International Co-production Program for Dance (Pilot Program)
Deadlines
1 May and 15 November 2006.
For this deadline, only original Canadian creation projects are eligible for funding. Projects must be international financial co-productions, which means they must involve confirmed financial contributions by one or more Canadian producers and one or more foreign producers.
If either of these dates falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day. Your completed application and all support material must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.
The Canada Council will not accept applications postmarked after the deadline, incomplete applications, or those submitted by fax or email.
Program Description
The International Co-production Program for Dance provides assistance to Canadian dance professionals, companies and collectives. Grants contribute to the production costs of international co-productions.
The main objective of this program is to create more international touring opportunities for Canadian artists. The program also encourages international co-operation and mutual exchange between Canadian and foreign dance artists, companies and collectives by increasing Canadian investment in international co-productions.
Applicants can request production grants for international co-productions that have not already received development grants from this program. But in this situation, the international co-productions must be fully developed and ready to go into production. Applicants in this situation must also provide evidence that other sources of financial assistance will meet all costs.
Eligibility
The following are eligible to apply to this program:
- professional dance artists who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, and
- professional Canadian dance companies or collectives.
For this program, the foreign co-producer must make a minimum 15 percent cash commitment to the production budget. There must also be a separate confirmed presentation fee(s) and date(s) of engagement. The support material submitted with the application must include signed letters from all confirmed and potential partners. Details of the requirements are provided in Part E of the attached application form.
All Canada Council for the Arts programs are accessible to Aboriginal artists or arts organizations and artists or arts organizations from diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.
Grant Amount
The program provides grants of up to $30,000. Normally, applicants will receive the amount they have requested or will not receive any grant.
Eligible expenses include travel costs, accommodation and per diem costs, rehearsal salaries, artistic collaborators’ fees and technical production expenses.
Equipment purchases are not eligible.
The Canada Council does not provide funding for projects beginning before the deadline.
Forms
This application form consists of all documents below. These documents can be printed. The form cannot be filled out on-line.
Further Information
This program information sheet provides a brief summary of the International Co-production Program for Dance (Pilot Program)program. For further details or to obtain an application form, contact:
Mark Shaub, Dance Section Officer
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 5506
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Fax: (613) 566-4409
September 2006