north carolina choreographic fellowship: Guidelines and application

A North Carolina Choreographic Fellowship (NCCF) in Dance provides immersive creative time and space to select North Carolina based dance artists. Learn more about the Fellowship HERE.

Who is eligible? Choreographers who have been residents in the state of North Carolina for at least one year are eligible. Choreographers at any stage of their careers are invited to apply. There is no application fee.

Timeline: For the 2024 cycle, an open call application process for North Carolina based choreographers will begin on January 25, 2024. The application will be available for six weeks and the deadline to apply is Monday, March 11, 2024 at 11:59pm. This is a firm deadline. Late or incomplete applications will be disqualified and will not be considered.

A panel will review all the applications with a priority based on artistic merit, and the awarded artists will be notified by mid-April 2024. NCCF residencies will take place in August or September 2024.

COVID-19 Policy: Out of concern for maintaining a safe environment, Trillium Arts is committed to ensuring that artists in residence and staff stay healthy. We will maintain and update our policies in alignment with recommendations by the CDC. At the time of this application cycle, no additional testing is required.

REQUIREMENTS:

Applications must include:

· CV or Resume (not to exceed 5 pages)

· A one-page Project Description: Your description should describe your intention for a Trillium Arts North Carolina Choreographic Fellowship. What do you plan to accomplish? Who do you imagine would be most served by this project? What is its value? If this project offers a pivotal change or enhancement for your career, please elaborate. Please include a description of any plans that are confirmed for a future production or ticketed event of the material that you will work on at Trillium Arts. Also include description about and the number of collaborating artists that you intend to have join you at Trillium.

A one-page statement that addresses the question of, “Why Trillium Arts?” Be specific in how a Fellowship at Trillium Arts will benefit your creative work.

· One Letter of Recommendation:

This letter should be submitted separately by an outside recommender. The letter should specifically refer to your proposed project. Be sure to choose someone who can speak specifically about your project. We suggest you share your work sample with your recommender so they can be informed about your proposal. Recommendation letters need to be received by the deadline or no later than two days after the Applicant deadline. Please plan accordingly to ensure that your recommender has enough time to submit. In your letter, the following two questions should be addressed:

1. What makes the applicant's project significant?

2. What do you find inspiring about the applicant's project?

The Letter of Recommendation needs to be submitted via a link within the Submittable application software by no later than Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 11:59pm EST. (This is intentionally a two day grace period for external letters to be received after you have completed your application by the artist deadline of March 11.)

Video Work Sample:

Work Sample Guidelines:

· LENGTH: A limit of up to five (5) minutes total of video footage per application. For work samples longer than five minutes, clearly indicate cue times. If you are submitting multiple videos, each video should be at least one minute. Work sample submissions with combined viewing time over five (5) minutes, or without cue times, will be watched up to the five (5) minute mark, and not longer.

· AUDIO: All video work samples should utilize original audio, if available.

· TYPES OF WORK SAMPLES: Since you are applying for funding of a work not yet fully produced, you may submit:

· A video of the in-progress work named in the application;

· A video of similar work with the company or choreographer named in the application;

· Or a combination of both.

· Please explain how the submitted work samples relate to the proposed project.

· We encourage submission of your most recent works. Consider works within the last five (5) years when possible.

Promotional videos and/or video montages will not be accepted.

Instructions:

· Upload video work to a video sharing site, such as Vimeo or Google Drive.

· Enter the URL link to the video in the Work Sample Link field in the Submittable application. Please include one Work Sample per section; if you have an additional Work Sample, use the second Work Sample field for Work Sample 2.

· For password-protected links, please provide the password.

· Do not change permissions for videos or remove links before being notified of your application status.

Only one application per applicant. Please do not submit multiple applications with different projects.

Incomplete applications or late applications will not be accepted. Complete applications will be reviewed by a panel and decisions will be announced by mid-April.

The Deadline for North Carolina Choreographic Fellowship Applications is Monday, March 11, 2024 at 11:59pm EST.

To apply:

Beginning January 25, 2024, go to the application on Submittable.com