Call for Applications
SCUBA: National Touring Network for Dance
Co-presented by, Velocity Dance Center (Seattle), the Southern Theater (Minneapolis), ODC Theater (San Francisco), and Philadelphia Dance Projects
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Due Date: Material must be RECEIVED at Philadelphia Dance Projects on or by Monday, June 14, 2010
Return to: Philadelphia Dance Projects, 1427 Spruce Street 1F, Phila PA 19102
SCUBA 2011 touring artists announced: August 2, 2010
Download the application below as a PDF file or Microsoft Word document.
Purpose
of project: SCUBA National Touring Network for
Dance is a co-operative enterprise founded by Velocity Dance Center, in
conjunction with ODC Theater in San Francisco, The Southern Theater in
Minneapolis, and Philadelphia Dance Projects. From the beginning, SCUBA has met
the ambitious goal of touring regionally established, nationally emerging
artists to and from the participating cities. SCUBA strives to present these
artists/tours through co-operative presenting and grassroots mobilization
without sacrificing the highest standard of professionalism.
The name SCUBA implies diving into touring…
Project
Description: SCUBA Touring Network is in its seventh
season. This program is geared towards the early to mid-career artists who are
looking to begin their national touring experience and have developed dance
work ready for a small-scale tour. One artist or
group (usually up to 3 persons) from Philadelphia will be selected (by all the
presenters) to participate in SCUBA’11. Two
artists/groups from partner cities will participate in an artist residency
along with the local artist in Philadelphia through Philadelphia Dance Projects
Presents, Winter of 2011 (Date TBA). The
residency activities include participating in an open community class, guest
artist classes at Temple University with 2 performances at Conwell Dance
Theater at Temple. It is the expectation that Philly artists and PDP will host
guest artists in terms of providing informal opportunities for exchange and
interaction as well. The Philly SCUBA
artist will then “tour” to one or two other cities in the SCUBA network for
performance and/or residency activity, between
February and June 2011.
Required
Artists Attributes:
1. Choreographers/choreographic collaborations whom have produced/presented choreography locally for several years, but have not yet moved into regular national touring.
2. Previous SCUBA recipients may not apply within a four-year period.
3. An applicant must have produced choreography while living in Philadelphia.
Artists selected to tour will receive the following:
1. Presentation fees: The fee for local performance is $750*.
The fee in partner cities is $1,500 per venue.
PDP will provide touring/travel assist. (not to exceed $2,000)
2. Marketing /PR: The co-presenters will provide Marketing/PR for the artists. The performances will be marketed and promoted to the press, as well as in the co-presenters own publicity materials. You will be asked to provide materials for this publicity as well as for a printed program.
3. Technical Support: Tech production support will be provided for the performances, including overall technical direction, and light and sound operators. Technical equipment as owned by the co-presenters will be provided. A reasonable attempt will be made to accommodate any special needs, subject to time and budget constraints and consistent with the evening’s format; however artists may be asked to bear some or all of the cost of unusual production elements they request.
Please be aware that SCUBA is a low budget initiative and a shared evening format with limited tech support for the performances. You are encouraged to apply with material that is easily adapted to a new theater space, with minimal tech requirements, and suitable for a shared evening.
*Each city designs its SCUBA program differently. Some will provide housing, others won’t.
There is no per diem. So artists should consider seriously the resources at hand for making this project work successfully for them. Despite this limited support, all the artists have enjoyed participating and gleaned much from SCUBA. Putting their work before different audiences, meeting artists from other cities and observing their creating and presenting “infrastructure” has been of great value.
Philly SCUBA Artists:
2006 Leah Stein Dance Co.
2007 Tania Isaac
2008 Kate Watson Wallace/Anoynymous Bodies
2009 Charles O. Anderson/DanceTheatreX
2010 Megan Mazarick
Selection Process and Criteria:
1. Between 3 and 6 choreographers/choreographic collaborations will be selected by the PDP Director, Nannette Joyce, Conwell Dance Theater and a previous year’s SCUBA’s artist to be considered by other the SCUBA partner venues.
2. The above “panel” will review applications and videotapes to select the SCUBA roster of Philly artists.
3. The panel will make decisions based on the quality and innovation of the artist’s work and suitability to the SCUBA program, based on the work sample and as described in the application.
4. The panel shall not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, sexual preference or national origin. The panel is open to all aesthetics presented, with a particular interest in contemporary and innovative approaches to any given form or style.
The roster of Philly artists will then be offered to the selection committees in Minneapolis, San Francisco and Seattle, who will make the final decisions about artists to participate in SCUBA 2011 by August 2, 2010.
Applicants please submit the following materials for consideration:
1. Written materials: The written portion of the SCUBA application must be typed. Submit four (4) collated copies (original plus 3 copies). Do not staple copies.
1) Include a cover page with title SCUBA National Touring Network for Dance 2010 that also lists: choreographer(s) name, contact name (if different), address, phone numbers and e-mail address.
2) Please describe your aesthetic approach and the suitability of your work for this program. How would participating in SCUBA at this time be important or valuable to your development as an artist? (1 page maximum)
3) Please provide a description of the work you intend to tour, its past performance history and any modifications you would make if asked to tour the work to new venues. Discuss any technical issues the presenters should be aware of. Also include brief descriptions of any additional work shown on the videotape, as well as your role in the work. (2 page maximum)
4) Work Sample Information Sheet (2 page maximum) – see below
2. Resume: Please submit an artist resume or vitae.
3. Press Kit: Demonstrate your ability to tour and interface with media and presenting organizations in other cities. If you have a web-based press kit, please provide a link.
4. Work Sample: Demonstrate your readiness to tour. Please submit your strongest work samples, preferably created within the past few years. Include the work you intend to tour, or work that most closely represents the flavor of the work you intend to tour. Indicate clearly which piece is your first choice to tour for SCUBA, and include this piece in its entirety. You are also encouraged to include up to two other works for consideration, knowing that if selected by any of the co-presenters, they may wish to consider these other works or contact you for more information. Please submit all samples on one DVD. Any DVD submitted must be chaptered with individual pieces on separate chapters.
Please also submit a Work Sample Information Sheet clearly indicating the entire contents of the DVD, and for each individual piece:
- Running time
- When and where the piece on the sample was performed
- When the piece premiered (if different from above)
- Your role(s) in the work: sole choreographer, co-choreographer, performer, etc.
- Any other information you believe the panel will find useful in viewing your work.
Please also clearly label the DVD (both case and media) with your name and the title(s) of the pieces.
If you are chosen for consideration in SCUBA, you will be asked by July 1, 2010 to produce three additional copies of your work samples and work sample information for PDP to send to its SCUBA partners.
Application Due Date: Monday, June 14, 2010
Received by
5:00 pm @ Philadelphia Dance Projects
1427 Spruce
Street Suite 1F
Phila PA 19102
SCUBA 2011 touring artists announced August 2, 2010
Please
contact Terry Fox, PDP Director (215.546.2552 or info
philadanceprojects [dot] org)
with any questions regarding these application guidelines.