Support Services to the Dance Milieu: Multi-Year and Annual Funding
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.
Deadlines
The next deadline for Multi-year funding is 15 November 2012.
If these dates fall on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadlines move to the next business day.
Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.
Program Description
The Support Services to the Dance Milieu: Multi-Year and Annual program provides multi-year and annual funding to Canadian dance organizations and associations that are dedicated to developing professional dance in Canada by providing services and related opportunities.
Multi-year and Annual grants are available to Canadian dance organizations and associations that do any of the following:
- offer a range of services to a regional community of artists, collectives and (or) companies; for example, consulting, dance space, administrative services, opportunities for professional development
- provide management to no fewer than three individuals, collectives and (or) companies
- carry out sustained activities in dance archiving and (or) discourse related to professional Canadian dance
- provide a sustained program of choreographic exploration and development, and
- undertake national advocacy and communication (in both official languages) for the dance community.
If you represent a national arts service organization, please read the important notice attached to these guidelines.
To apply for project funding, please consult the program’s guidelines and application form located on the Canada Council website at www.canadacouncil.ca/dance.
Applicants seeking support for artist representation or agent activities should contact the Audience and Market Development Office. Eligibility
Eligibility of Applicants
All applicants must:
- be registered or incorporated organizations in Canada
- have an appropriate administrative infrastructure, according to the scope and scale of the organization’s activities, and
- provide an up-to-date organization profile (Part B of the application form).
Multi-year applicants must have received annual support from this program for one year.
Annual applicants must also:
- have been in operation for at least five years
- have secured financial support from other funding bodies
- have made a significant contribution to the professional dance milieu through their activities and services, and
- have received a minimum of two project grants from this program.
Grant Amount
Grants (multi-year and annual) provide a minimum contribution of $10,000.
CADAC Financial Reporting
The Canada Council for the Arts collects financial and statistical information through a national online database called CADAC (Canadian Arts Data / Données sur les arts au Canada). The CADAC website www.thecadac.ca enables arts organizations applying for operating funding from public funders that are partners in CADAC to submit their financial and statistical 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.
Further Information
William Lau
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. 5502
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
Fax: 613-566-4409
September 2011