Annual Support to Aboriginal Peoples Dance Companies, Organizations and Collectives
Deadline
1 November
Program Description
The program of Annual Support to Aboriginal Peoples Dance Companies, Organizations and Collectives provides annual operating funding. The objective of the program is to support the creation, production, revival and presentation of significant dance works in traditional dance and contemporary dance forms.
These grants contribute to the overall cost of ongoing activities, or operations, which can include research and creation of new work, remounts, company classes, master classes, choreographic labs, workshops, purchase of repertoire, home market activities (such as self-presentations, school shows, lecture demonstrations and presentations), and the administrative support required to make these activities possible.
Eligibility
Applicant Eligibility
Applicants to this program must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible.
Eligible applicants are Aboriginal-controlled dance companies, organizations and collectives. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Applicants must:
- have completed a minimum of five years of continuous activity, including full-evening programs of work
- engage professional interpreters and other professional artists
- operate on the basis of an annual season or be attempting to operate on a continuous basis
- have received, within the past three years, project support for the production of dance works through national-level competitions administered by the Dance Section of the Canada Council for the Arts
- have received regular project and/or operating funding from other public sector funders in the past three years, and
- have had at least one full-evening program assessed by the Dance Section in the last two years of continuous activity. For those applying for first-time funding through this program, the production or productions that were assessed must have received project support (as described above) through the Canada Council’s Dance Section.
Restrictions
Applicants receiving operating support through another section of the Canada Council for the Arts cannot apply for annual support from the Dance Section. Those applying for annual support may not apply, in the same time period, for a Production Project Grant (Short-Term or Long-Term).
Definitions of Terms
To be considered Aboriginal-controlled collectives, a majority of the members of the collective must be Aboriginal people, and artistic leadership or direction must be provided by Aboriginal people. Companies and organizations must be owned and operated by Aboriginal people.
Aboriginal people include Métis, Inuit, Status and Non-Status people.
The Canada Council defines a professional artist as someone who:
- has specialized training in the field (not necessarily in academic institutions)
- is recognized as such by her or his peers
- has a history of public presentation or publication (not necessarily in Canada Council-approved venues), and
- is committed to devoting more time to artistic activity, if possible financially.
Applicants must discuss any questions about eligibility with Jerry Longboat, Dance Section Officer, before they submit an application.
Grant Amount
The minimum amount that applicants to this program may apply for is $30,000.
Further Information
Jerry Longboat
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. 5501
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: (613) 565-5194
Fax: (613) 566-4409
October 2005
Application Forms
This application form consists of all documents below. These documents can be printed. The form cannot be filled out on-line.
Application Guidelines (doc, 100KB)
Application Form (doc, 141KB)
Parts C2-C3 (xls, 38KB)
Appendices (xls, 136KB)