Annual Support to Aboriginal Peoples Dance Companies, Organizations and Collectives
The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal, cultural and regional communities, including people with disabilities.
Deadline
1 November
If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.
Program Description
The Annual Support to Aboriginal Dance Companies, Organizations and Collectives program provides annual operating funding. These grants contribute to the overall cost of ongoing activities, or operations, which can include research and creation of new work, remounts, company classes, master classes, choreographic labs, workshops, commissions, home market activities (such as self-presentations, school shows, lecture demonstrations and presentations), and the administrative support required to sustain these activities.
Touring activities are supported through other grant programs, but are reflected in this application. The professional activities of individual company members may be referenced in this application, but are not funded through this program. These activities may receive assistance through other programs of the Canada Council for the Arts (consult the website at www.canadacouncil.ca/dance).
Eligibility
Applicants to this program must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible.
Eligible applicants are Aboriginal-controlled dance companies, organizations and collectives. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Applicants must:
- have completed a minimum of five years of sustained activity, culminating in full-evening programs of the company’s work;
- be directed by recognized professional artists and engage professional performers and other professional artists; the Canada Council for the Arts defines a professional artist as someone who has specialized training in the field (not necessarily in academic institutions), who is recognized as such by her or his peers, who has a history of public presentation (not necessarily in Canada Council-funded events or venues), and who is committed to devoting more time to artistic activity if financially feasible
- operate on the basis of a season or have a sustained activity level (see Appendix C – Calendar of Activities in the application form)
- have self-generated revenues and an appropriate company infrastructure (see criteria 3, Administrative and Financial Stability, in Part B – Basis of Assessment – of the application form)
- have received from the Canada Council within the past four years two project grants for the production of dance works through the Dance Section’s national-level competitions (e.g., a grant for a short- or long-term dance production project or funding under the Flying Eagle Program)
- have received, as a company and not as an individual artist, regular (at least three grants in the past five years) project funding for a sustained volume of activity and/or operating funding from other public sector funders (provincial or municipal). Applicants not having received such funding (which does not include individual travel or creation grants) shall not be eligible.
Grant Amount
The minimum amount that applicants to this program may apply for is $30,000.
CADAC Financialand Statistical Reporting
The Canada Council for the Arts is collecting financial and statistical information through a new national online database called CADAC (Canadian Arts Data/Données sur les arts au Canada). This system will enables arts organizations applying for operating funding from public funders that are members of CADAC to submit their financial and statistical information in the same format. Previously, applicants to these funders were required to provide the same information in multiple formats on multiple occasions.
The following are member partners: the Alberta Foundation for the Arts; the British Columbia Arts Council; the Canada Council for the Arts; the City of Vancouver; the New Brunswick Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport; the Manitoba Arts Council; the Ontario Arts Council; the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Toronto Arts Council.
Further Information
Geraldine Manossa
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
July 2011