Registration deadline: February 22, 2011
Application deadline: April 1, 2011

This category is exempt from the Council's three-request limit.

This category supports artists' fees and some administrative costs for a 3 to 6-week residency by a New York-based dance company in a targeted area outside New York City. The residency must be of consecutive weeks and take place in a location in New York State that is not within a company's home county.

Goals of this category are:

To develop audiences for dance outside New York City.

To encourage and develop the cultural resources of a community through interaction and collaboration between the resident company and interdisciplinary professional groups and/or individuals in the area.

To support a New York-based dance company with a substantial period of work during which it may be involved not only in conducting classes, workshops, open rehearsals, and community programs, but also in the creation of a new piece of choreography and in the presentation of public performances at the culmination of the residency.

Prerequisites

Dance companies, not host organizations, are eligible to apply. A confirmed residency host and location must be indicated in your application information under the project description.

Previous support from Dance.

Previous touring experience.

Administrative resources to conduct a residency for a minimum of three weeks.

Companies intending to apply for a long-term residency are strongly advised to consult with staff before the registration deadline.

Application Instructions

Application Narrative Questions

Artistic/Programmatic

1. Organizational Overview
Provide a brief summary of the Artistic Director's background and the history of the company.

2. Project Summary
Describe proposed residency project including location, host(s), timeframe, community/educational outreach plans and anticipated number of public performances. How will the creative time be utilized?

3. Program Updates
If the organization has conducted a residency funded by NYSCA in the past year, provide an overview of the company's community/educational outreach and creative endeavors. How did the residency host(s) assist in these efforts? What were the beginning and end dates of the residency period and when did the public performance(s) take place?

Managerial/Fiscal

4. Artistic Salaries
Detail the number of company dancers, rehearsal/performance salary structure and the number of weeks of work in the current year and request year. Give salaries by whichever system is employed (rehearsal hour, performance week, per performance, etc.).

5. Host(s) Responsibilities
What will the hosts(s) or sponsor(s) contribute towards the residency in terms of in-kind services, housing, food, studio/theatre facilities, transportation, etc.? How much is the performance and/or residency fee?

6. Project Finances
What are the other sources of income for the residency?

Service to the Public

7. Marketing/Audience Development
What marketing strategies will be used to promote the residency activities and performances?

Support Materials

8. Support Materials
Please list all of the support materials you are submitting. These materials are critical to your application's assessment.

Support Material

Support material must be postmarked, hand-delivered or made available online by the deadline. Please direct them to your appropriate contact at: NYSCA, 175 Varick Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10014, or bdanne@nysca.org or dlim@nysca.org.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Refer to the Instructions for Work Samples and Support Materials prior to submission.

NYSCA encourages the submission of Web-based Work Samples and Support Material whenever possible.

1. Letter of agreement between sponsor and company.

2. Provide CDs, DVDs or URL for reviewing excerpts from a recent performance. If providing a CD or DVD, include one or two cued work samples totaling no more than 5 minutes. See Instructions for Work Samples & Support Materials for providing support materials on CDs, DVDs or URL.