Support for Creation-based Collaborations: Local, National and International (Pilot Program)

Deadlines

1 May and 15 November

If either of these dates 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.

Program Objective

The objective of the program is to strengthen relationships among presenters, producers and artists within the local, national and international dance milieu by:

increasing creation and visibility opportunities for professional Canadian dance artists and companies through collaborative relationships
increasing the capacity of presenters and producers to engage, over extended periods of time, with local, national and international artists
contributing to the establishment of long-term relationships among artists, presenters, producers and audiences
improving the conditions for creating dance by allowing artists more time in pre-production
developing dance artists’ relationships with local, national and international communities.

Program Description

This program provides project funding to presenters and producers to support creative collaborations and relationships among artists, presenters, producers and their communities.

Any number of presenters and producers may work together on a project with the common goal of enhancing opportunities for artists and developing innovative ways of increasing public appreciation for Canadian dance. Projects may include local, national and/or international participants, but the applicant must be Canadian.

The Pilot Program of Support for Creation-based Collaborations has three components: Creative Residencies, Commissions/Co-productions and Strategic Initiatives.

Some examples of creative relationships include:

residency initiatives leading to the creation of new work
extended production periods on stage or in the presentation space with time, space and technical support available during this process. If a presenter usually allows an artist two days in the theatre prior to opening night, then an extended time period might be two to three weeks in the theatre prior to opening night
a Canadian presenter or producer collaborating with any number of Canadian and/or international presenters to commission (co-produce) a Canadian or international artist. The final work must be presented in Canada
presenters or producers undertaking an exceptional project whose impact will have a lasting effect on a community larger than their own respective communities.

Creative Residencies

This component allows presenters or producers (if necessary, in agreement with another party who has the physical space) to invite an artist or company into residence. The residency will be for a pre-determined period of time, but must be at least one week in length.

The purpose of the residency must be to either complete a creative work or remount a work, and it can take place immediately prior to opening night or at an earlier date. A residency must eventually lead to the professional presentation of the final work, in Canada, by either the residency host or the collaborating Canadian presenter or producer

Commissions/Co-productions

The Commissions/Co-productions component provides a direct contribution to the creating artist or company (local, national or international) to support the creation of a new work. This is a flat amount that does not include the presentation fee.

Applications must clearly separate the commission fee from the performance fee.

Presenters and producers can commission or co-produce local, national or international artists but must have a confirmed presentation agreement to show the work in Canada. An international producer involved in commissioning a Canadian artist or company must commit to the presentation of that artist or company outside Canada. Ownership of the rights to the work must be detailed in the signed contract.

Strategic Initiatives

This program encourages presenters and producers to think in creative and innovative ways to develop important opportunities for dance artists and dance audiences. The Strategic Initiatives component is for projects that do not meet the eligibility requirements of the above components or any other program in the Dance Section.

Applicants must discuss their projects with the Dance Section Officer before submitting an application to this component.

Eligibility

All three program components are for collaborations among local, national and/or international presenters and producers, individual artists and companies. The applicant, however, must be a presenter or producer incorporated in Canada.

Applicants must:

be directed by recognized professionals and/or community leaders and engage professional artists, mentors and/or elders
operate on a seasonal basis or be attempting to operate on a continuous basis
have a history of public presentation or producing dance. If the organization has less than a three-year history, the track record of the individual presenter or producer will be taken into consideration
have established a working relationship with the artists involved in the project
have an administrative infrastructure to support the project
not be carrying an accumulated deficit that threatens the viability of their organization
receive support from other sources, such as municipal, provincial or territorial, and/ or private sources.

Presenters and producers can apply as a single entity or collectively to support a creative collaboration with artists or companies. This program encourages relationships with other presenters - both Canadian and international - to develop, create and extend the life of a dance work.

Where appropriate, presentation must be within 15 months of the creative collaboration.

This Canada Council program is accessible to Aboriginal artists or arts organizations and artists or arts organizations from diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.

Grant Amount

Amount Available

This program will award a maximum of $30,000 per application per deadline. Applicants can request funds from one, two or all three components of the program. Their total request, however, cannot exceed $30,000. Applicants can receive funds once per 12-month period.

Creative Residencies

Dancers’ rehearsal salaries and an animateur’s or facilitator’s honorarium, during the residency.
Artists’ travel (national and/or international) and per diem costs. The presenter’s or producer’s local theatre and technical costs, during the residency (complete Appendix A1 in the application form).
Where this applies, production costs associated with previews that are not normally covered by the presenter.
The presenter’s costs of providing facilities and services to artists.
A contribution to salary costs for the hours that personnel spend for the management of this project.

Commissions/Co-productions

The direct expense for commissioning or co-producing the creation of a new work. Applicants are expected to give the entire commissioning or co-production fee and related expenses directly to the artist (the grant provides an administrative honorarium for applicants).

NOTE: A presenter cannot apply for commissioning or co-producing support from this program for a work that has already received support from the International Co-production for Dance.

Strategic Initiatives

Applicants must discuss eligible expenses for the Strategic Initiatives component with the Dance Section Officer before completing an application.

Retroactive funding is not available.

Application Guidelines and Form

This application form consists of all documents below. These documents can be printed. The form cannot be filled out on-line.

Support for Creation Based Collaborations: Local, National and International (Pilot Program) (PDF Acrobat format for guidelines and form).

Support for Creation Based Collaborations: Local, National and International (Pilot Program) Appendix A1 (Excel document for Parts D1 and D2 and Appendix A1 of the form)

Further Information

Bernard Sauvé, Program Officer
Dance Section
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: 1-866-585-5559

Fax: 613-566-4409

February 2010