Aboriginal Peoples Production Project Grants in Dance
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
1 November
If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information
Program Description
The Aboriginal Peoples Production Project Grants in Dance program aims to respond to the natural creative cycles of dance professionals and to bring high quality dance works to audiences.
The program has two components.
- Short-Term Production Grants provide support for one project that will be fully developed and presented to a paying audience within eighteen months of the start date of the project.
- Long-Term Production Grants provide support for one major project, which is defined as a full program of work or works that require between two and four years from the start date of the project to be fully developed and presented to a paying audience.
Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP)
Applicants may find that their project falls within the objectives of the Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP). The ACCP is now a permanent funded program of the Canada Council for the Arts. ACCP funding is delivered through this participating program and is intended to support diverse artistic activities that bring together professional artists and the broader community and that give the arts a stronger presence in everyday life. The ACCP provides an opportunity for communities to express themselves through creative working relationships with leading professional artists. The fund offers financial support to collaborations in an arts process that actively involves the work of professional artists and non-arts community members in creative and collaborative relationships, including projects that involve youth and elders.
Applicants may apply to the ACCP through this program and must follow the usual application process and complete the specific additional requirements described in this program’s guidelines and application form.
Eligibility
Applicant Eligibility
Applicants who are applying to this program for the first time, or who are unsure of their project’s eligibility should submit a summary of their dance experience or their résumé, and a one-page (maximum) project description to the Dance Section. This must be done at least one month before the deadline.
Aboriginal professionals creating and working in all dance genres are eligible to apply for support. For a complete list of eligible dance genres and specializations, applicants should refer to Appendix A of the application form.
General Eligibility
This program is open to Canadian Aboriginal dance professionals (individuals), and Aboriginal-controlled dance companies, collectives and organizations.
An individual applicant - whether an independent dance professional or a collective’s or organization’s representative - must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. A dance company must be an incorporated Canadian non-profit organization. Canadian citizens living abroad are eligible to apply.
The core members of the collective or company must be Aboriginal dance professionals; they may not be studying with a dance school.
Full-time undergraduate students enrolled at a dance academy, school, college or university are not eligible to apply.
Graduate students at the master’s and doctoral levels are eligible to apply providing they can demonstrate they have sufficient time to carry out the proposed project. They must have maintained an active professional dance career for at least one year in addition to their advanced studies while in academic settings or as part of specialized training programs. The Canada Council considers advanced studies to be those beyond a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent.
Eligibility for Short-Term Production Grants
These grants are available to emerging, mid-career or established artists, and to companies, collectives and organizations.
An individual applicant must meet the minimum requirements for a dancer or a choreographer, as defined in the program guidelines. Choreographers representing companies, collectives or organizations must meet the requirements for choreographers, as defined in the program guidelines.
Eligibility for Long-Term Production Grants
These grants are available to mid-career or established artists, and to companies, collectives and organizations.
Applicants to this component must meet both of the following eligibility requirements. You must specify these in your application. They must have:
- received, in the past five years, a minimum of two grants from one or more of the following programs -Grants to Aboriginal Dance Professionals, Grants to Dance Professionals, Aboriginal Peoples Production Project Grants in Dance, Production Project Grants in Dance, Dance Touring Grants, International Co-production Program for Dance, Annual Support for Aboriginal Peoples Dance Companies, Organizations and Collectives or Creation/Production in Dance
- produced, in the past five years, a minimum of two full-length public programs (for paying audiences) that involved professional, paid artists.
Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) Grants
Applicants to the ACCP must meet all the eligibility requirements for the Aboriginal Peoples Production Project Grants in Dance program. In addition:
- they may submit only one project per program deadline
- they must provide the additional information described in Part B of the application form, and
- they must contact the Program Officer, before applying to the ACCP, to confirm their eligibility before submitting their request.
Before applying to ACCP, please refer to the ACCP Frequently Asked Questions document on this web page.
Grant Amount
Short-Term Production Grants and Short-Term ACCP Grants: A maximum of $30,000 is available.
Long-Term Production Grants and Long-Term ACCP Grants: A maximum total amount of $100,000 is available over a two-, three- or four-year period. Successful applicants can distribute their grant in varying amounts over the desired period, but a maximum of 50 percent of the grant can be released for the first year of the project.
Further Information
Geraldine Manossa
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
July 2011