemning global anti-Blackness and white supremacy." Of course, this was just the beginning of the work to be done. To this end, today we send the attached template letter to our community, as a resource for demanding broad economic, structural, and pedagogical changes to dance departments across the globe. We ask that you read, download, and adapt this letter for your own institution. We, the members of the DSA Board, will do the same. You may chose to BCC info@dancestudiesassociation.org on your initial correspondence and/or email us separately, so that we might track the circulation of this letter and the subsequent action of departments. The letter is organized into four sections:

Faculty Hiring Practices & Support

Pedagogical and Curricular Change

Staff & Student Hiring Practices

Departmental Policy & Procedure

Included in this action is a growing resource of Anti-Racist Dance Pedagogy. If you'd like to contribute to this list, please email info@dancestudiesassociation.org. You may also like to consult the growing Black Dance Scholarship by Black Dance Scholars list. As stated in this letter, DSA commits to a new vision of dance in the academy and the work that this entails. We understand this work is also systemic to our own organization. This is an ongoing call for anti-racist action within DSA and within our dance community at large.

With gratitude to the Dismantling White Supremacy Culture Working Group for helping to clarify and craft this document.
TEMPLATE LETTER (available for download here, but embedded links will not be live). For embedded links, see copy below.
Dear [Administrator],

I write as a follow up to [insert something here to acknowledge your institution's ongoing efforts, updates, and/or initiatives to address anti-Black racism and white supremacist culture.] While your previous messaging and ongoing efforts address the crisis that face our academic community broadly, I write with my discipline specific knowledge and expertise in dance studies and dance practice to address how [institution's name] must also urgently adapt and reckon with the White supremacist culture that directs curriculum building, hiring practices, departmental structures, performance opportunities, and ideologies about the body that ground this field specifically.

Dance studies is a field that centers the body itself as a cultural product and a cultural producer, a subject of research and a method of research, carrying and producing histories through movement on stage and off. While I understand the significant work that this letter suggests, I have also included resources and examples of anti-racist dance epistemologies already being employed successfully in various departments. I will take on the work of this equitable re-structuring alongside [institution's name], [department chair's name], and my colleagues across departments. Dance studies and dance practice are not ancillary to the Black Lives Matter movement, our campus response to it, or global anti-Black racism. Within our classrooms and studios, my colleagues and I study and shape the movement of bodies and its meaning. To carry out an ethical pedagogical and scholarly practice in dance, we must be at the forefront of undoing systems of racism existing within [institution's name]. To this end, I ask that you consider all of the following points. A long-term plan of action for departmental anti-racist action would be a next step. I look forward to your prompt reply [before the end of the quarter, or by a certain date] on each of these listed items. As an example, Muhlenberg College put out a Theatre and Dance Anti-Racism Action Plan in early June 2020 to make "anti-racism central to how we [the Dance Department] functions." This plan touches on many of the items bulleted below. Additionally, Joy Connolly (President, American Council on Learned Societies) recently published an article, "Six Ways to Speed Up Inclusion and Positive Change in Higher Education Culture NOW, " focusing on structural change at the departmental level to improve the experience of Black people in academia. These kinds of practical and immediate changes are both possible and essential.

Faculty Hiring Practices & Support:
Pedagogical and Curricular Change:
Staff and Student Hiring Practices & Support

Commit to hire, retain, mentor, tenure, and pay BIPOC faculty equitably. As institutions of higher education brace for impending budget cuts and hiring freezes due to the global pandemic, act consciously and explicitly about the ways in which these financial changes might be used to evade accountability around hiring practices. Implement procedure and policy for the hiring and retention of BIPOC faculty now, in anticipation of the coming recession. As an example, Ontario College of Art & Design University (Toronto, CA) recently hired five new permanent faculty who self-identify as Black peoples of African Descent, as a special program under the Ontario Human Rights Code. This is part of a university-wide academic plan (2017-2022) called Transforming Student Experience.

Create tenure-track lines to support BIPOC faculty and BIPOC dance across genres. Many institutions bring in an outside Diversity Advocate to all TT search committees, a person who reports to the Dean and the Provost directly. While this position is often viewed as service, and thus not compensated, this financial agreement is also worth reexamining as it has the potential to overburden BIPOC faculty from across departments.

Re-examine terminal degree mandates for hiring, as not all dance styles (hip-hop, tap, jazz, additional African diasporic forms, among others) have the same historical opportunity/inclusion in higher education and therefore researchers and teachers in these styles are not credentialed by masters or doctoral degrees. By requiring validation through a conferred degree, hiring practices perpetuate an exclusion of these forms from higher education. Careers in academic or professional dance require dedication to a particular skill set fairly early in an artist's career. In academia, there is an adhesion to institutional protocol and expectation of academic literacy that is not always part of the professional dancers' experience, but is necessary to work in an academic environment. This results in a fractured divide within the greater profession of dance, and may prevent some candidates from being considered for TT positions. Recognize value in people before value in institutions. Possible alternate credentials include guest teaching/residencies at academic or art institutions; professional performance experience with established national, international, or local companies; private or public sector teaching experience; affiliation with professional organizations; experience in writing curriculum and preparing course materials; community recognition; experience as a rehearsal director for an established dance organization; a body of choreographic work; and other practical theater experience. When hiring faculty, some questions to consider might be: what kind of dance leadership or experiences are we teaching the students to value? What kind of artists or teachers are we training students to become? And, with what knowledge of the dance profession are we arming young adults so that they may succeed as artists and community leaders? Undergraduates seek degrees to arm themselves for future success. Finding the artists who have done so themselves, with or without terminal degrees, can help provide a foundation and network for the success of future generations.

Support BIPOC faculty beyond their capacity to "increase institutional diversity" or fill adjunct positions. This includes: expansion of the parameters for research funding and allotted time to include creative research projects and performance; mentorship for BIPOC faculty; compensation for anti-racist work often asked of BIPOC faculty.

Integrate African diasporic dance epistemologies, not as electives to dance studies curricula, but as an irrefutable foundation to the field. Columbia of College of Chicago, led by then-chair Onye Ozuzu, is an example of a curriculum that investigates the contemporary forms of ballet, hip hop, modern, and West African dance equally - as an anti-racist project.

Offer multiple levels for all offered dance genres, not just ballet/modern techniques. Examine how placement protocols for dance genres are reifying white supremacist values across codified techniques and genres.

Re-examine and recreate curricular structures that support creative practice in dance, as improvisation and choreography courses are often taught from white, western perspectives without acknowledgement.

Center BIPOC voices in/as scholarship and histories. Teach Black dance scholarship by Black dance scholars. Do this work with an eye toward specificity - specific figures, cultures, histories of Latinx, Asian-American, First Nations/Native peoples, and beyond. Many scholars have been doing the work of re-examining and recreating dance pedagogy to this end. De-centering whiteness is about bringing even more attention to this work. Call out the whiteness embedded in early dance history and early dance scholarship. The Dance Studies Association has begun work to compile resources for culturally diverse dance pedagogy. It includes a growing list of Black Dance Scholarship by Black Dance Scholars, Nyama McCarthy-Brown's book Dance Pedagogy for a Diverse World, Takiyah Nur Amin's essay "Beyond Hierarchy: Reimagining African Diasporic Dance in Higher Education Curricula," Raquel Monroe's "'I Don't Want to do African...What About My Technique?:' Transforming Dancing Places into Spaces in the Academy," and larger conversations on decolonizing syllabi (Tuck & Yang's "Decolonization is not a metaphor"), the limits of inclusivity (Dylan Robinson's "Welcoming Sovereignty" in Performing Indigeneity), and the racial frameworks of choreography (Marta Savigliano's "Worlding Dance and Dancing the World") . Find the full resource HERE.

Commit to hire, retain, and pay Black staff equitably. This includes administrative support, lighting designers, stage management, technical theater workers, and work-study hires.

Eliminate unpaid labor/internships.

Integrate anti-racist learning/work into regular departmental labor. We recognize this invites questions about funding anti-racist workshops, ability to require this work, and so on. We invite departments to tackle these questions head on, instead of avoiding the anti-racist work because of logistical and financial obstacles. As a creative thinking field, there must be workable solutions. As mentioned earlier, Onye Ozuz at Columbia College Chicago engaged the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. Other organizations offering workshops, readings, and implicit bias training include Crossroads Anti-Racism Organizing & Training, Cultivating Better Tomorrows (dance specific), and many local organizations specific to individual cities.

Make space and allocate resources for Black student initiatives. Examples include Arts in Color at the University of Michigan, Black Movements Dance Theatre at Georgetown University, Ma'Frisah at University of Rochester, Dark Arts Performing Company at the University of Delaware, and so on.

Departmental Policy and Procedure:

Re-evaluate admission/audition policies and practices. To this end, Arizona State University no longer holds ballet and modern audition classes. Rather, this dance department has prospective students perform solos in their own preferred styles, take a creative practice class, and engage in interviews.

Re-evaluate casting practices in order to unpack the white hegemonic value systems that are perpetuated and proliferated through these practices. This includes the valorization of certain body types, and of the concept of ballet as the basis for technical mastery of dance more broadly. Put policy and procedure in place for anti-racist casting practices to be used by faculty, students, and guest artists.

Change color requirements for ballet tights and shoes, and re-evaluate other clothing and hair requirements that similarly reinforce a white supremacist value of the ideal body shape and color.

Investigate how your BIPOC faculty and students are asked to represent diversity by using the one Black or Brown person on your poster or recruitment literature. This cultural labor is not the responsibility of one person, or one kind of person. Allow your anti-racist practices and policies to speak more loudly than your photographs.

Work towards active pursuit of fund development to attract (recruitment) and mentor (matriculate) BIPOC students, locating economic and human resources to guarantee student success. This includes an anti-racist re-evaluation of scholarship practices: who is financially awarded and why? These kinds of development initiatives happen frequently at the school-wide level, but this does not save departments or programs from similar work, forwarding to administration the need to reduce the debt ceiling outright as a major barrier to degree completion.

During my [number] years at [institution's name], I have witnessed and experienced [insert example of either anti-racist work currently engaged in your workplace, or (on the converse) institutional racism that you have worked beside/within]. My call to action here joins the voices of my dance colleagues at my home institution and around the world. On June 16 th, the Dance Studies Association (DSA) shared a statement "strongly and unequivocally condemn[ing] global anti-Blackness and white supremacy." In this activist-oriented statement, DSA called on dance departments specifically to actively engage in anti-Black racism rebuilding of the field alongside it. I trust [institution's name] will commit to this new vision of dance in the academy, as well as the structural, procedural, and economic changes that must be instituted in order to affect an undoing of a historical de-valuing of BIPOC bodies and their labor.

With respect,

[NAME, Title, Contact information]

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On June 16th, DSA published a statement " strongly and unequivocally condemning global anti-Blackness and white supremacy." Of course, this was just the beginning of the work to be done. To this end, today we send the attached template letter to our community, as a resource for demanding broad economic, structural, and pedagogical changes to dance departments across the globe.

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Fractured Atlas - fiscal sponsorship and more

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Fractured Atlas - fiscal sponsorship and more

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Artists U is an incubator for changing the working conditions of artists. Everything we do is artist-run, free, and open-source. http://www.artistsu.org

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Professional development for artists: finances, strategic planning, time management. Philadelphia, Baltimore, and South Carolina.

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Arts Alliance Illinois -- AntiRacism Learning Group

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Arts Alliance Illinois -- AntiRacism Learning Group

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This learning group, created in partnership with Enrich Chicago, is open to Illinois creatives and cultural institutions. All levels of experience with anti-racism work are welcomed.

Participants will:

Meet monthly for check-ins with resources, accountability, and community support

Learn basic vocabulary and frameworks for understanding anti-racism

Acquire tools and skills for advancing organizational change

Learn about emerging anti-racist practices in the arts and culture sector

Build a network of peer support and accountability for learning

If you and/or your organization are interested in participating, please fill out the survey below or email Kacie Smith at smith@artsalliance.org.
This program is generously supported by a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services in partnership with The Chicago Community Trust.

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Anti-Racism Learning Group - Arts Alliance Illinois

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This learning group, created in partnership with Enrich Chicago, is open to Illinois creatives and cultural institutions. All levels of experience with anti-racism work are welcomed.

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The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) - Actos de Confianza relief grants 

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Actos de Confianza: Open Calls
Cycle 1 - Mid-America
Call Opens: January 13, 2021

Deadline to Apply: January 27, 2021 (closes 11:59PM CT)

Applicants need to reside in one of the following states or territories: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Cycle 2 - Eastern US + Puerto Rico
Call Opens: March 3rd, 2021

Deadline to Apply: March 17, 2021 (closes 11:59PM CT)

Applicants need to reside in one of the following states or territories: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico

Call Opens: April 28, 2021

Deadline to Apply: May 12, 2021 (closes 11:59PM CT)

Applicants need to reside in one of the following states or territories: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington

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Actos de Confianza: Relief Grants for Latinx Artists and Arts Organizations

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Cycle 1 - Mid-America Call Opens: January 13, 2021 Deadline to Apply: January 27, 2021 (closes 11:59PM CT) Applicants need to reside in one of the following states or territories: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin,

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As film, commercial, music video, and photo shoots begin to open up across the country, a need has emerged for a new crew position: COVID-19 Compliance Officer (C19CO). Shoots are often places where food is shared, people work closely with one another, and social distancing is often possible. We have designed this non-union class to inform producers, coordinators, production assistants, and 1st ADs about on-set protocols related to COVID 19 as well as provide tools and resources for the new COVID-19 Compliance Officer (C19CO) position.
NOTE: This course is presented as a Webinar through third party platform, BIGMARKER.COM. New class times opening based on demand.

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DanceWorks Chicago is excited to continue our partnership with Thodos Dance Chicago on New Dances 2020, the 20th anniversary of New Dances under the TDC umbrella!
CALLING ALL DANCEMAKERS: Emerging and mid-career choreographers in the Chicago Dance Community are invited to apply to create new work to be produced in New Dances 2020 this June at Theater Wit!

Interested in being a New Dances 2020 company dancer? Visit our Dancer Audition Page!

Applications are due by noon (Central time) on Sunday, March 1.
* Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.
* As New Dances is focused on supporting artists who have made a commitment to the Chicago community, please respect the RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT: Choreographer must be living in Chicago or a suburb of Chicago as of March 1, 2020.
* All applicants will hear of the status of their application by Sunday, March 15 by 5 pm.

Thodos Dance Chicago and DanceWorks Chicago are excited to build on last season's sold-out series and continue a shared tradition of developing choreographic talent while serving and supporting Chicago's dance community. Part of Chicago's dance history for over 30 years, New Dances offers Chicago-based choreographers the opportunity to develop work with a community of professional dancers and share their creations with an engaged audience. New Dances 2020 venue partners are Ballet Chicago, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, and Theater Wit. Press release available HERE.

SELECTED CHICAGO-AREA CHOREOGRAPHERS WILL BE GIVEN:
* 25 hours of creative time in the Ballet Chicago studios + tech/production time at Theater Wit
* Access to the New Dances Company artists (including DanceWorks Chicago dancers) for casting for the purposes of creating a NEW Dance.
* Feedback and mentoring from a panel of seasoned and established members of Chicago's dance community.
* An honorarium of $550 to cover the creation of the work from studio to stage and teaching of one company class during the creative period.
* A professionally-filmed digitized copy of the new work

Melissa Thodos, Artistic Director Thodos Dance Chicago, and Julie Nakagawa, Artistic Director DanceWorks Chicago, will assess applications and invitations will be extended to a select group of choreographers. Each applicant will hear back regarding the status of their application by Sunday, March 15.

We look forward to getting to know you and your work!
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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Are you ready to take the next step in your career as a professional dancer, business owner, or instructor? The ARC could be your next stop!

The ARC is more than your typical dance studio. It's also an incubator and business development center, and at the core of our operations are our Resident companies and artists. The ARC incubator is designed to support companies and independent artists who offer classes for the general public (dance, wellness, movement etc.), and who need a place to grow. Through our Residency program, the ARC offers diverse, high-quality dance and wellness/fitness classes to the general public, while centralizing the education programs, rehearsal space and administrative offices of our Residents, nurturing organic business growth and sustainability.

The American Rhythm Center's Residency models are set up in a way that gives Residents the potential to generate a stream of earned income that will support the artistic practice of independent artists and companies.

ARC Managed
ARC managed Resident companies and artists have weekly classes that are programmed in the American Rhythm Center's studio management software (MindBody). Clients have the flexibility to sign up online, in the MindBody App, or in person. During the monthly reporting period, revenue totals and attendance are calculated and usage dues are deducted from the total monthly revenue. All remaining funds are then disbursed to the Resident. If the monthly attendance and revenue does not cover the minimal cost of the space, the partner will receive a statement for the balance owed.

Resident-Managed
Resident Managed classes are not programmed in the studio management software (MindBody). In this scenario, Resident companies and independent artists rent ARC studio spaces for a subsidized, flat rate per hour and collect their own client payments for each class. Residents may also regularly rent the space for rehearsals only, if they are not interested in having classes.

Benefits of Being in Residence at the ARC

Reduced rental rates

Priority usage of the space

Shared marketing efforts amongst the ARC and all Residents to promote you/your organization and your classes

Option for class registration to be handled by the ARC

An environment that is encouraging, collaborative and inspiring

Build your network with other partners and clients

Administrative support and/or guidance from the ARC to help you be successful

Centrally located, making it easy for clients to visit

If you are interested in calling the ARC your home as you practice your craft, build your following, or otherwise develop professionally, apply to join our Residency program.

Space in the program is limited. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis when space is available. If considered for the program, you will be invited to an in-person meeting with the Program Manager.

Questions? Contact us at info@arcchicago.org or 312-922-1272.

Not ready for this step? Consider renting space for a pop-up class or workshop instead! Click here for more information.

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ARC | American Rhythm Center | Become a Partner

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Are you ready to take the next step in your career as a professional dancer, business owner, or instructor? The ARC could be your next stop! The ARC is more than your typical dance studio. It's also an incubator and business development center, and at the core of our operations are our Resident companies and artists.

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The Virtual Dance Lab features both recurring weekly classes and classes on demand in a variety of disciplines. Sliding scale $5-$30.

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Featuring some of Chicago's most dynamic teaching artists, Virtual Dance Lab has something for everyone-from the movement-curious beginner to the dedicated dance practitioner.

Your money is supporting...

Our artists, your teachers & most importantly your arts community. Choose your sliding scale contribution and help us support this great ecosystem of movers and makers.

Participation is free of charge to UChicago students & faculty.
Register with your UC email & designated discount code.

Email kara@luckyplush.com for any questions

In partnership with University of Chicago's Dance Program, Lucky Plush developed Virtual Dance Lab, an open community-based platform for dance and embodied practices.

By joining our classes you declare that you are in good shape, and understand the nature of the activity you're joining. You fully accept and assume all responsibility for injury or damage that may result from your participation in Virtual Dance Lab classes. You release and hold harmless Lucky Plush Productions, University of Chicago, their employees and teachers, and other participants with respect to any or all injury or damages arising from the activity to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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Featuring some of Chicago's most dynamic teaching artists, Virtual Dance Lab has something for everyone-from the movement-curious beginner to the dedicated dance practitioner. Your money is supporting... Our artists, your teachers & most importantly your arts community. Choose your sliding scale contribution and help us support this great ecosystem of movers and makers.

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All profits from this sweatshirt will be divided up and donated to our partner organizations in the arts. Other merch also available.

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All profits from this sweatshirt will be divided up and donated to our partner organizations in the arts! All organizations are listed on the back of the t-shirts.

This soft, Heavy Blend™ Crewneck sweatshirt has a loose fit for a comfortable feel. With durable print, it will be a walking billboard for years to come.

.: Loose fit
.: 50% Cotton; 50% Polyester (fibre content may vary for different colors)
.: Medium fabric (8.0 oz/yd² (271.25 g/m²))
.: Sewn in label
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All profits from this sweatshirt will be divided up and donated to our partner organizations in the arts! All organizations are listed on the back of the t-shirts.This soft, Heavy Blend™ Crewneck sweatshirt has a loose fit for a comfortable feel. With durable print, it will be a walking billboard for years to come.

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Means of Production is an hour long conversation about Chicago’s dance and performing arts scene. Sharon Hoyer, stage editor at Newcity Magazine, talks with dancers, choreographers, performance artists, puppeteers, presenters and performers whose work doesn’t fit neatly into any one category.

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https://dovetail-studios.com/

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Dance & Delivery | Dance Agency | Dance Performance | Dance Classes

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Dance & Delivery is an online based dance hub + dance agency + dance production company. Book dancers for classes or events. Connect with the dance community, stay informed on the latest in dance news, events, content, and more.

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$15 adult tap class drop-ins; $12 for professionals, students, and seniors with ID. Cards good for 10 or 20 classes available for greater value. Classes held at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. See below for schedule and details.

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M.A.D.D. Rhythms - Making A Difference Dancing Rhythms

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Directed by Star DixonM.A.D.D. Rhythms company M.A.D.D. Rhythms produces shows of the highest caliber. Every Read More M.A.D.D. Rhythms will continue to act in accordance with the state and federal guidelines to Read More We are here and so are the #TapJams !

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