Dance on Screen Production Fund
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
15 October
If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day. Your completed application and all required support material must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.
Please refer to the program guidelines for detailed information.
Program Objectives
The Canada Council for the Arts recognizes the valuable role that media play in broadening access to and raising awareness of dance.
The Dance on Screen Production Fund aims to:
- support creative excellence in screen-based dance work
- encourage all approaches that will enhance the evolution of the language of dance in combination with the media, whether traditional or new
- broaden public access to dance
- strengthen existing public support for dance and encourage new audiences, and
- reinforce a production and distribution network for screen-based dance work to increase the visibility of Canadian professional dance, nationally and internationally.
Program Description
This program supports the production and dissemination of Canadian professional screen-based dance work on film or video. These works must have the potential to reach broad audiences, in all regions, on the large or small screen. This is why, unlike programs delivered by the Media Arts Section, distribution plans, broadcast licences or agreements are eligibility criteria for funding. The Dance on Screen Production Fund offers two support components:
- Development Grant, and
- Production Grant.
Eligibility of Applicants
The Dance on Screen Production Fund is mainly broadcast driven, and may be delivered in association with convergent media. The lead applicants can be Canadian dance or media artists, choreographers, independent directors, producers or production companies. A producer or production company must be either the lead applicant or the co-applicant. The lead applicant will be considered responsible for the project. If the lead applicant is a dance company, it must show that it has the infrastructure necessary to complete the project, list its previous achievements as a producer of works for the screen, and present a confirmed distribution plan, as well as a broadcasting agreement. Also, if a dance company is involved in more than one project submitted in the same application, it must demonstrate its ability to meet all of the deadlines that the lead applicant has proposed.
The program is open to emerging, mid-career and established professionals. All members of the production team must be professionals in their fields, and a preponderance of the cast members must be paid professionals.
Production companies must be Canadian owned. At least some cast members must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. In special cases, productions with only a sole international broadcaster will be considered, but the project must involve Canadian dance artists. These artists must be clearly identified in the application.
Arts organizations and broadcasters may initiate projects on the condition that a production company, whether independent or not, and a choreographer are participants in the project.
Grant Amount
Development Grant: Maximum of $5,000.
Production Grant: Maximum of $50,000.
Further Information
Louise Gagné
Program Officer
Dance Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 4511
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
June 2011