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Colorado OpportunitiesApplication Deadline, July 1 Beginning August, 2008 You can use the Internet to promote your workshops and other events. Do you have an upcoming workshop, training or contest that artists would be interested in? If so, you can add your event to the Colorado Council on the Arts Professional Development Calendar. This Calendar is intended for commissions, contests, calls-for-entry, auditions, workshops or other learning opportunities for artists and arts administrators. This Calendar is not intended for performances or exhibits open to general audiences. You can add an event by logging in or creating a new on-line account. The Calendar will be promoted in coming months so now is the time to get your learning opportunity a little extra exposure. Contact: www.Colorado.com/events.php to register and list your learning opportunity. This web site is fueled by the Colorado Tourism Office. Ascential Dance Theatre (ADT2) is a performing company for dancers age 12 and older. The Company is considered the apprentice corps to the professional company Ascential Dance Theatre Colorado. This group takes two monthly company classes together and rehearses to perform various styles of dance for the public. Classes are the 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month at Hannah's Kahn's Open Studio, Denver, 3:15-4:45 pm. Rehearsals are from 5:00-6:45 pm. and are led by resident and guest artists. Interested applicants must have a minimum of 3 years dance training in 2 or more disciplines and take 3 or more dance classes per week at any facility or organization they choose. Audition or personal invitation required. Call or write to secure an audition appointment. This is a scholarship opportunity, yet a $10 monthly fee is required to fund space rental and liability insurance. These activities commence in our inaugural performance, Egyptian Cinderella, May 31st & June 1 at Hampden Hall in Englewood. Contact Jennifer Archer or Tobi Compton at 303-410-6633, ascentialdance@aol.com. The Volunteer Connection is looking for entertainers to perform for residents two evenings a month. This opportunity is open to dancers, musicians, storytellers or magicians to get practice in front of a live audience. Contact: www.volunteerconnection.net. The Volunteer Connection is located at 2885 Aurora Ave, Suite 32, Boulder. Barnes & Noble, a national bookstore chain, provides in-store fundraising opportunities, sponsorships and donations to local and regional nonprofit organizations that focus on literacy, the arts or K-12 education. Applicants must be located in communities with company stores. Applications can be submitted at any time. Contact: www.barnesandnobleinc.com. The Gill Foundation & the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado will be offering many fun, free, interactive workshops throughout the year. Workshops are presented in Colorado Springs & Denver. Contact: jeremy@gillfoundation.org. The Fund also has funds available for sponsoring events. Application must precede event by 60 days. Apply between February 1 & October 1. Contact: www.gillfoundation.org/sponsorship. CCA Capacity Building Scholarships provide monies & travel assistance to Colorado artists & arts administrators to attend nonprofit business management classes. Contact: Jeanette.Albert@state.co.us. Peer Assistance Network (PAN) offers affordable & accessible technical assistance for Colorado nonprofit arts organization to increase their stability & to improve the quality of the programs they present. Contact: 303-623-1540 x 171, spence@crcamerica.org, www.crcamerica.org. Platte Forum offers Creative Artist Residencies. The Platte Forum, located in downtown Denver, connects artists, including dance artists, with youth through creative arts residencies. The organization recently received the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. Contact: Judy Anderson, 303-893-0791, judy@platteforum.org. Boulder Arts Resource Calendar. Do not miss the Boulder Arts Resource Calendar. You can check this calendar to find out curtain times or the ticket prices for next week’s performances & recitals. Check out the calendar at www.artsresource.org & explore the comprehensive listings. It’s very easy to use & it’s free of charge to look at the calendar & enter a listing. Contact Mary Fowler, 303-441-4391. The Dance Bridge seeks to help you connect with the rest of the dance community. For more information contact: Mary Wohl Haan, Dance Bridge Coordinator, P.O. Box Drawer H, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, CO. 80302, 303-441-4391, haanm@boulder.lib.co.us. Arts Guide Free Arts Listing is a list of events published in a pull-out section of the Colordo Springs Magazine. For more information contact: Arts Guide Editor at 719-636-2001 patkennelly25@msn.com World Dance Reviews. You can read dance reviews of the latest Colorado concerts by going to: www.worlddancereviews.com. Check it out! Then, get your own performances reviewed. Troubadour Book Store is an arts oriented shop, is now located at 5290 Arapahoe Ave. (near Royal Peacock & Rock N Soul). Hours are Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am. to 7:00 pm. Contact: 303-444-2901, tbooks1001@qwest.net. Rental Space Available in northeast Denver for late evenings & weekends. Space is 1000 square feet. Contact: 303-525-0011, dance@danceinstitutedenver.com. Rental Space Availabe. 1500’ studio space available for rental for classes, workshops or rehearsals at a reasonalble cost. Times available include Monday from 5:30 until 7:15 pm. Studio Rental Space Available at Grace Studios School of Dance. Availability information upon Request. Grace Studios School of Dance, 3101 Industrial Lane, Suite B, Broomfield. Dairy Center for the Arts Rental Spaces. Space available for classes, rehearsals, workshops and performances in Boulder. Contact: Sarah Goodroad, 303-440-7826, www.thedairy.org. Rental Space Available at the Wellness, Dance & Fitness Studio, located near the Boulder Dinner Theatre. Contact: 303-402-9777, 720-273-6566 (cell.) Rental space available Core Movement Studio. Contact: 303-443-7300, atjfcx5@aol.com. Out-of-State OpportunitiesApril 14-May 4 Extended Late Deadline, May 15 Application deadlines, end of April to mid May Application Deadline, November 1 Do you want your company to perform in New York City? The ground floor studio of Joyce SoHo doubles as a 74-seat theater and is available for performances from September through July for independent choreographers and non-profit dance companies. Rental packages are highly subsidized and include use of the lighting, sound system and assistance from production, front-of-house and administrative staff. The best part? Your company keeps all box office proceeds! Applications are usually available in December and we allow companies to propose standard and flexible space configurations. Begin to think about what work(s) you might propose for next year. This year's application period has passed but check out this link for general information: http://www.joyce.org/fdm_soho_rental.html. Contact: Cathy Eilers, New Phone, 212-334-9907, Fax, 212-334-9025, ceilers@joyce.org. Visiting Researcher Fellowships. The Dora Stratou Dance Theatre, Athens invites scholars to apply for a research fellowship. The Theatre has a large library, extensive archives, numerous publications and funded research programs. The Puffin Foundation seeks to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists who are excluded from mainstream opportunities. Dance is included among the fields that the Foundation is interested in supporting. Contact: www.puffinfoundaton.org/. Shubert Foundation is dedicated to sustaining and advancing the live performing arts in the US. Principle emphasis is on theatre with a secondary focus on dance. The Foundation provides general operating support to nonprofit, professional resident theatre & dance companies, as well as selected arts-related organizations. Applying organizations must have established artistic & administrative track records & a history of fiscal stability. Application deadline is December 1, 2007. Contact: www.shubertfoundation.org. |
