Dance Touring Grants - National
Deadlines
1 May for tours occurring after this deadline. Notification of results from this competition are available in mid-July.
15 November for tours occurring after this deadline. Notification of results from this competition are available in mid-March.
If either date 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. You will not be contacted if your application is incomplete.
Program Description
Dance Touring Grants - National assist with travel, accommodation, per diem and freight costs incurred when a Canadian artist or dance company tours in Canada.
Definition of a Tour
For this program, the Canada Council defines a tour as a series of at least three consecutive performances in three different cities or towns.
Self-presentations are a lower priority. Applicants who include self-presentations on tour must provide an audience development rationale. Run-outs and tours of fewer than three cities are not a priority and require a strong market development rationale.
Program Objectives
The objectives of this program are to:
- facilitate the national touring of Canadian dance
- increase touring opportunities for dance artists and companies
- develop audience knowledge and appreciation of all dance forms
- enhance programming options for presenters
- extend the life of significant dance works through exposure to many audiences.
Eligibility
Professional Canadian dance artists, groups, collectives and companies may apply. All dance forms of all world cultures are eligible for support.
Applicants may submit only one application per deadline. This application could include more than one set of consecutive cities.
Applicants with no prior relationship to the Canada Council are advised to contact the Program Officer before submitting an application.
General Criteria:
- Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
- Applicants must either be professional Canadian artists or representatives of a professional Canadian dance company or collective. The Canada Council defines a professional artist as someone who has specialized training in the field, is recognized as a professional artist by his or her peers, is committed to devoting more time to artistic activity if he or she can afford to, and has a history of public presentation.
- At least one performance must be confirmed in writing.
Applicants for in-province/territory touring are eligible only if they have already applied for support from provincial/territorial and/or municipal sources, where available.
Applicants should be aware that meeting the eligibility criteria allows them to apply for a grant, but it does not guarantee funding. This also applies to tours beginning before the results are announced and to activities that are part of a published subscription series.
Grant Amount
Grants will not exceed 40 percent of a tour’s total expense.
The program’s daily contribution for combined accommodation and per diem is $125 per person per day.
Applicants may or may not be awarded the full amount requested, depending on the number of requests in the competition and the peer assessment committee’s evaluation.
Retroactive funding is not available.
Forms
Dance Touring Grants - National (PDF format).
This form can only be printed and cannot be filled out on-line.
Budget and Appendices - (Excel format)
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