Last Call for Artists! Apply for VSPS 2026
Mark DeGarmo Dance
Remote
Deadline
Posted
Calling all Performing Artists Developing Original Works-in-Progress: Apply by September 30 for Mark DeGarmo Dance’s 16th Annual Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change 2026, Broadcast via Zoom on Thursdays Feb. 5, Mar. 5, & Apr. 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET with the Theme Dance & Social Change.
Apply now via Google Form: https://forms.gle/qoT7zzsnueqYuj5DA
Deadline: September 30, 2025 11:59PM ET.
Mark DeGarmo Dance’s Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change provides an opportunity for the public to view and engage with original performing arts and dance works-in-progress of curated artists. Since 2020, including Mark DeGarmo Dance’s Virtual International Arts Festivals for Social Change in October 2020 and March 2021, Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change has featured the work of 566 presenting artists and performers from over 31 countries and 23 U.S. states in 42 in-person and live virtual salons. Mark DeGarmo Dance seeks dance artists for the 2026 season on Thursdays Feb. 5, Mar. 5, & Apr. 2 at 7:00 PM ET of its Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change, a showcase of original artistic works-in-progress with facilitated audience response. The 2026 theme is Dance & Social Change.
Performances will be hosted live on Zoom. Curated artists will broadcast their live performances of works-in-progress from their preferred locations and attract audiences; they must have the proven technical and marketing capacity to do so in order to be considered. Rent previous performances (by donation): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/934742639397?aff=oddtdtcreator. Ticketing for the 2026 series will be available in Fall 2025. Artists’ feedback during the 2025 season include:
“Both I and my team of dancers and technicians experienced a moment of great joy when showing our work in this community. It is very pleasant to be part of the diversity of proposals around dance, especially with representatives from Mexico. Likewise, being able to show a work to an audience equally diverse in ages, origins, tastes and aesthetics.”
“Wonderful opportunity to perform and see others who I might not see perform in person.”
“The application form was simple and easy to fill out (which is a relief for artists who are always struggling to find time to be creative amidst the humdrum of life). The communication regarding tech and the expectations during the show itself was extremely clear and timely. The audience response showed their investment in the work and helped guide the future growth of the pieces. ”
Australian researchers in creativity, education, and the arts published a 2024 article about their experiences of Mark DeGarmo Dance’s Salon Performance Series 2019. https://njdrama.scholasticahq.com/article/92748
About MDD’s Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change
Founded in 2010, Mark DeGarmo Dance’s Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change is a unique forum to develop works-in-progress facilitated by dancer, choreographer, writer, and researcher Dr. Mark DeGarmo to support and present under-resourced and under-recognized performing artists in New York City & State, U.S., and globally. Mark DeGarmo Dance encourages Asian American, Pacific Islander, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Latinx, and others, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, 50-plus, and others to apply. SPS provides a facilitated opportunity for the general public to view, engage with, and demystify the creation of original dance and movement works-in-progress of emerging, mid-career, and established artists. The program began in 2010 when DeGarmo hosted salons in his studio theater at The Clemente Center in New York City’s Lower East Side to create via ongoing public sharings his acclaimed 60-minute Las Fridas: A Movement Installation and Offering, an offering for the Days of the Dead about the life, loves, traumas, and art of Mexican painter and revolutionary Frida Kahlo.
https://markdegarmodance.org