Deadline: 1-Jun-23
The Danish Arts Foundation is offering grants to promote performing arts of a high artistic quality in Denmark and Danish performing arts abroad.
Purpose
- This includes:
- promoting the development of new forms of performing arts and other experimental activities within the performing arts, including:
- performing arts activities and projects targeted at children, young people, and adults
- reproductions where an agreement with a venue can be documented
- cross-disciplinary projects
- ensuring geographical diversification
- facilitating the encounter between Danish performing arts and the international performing arts scene through international activities, including co-productions, international guest performances and tours, and residencies
- If you are planning on applying for project funding from the European Commission, e.g. from Creative Europe, you can apply for support from this funding programme to cover part of your own contribution to the project budget.
- promoting the development of new forms of performing arts and other experimental activities within the performing arts, including:
Funding Information
- For stand-alone international activities, the committee grants funding for:
- accommodation costs and domestic transport in relation to international guest performances in Denmark.
- primarily travel and transport costs in relation to international touring activities.
- travel and accommodation costs of up to DKK 15,000 in relation to networking activites.
- international guests at Danish performances, however max. DKK 2,000 per guest.
- residencies longer than three weeks may include, apart from travel and accommodation, per diems and fees of up to DKK 10,000 per month, if the applicant does not receive funding for operations.
- If you receive a grant of:
- DKK 100,000 or less, they pay the grant as closely as possible to the start date you have stated in your application. You should therefore make sure that the start date you enter matches the date of the first expenses for your project.
- more than DKK 100,000 with a project period longer than six months, they pay the grant in instalments.
Ineligible Projects
You cannot receive funding for:
- activities initiated before the deadline
- activities concerning only the start-up phase, preliminary studies, and preparations for upcoming project
- educational purposes for individuals
Eligibility Criteria
- Professionals organising or working with performing arts activities.
- Students at the Danish National School of Performing Arts or a similar foreign educational institution, if they have not graduated may apply on the application deadline 1 June 2023, if they graduate no later than 1 July 2023.
Ineligible
- The Royal Danish Theatre, the Danish regional theatres, the Jutland Opera, and the theatres in the Copenhagen theatre association may not apply.
For more information, visit Danish Arts Foundation.