Erasing Borders Dance Festival 2021

Indo-American Arts Council (IACC) 2021 Erasing Borders Dance Festival Call for Submissions is open. Looking for dance works connected to one of their inspirational prompts. The festival takes place virtually in late September.

We seek:
* Original works in multiple or new vocabularies and forms deriving from or relating to the traditions of Indian dance.
* Works that are challenging or critically thinking on their own terms.
* Given the online format we encourage shorter works this year. Professional works of up to 12 minutes duration (you can submit multiple works for us to consider).

Requirements

• Completed Application Form, which will include a place for you to send us a link to the performance piece you want to showcase at the festival.
• Video: Applicants need to submit the entire video recording of the proposed works (not excerpts or sampling of past works). Since this is a virtual festival, we ask that you not apply with a work that is already published in video format with other platforms. This is a work that would be choreographed for camera, so we need to get a sense from your application as to how you would accomplish this.
• We plan on leaving the work accessible online for one week after the last day of the festival, so make sure you secure rights from your gurus, musicians, and collaborators. Please also make sure you own the rights to publish the music and other elements that you are using. This permission can be sent to you by other producers through emails, social media messages etc. so it can be documented if the need arises. If you submit work that we select, we assume you have done the due diligence.
• Only professional level performances will be considered for the festival. We plan on selecting between 7 and 12 artists this year depending on the pool of applications we receive. Typically we receive about 80 applications each year that our curators go through very carefully. Due to limited time, we do not email all applicants back, and prioritize writing to applicants we seriously consider for the festival.
• Selected artists will receive $250 for achieving a professional grade production value in addition to the performance fee.. Please submit a sample budget plan up to $250 for the final production to account for videography and editing.
• Non-refundable application fee of $15.
• Application Due date: March 31, 2021

Application Instructions