Boston Dance Theater Open Call for Massachusetts Based Choreographers

Boston-based contemporary dance company Boston Dance Theater (BDT) announces an open call for submissions from Massachusetts based choreographers.

ABOUT
Boston-based contemporary dance company Boston Dance Theater (BDT) announces an open call for submissions from Massachusetts based choreographers. The company will identify a choreographer from the pool of applicants who will have an opportunity to create an original work on BDT Trainee dancers during BDT’s 2021 spring/summer season. The commissioned work will be performed in a virtual setting as part of the Trainee Program Observation Week. The selected choreographer will participate in an intensive-format residency. During the residency, the selected choreographer will be provided with 10 three-hour creative periods with the trainees to create, develop, and set new choreographic material. The chosen choreographer will receive an honorarium of $1000. The top three finalists will be showcased on BDT’s website and social media.

BDT was included in Dance Magazine’s “25 To Watch” list  in January 2021 https://www.dancemagazine.com/25-to-watch-2021-2649251522.html.

Under the co-artistic direction of Jessie Jeanne Stinnett and award winning, Dutch-Israeli, choreographer Itzik Galili, BDT (https://www.bostondancetheater.com) is Boston’s first contemporary dance repertory company with international ties at the leadership level. With a commitment to presenting works of socio-political relevance, BDT matches the talents of Boston-based dancers with those of acclaimed global choreographers, broadening the scope of contemporary dance practice and performance in our city. We have a commitment to commissioning local, national, and international dance choreographers to set original works on Boston-based dancers in an effort to strengthen the local dance economy.

REQUIREMENTS
BDT is committed to working with artists of diverse experience and backgrounds, and will utilize this application process as a way to discover and help develop voices in dance. We invite choreographers to put forward a proposal for a new work for six women, highlighting a particular aspect of feminism and/or identity: directly or indirectly, in process or product.

The new work must:

• Be 15 minutes in length
• Be set on all current BDT Trainees
• Be a completed work by the end of the residency period
• Be rigorously researched through the body before and during the creative residency
• Take risks choreographically and presentationally
• Resonate with BDT’s mission and values: https://www.bostondancetheater.com/about-bdt
• Embody values of rigour, relevance, audacity, and progressivity, opening up dialogue across cultural, social, and political boundaries
  • Commitment to using our work to promote positive change within ourselves and our audiences.
  • Produce socially relevant pieces of dance performance.
  • Invite artists into creative dialogue that stems from a deeply human place.

THE RESIDENCY
Includes:

• Honorarium
• 10 days of rehearsal time with dancers (27 hours total)
• Presentation in a virtual setting
• Professionally filmed video of the performed work

More details: https://www.bostondancetheater.com

Applications open MARCH 9. Submissions deadline is APRIL 1 at 11:59 pm EST.
To apply for consideration, choreographers must send:

• Application: https://forms.gle/m3kMx85rHzWZ7khcA
• No application fee.

For any further questions please contact : bostondancetheater@gmail.com

Application close date: 1st April 2021