Grants for Dance Projects (Canada)

Deadline: 29-Mar-22

The Ontario Arts Council is currently seeking applications for its Dance Projects to support the creation, production, and presentation of live and virtual dance and other initiatives that benefit the Ontario professional dance community.

Categories

The program has five categories:

Creation: to support artistic costs of choreography and development of new work. There must be some kind of showing (for example, in-studio or virtual, for invited peers, mentors, or other guests) of the work or work-in-progress.
Production and presentation: to support artistic, production, and presentation costs of live or virtual dance for the public. This includes co-productions, commissions, remounting, and tour preparation (including rehearsal costs).
Series and festivals: to support presentation costs of series and festivals that promote professional choreographers and dance companies.
Mentorship – Individuals: mentorship for Indigenous artists training in Indigenous dance practices, including powwow and customary dance, and for Deaf artists and artists with disabilities.
Training and community development – Ad hoc groups, collectives, and organizations: training and community development initiatives, including but not limited to forums, workshops and masterclasses, equity and access initiatives, and other activities that benefit the professional dance community. Costs can include fees to participating artists.

Priorities

Category-specific priorities are:

Creation; Production and presentation; and Series and festivals: projects that engage professional Ontario-based choreographers.
Series and festivals: projects where the applicant does not present their own dance works.
Training and community development – Ad hoc groups, collectives, and organizations: training and community development projects that support dance practices where training opportunities in Ontario are limited as compared to other practices.

Funding Information

Creation: maximum $5,000
Production and presentation: maximum $20,000
Series and festivals: maximum $15,000
Mentorship – Individuals: maximum $2,500
Training and community development – Ad hoc groups, collectives, and organizations: maximum $7,500

Eligibility Criteria

professional dance artists who are Ontario residents
Ontario-based ad hoc groups and collectives of dance artists or arts professionals with expertise in dance
incorporated not-for-profit dance companies, dance series, dance festivals, and other dance organizations with a head office in Ontario
other not-for-profit organizations or ad hoc groups and collectives such as non-arts organizations or organizations and ad hoc groups or collectives working in another arts discipline supported by OAC
You must demonstrate that you have engaged the appropriate professional dance expertise to carry out the project, for example, the expertise of dance professionals directly involved in the project, and/or the expertise of an advisory committee that includes dance professionals.

Note

Only Indigenous artists, Deaf artists, and artists with disabilities can apply as individuals to the Mentorship – Individuals category.
Dance companies that receive an operating grant of $30,000 or under from Dance Organizations: Operating, and that are led by Indigenous artists, artists of color, Deaf artists, or artists with disabilities, can apply to the Training and community development – Ad hoc groups, collectives, and organizations category.

Ineligible

organizations that receive a grant in the Dance Organizations: Operating program, except for dance companies that receive an operating grant of $30,000 or under, and are led by Indigenous artists, artists of color, Deaf artists, or artists with disabilities
organizations that receive an operating grant in other OAC programs, with the exception of organizations mandated to serve one or more of the OAC priority groups
choreographers who direct organizations that receive OAC operating funding
a member of an ad hoc group or collective that applies for the same activity at the same deadline in this program
dance studios, dance schools, or other training organizations
dance students or students enrolled full-time at an educational institution
for-profit organizations
colleges, universities, and municipalities
school boards
elementary or secondary public or private schools
schools run by First Nations or Indigenous Education Authorities
Organizations with a pending application in the Dance Organizations: Operating program may not apply until they are notified that their operating application was not funded