Creation/Production in Dance: Multi-Year and Annual Funding
NEW THIS YEAR: CADAC Financial Reporting
NOTE: The updated application forms will be available two months before the deadline date.
Deadline
15 November 2010 (Annual Funding)
Program Objective
The Creation/Production in Dance program provides multi-year and annual funding to professional Canadian non-profit dance companies. The objective of the program is to support the creation, production and revival of significant dance works.
Program Description
These grants contribute to the cost of overall ongoing activities, or operations, of professional dance companies. These encompass research and creation of new work, remounts, purchase of repertoire, home market activities (self-presentations, school shows, lecture demonstrations, company classes, master classes, choreographic labs, workshops, presentations, etc.), and the administrative support required to sustain these activities.
Eligibility
Applicants (companies) to the Creation/Production in Dance program must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible. They must:
- be incorporated as a non-profit organization
- 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 interpreters 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 or publication (not necessarily in Canada Council-sanctioned 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
- have independent revenues and an appropriate company infrastructure
- have received within the past four years two project grants under the Creation/Production in Dance program support or another form of project support for the production of dance works through the Dance Section’s national-level competitions (e.g., a project for a short- or long-term dance production project, funding for an international co-production, funding under the Capacity Building Program for Culturally Diverse Arts Organizations)
- 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; and
- have been assessed in Canada by the Dance Section on at least two occasions for two different full-evening programs in the last four years of sustained activity. Those applying for first-time funding through this program must have received project support (as described above) for both of the works assessed .
Applications are reviewed for eligibility according to the published program criteria of the Dance Section, with outside consultation if needed. Applicants (companies) must discuss any questions about eligibility with a Dance Section Officer prior to submitting an application. The deadline for doing so is 1 October 2009. Any application submitted without being discussed before that date shall not be eligible.
Annual Funding
First-time applicants to this program may apply for annual funding for their next fiscal year. In cases where the peer assessment committee (PAC) lacks confidence in extending annual support, it may recommend project funding through this program.
Multi-Year Funding
Companies that have received multi-year or annual funding in the two years prior to the application may apply for multi-year funding. In cases where the PAC lacks confidence in extending multi-year support, it may recommend annual or project funding.
Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP)
Applicants to the Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) must carefully read the program criteria (see website at /grants/ot127253215790781250.htm).
Applicants receiving a multi-year grant may apply to the ACCP only for a project to be realized in 2010-2011. A company wishing to apply to the ACCP must contact a program officer to discuss the project. If the project is considered to be eligible, the Dance Section will send the appropriate form to the applicant. The deadline for contacting this Officer is 1 October 2009. The deadline for submitting your ACCP application is also 15 November 2009.
Grant Amount
The minimum annual or multi-year grant from the Creation/Production in Dance program is $50,000.
CADAC Financial Reporting
NEW THIS YEAR: CADAC
The Canada Council for the Arts is collecting financial information through a new national online database called CADAC (Canadian Arts Data/Données sur les arts au Canada). This system will enable arts organizations applying for operating funding from public funders who are members of CADAC to submit their financial information in the same format.
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.
Application Guidelines and Form
Further Information
Ellen Busby, Louise Gagné or William Lau
Dance Section Officers
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. 5506 (Ellen Busby), ext.4511(Louise Gagné), ext. 5502 (William Lau)
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
September 2009