Call For Short Works: Spring Blooms
PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY:
Spring Blooms | The Dance of Life
Communities in Mocean Showcase Performance
DEADLINE TO APPLY: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 11:59pm ADT
Spring Blooms | The Dance of Life is a celebration of dance through life’s stages featuring the 2025 premiere of Mocean’s Communities in Mocean - Older Adults Centre Stage, and guest performances by Mocean’s Emerging Artist Program SURGE and the Atlantic professional dance community. Partnering with the Central Library, the performance will take place Wednesday, April 2 at 7pm at the Paul O’Regan Hall.
Performance Opportunity: Seeking Two Dance Works
Mocean Dance is looking for two short dance works by Atlantic-based artists (up to 10 mins each) to share the evening program. Works can be in-development, using frameworks of improvisation, or fully completed. The intention is to provide more sharing platforms and opportunities for performance. The evening will include a talkback, moderated by Co-Artistic Director Sara Coffin, to create exchange and dialogue between artists and audience to share insight to creative practices and inspirations for each work.
Theme:
We are looking for dance works that align with the event’s theme of Spring Blooms, Dance of Life. Themes could include (but are not limited to): cycles, celebrations of life, closing and opening, tender possibilities, rising anew, and with joyful tones.
PROJECT DETAILS:
Presentation and Fees:
Selected dance works will be presented at the Communities in Mocean showcase, Spring Blooms | The Dance of Life at the Halifax Central Library, Paul O’Regan Hall on Wednesday, April 2 at 7pm.
Fees: Selected works will receive an honorarium of $500 to $1000, depending on group size. Please note there are no additional funds for travel expenses.
Technical information:
Please note: this is an informal, low-tech performance setting. Only works with minimal set-up and low technical requirements can be considered.
Venue Information:
Paul O’Reagan Hall has a smooth, unsprung floor. We will be covering it with a dance marley. Selected artists will be given a short time (approx. 30 mins) to run the piece in the space before the show. Sound and ambient lighting will be provided; no special lighting available.
Studio Hours and Mentorship:
Selected artists can access 15 hours of studio time at Halifax Dance through Mocean’s Company-in-Residence status. Outside-eye support and artistic/choreographic discourse opportunities are also available with Mocean’s Artistic Leadership team.
Eligibility:
This opportunity is open to Atlantic-based professional dance or movement-based artists/choreographers working in all dance forms. Artists can submit up to two (2) works for consideration. Works or excerpts should be no longer than 10 minutes. We welcome and strongly encourage people from all communities and intersecting identities to apply including Indigenous people, LGBTQIA+ & Two-Spirit people, Black people and people of colour.
HOW TO APPLY:
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
- Contact Name and Email
- Total Number of Participating Artists
- Names of Key Artists
- Production History (New / Existing)
- Stage of Development (work-in-progress, completed work)
- Movement or Performance Style of the work
- Title of Performance
- Brief Summary of Performance (1-5 sentences)
- Runtime of Performance
- Technical Requirements (Props, Set or change over considerations, if any)
- Link to Support Material - URL link of video of work and/or sample
- One image to represent the work
Application Process:
Complete our Application Form here. Up to two works/groups will be selected.
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February, 5, 2025 - 11:59pm ADT
Notification: The week of February 24, 2025
PLEASE NOTE: If the Application Form is not an accessible format for you or for any further information or application assistance please email Sara Coffin at [email protected]
