Dance Touring Grants - International (Pilot Program)
Deadline
15 November for tours occurring after this deadline. Notification of results from this competition are available in mid-March, therefore, tours beginning before March have no guarantee of receiving support from this program.
If either date 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. You will not be contacted if your application is incomplete.
Program Description
The International Dance Touring Grants (Pilot Program) provides assistance to Canadian dancers, dance companies or collectives touring outside of Canada.
The Canada Council for the Arts provides support for regular ongoing international touring tied to the development of the professional artistic practice, as well as career and market development opportunities. Recommendations are made by peer assessment in a national comparative context for each competition, based on the artistic merit of the applicant, feasibility of the tour and the impact of the proposal on the applicant’s long-term career and/or market development activities.
Grants contribute to travel and freight between Canada and international destinations, as well as between different countries based on the submitted tour itinerary. They also contribute to accommodation and per diem costs while on tour. Other eligible costs include visas, health insurance, carnets and/or broker fees related to the shipment of freight across international borders.
Note: International dance groups, collectives, companies or individual artists are eligible for touring assistance in Canada. However, international artists must have a Canadian agent or presenter apply on their behalf. For information on how to apply, please refer to the Program of Dance Presenter Support, National Touring By Foreign Artists component.
The primary objectives of the Dance Touring Grants - International (Pilot Program) are to:
- increase international touring opportunities for professional Canadian dancers, collectives, and companies;
- increase international visibility for professional Canadian dancers, collectives and companies;
- increase audience knowledge and appreciation of Canadian dance internationally;
- extend the life of significant dance works through international exposure; and
- encourage dialogue between members of the Canadian and international dance milieu by fostering international touring initiatives.
Eligibility
General criteria
- Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
- Applicants must either be professional Canadian artists or representatives of a professional Canadian dance company or collective. The Canada Council defines a professional artist as someone who has specialized training in the field, is recognized as a professional artist by his or her peers, is committed to devoting more time to artistic activity if he or she can afford to and has a history of public presentation.
- At least one performance must be confirmed.
- Applicants must pay equitable artist fees. For more information about artist fee standards, please consult with the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists or speak with a Dance Section Program Officer.
- Applicants with no prior relationship to the Canada Council are advised to contact the Program Officer.
Ineligible projects:
- Tours by non-professional or student ensembles are not eligible.
- Tours of the Nutcracker are not eligible.
- Projects that have received support from other federal funding agencies.
Ineligible expenses:
- Expenses that are incurred before the deadline date are not eligible.
- The costs of any travel, accommodation, per diem and freight within a foreign country that the international presenter has agreed to pay (as confirmed by a signed contract and/or performance offer) are not eligible.
- Applicants may not reapply within a fiscal year for the same tour unless the peer assessment committee “Highly Recommended” the first request.
Definition of a Tour
For the International Dance Touring Grants program, the Canada Council defines a tour as a series of at least three consecutive performances in three different cities or towns, outside your country of residence.
Grant Amount
The maximum grant amount is $50,000. Retroactive funding is not available. Grants will not exceed 40 percent of a tour’s total expense. Applicants may or may not be awarded the full amount requested, depending on the number of requests in the competition and the peer assessment committee’s evaluation.
Forms
Dance Touring Grants - International (PDF Acrobat format).
This form can only be printed and cannot be filled out on-line.
Dance Touring Grants - International (Excel financial pages)
Further Information
Robyn Campbell
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 2007