CORRECTION: AMERICAN DANCE GUILD FESTIVAL 2015
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AMERICAN DANCE GUILD FESTIVAL
AMERICAN DANCE GUILD
Call for Choreography
ADG 2015 Performance Festival
December 3-6, 2015
At Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater
405 W. 55th Street (at 9th Avenue) New York City
Deadline Friday June 26, 2015
E-Mail applications to: adgfest@gmail.com
This year we are accepting applications with video links ONLY.
Do not send DVDs. Make sure video link password is automatic, or video will be eliminated.
"We were so honored to be invited to participate among such beautiful artists and we had a thoroughly enjoyable experience....great enthusiasm from the audience"
- 2013 choreographer Teresa Fellion
"A truly multigenerational celebration which cracks open the definition of who dancers are ..."
- 2013 choreographer Catherine Gallant
Building steadily on the success of each Festival 2008-2014, the American Dance Guild (ADG) continues its mission of serving artists and audiences. The festival will take place over four days, Thursday through Sunday, December 3, 4, 5, and 6 at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, The Joan Weill Center for Dance, in the heart of midtown Manhattan.
For ADG Fest 2015 we invite applications from contemporary dance artists of diverse backgrounds, ages and aesthetics throughout the United States and internationally. ADG is dedicated to presenting the range and diversity of expression in current dance art practice and to remembering our historical modern dance roots. The festival is unique in that each year we honor and present the work of several dance legends making the programs a vibrant blend of old and new. This year's honorees TBA soon.
TO APPLY: Please use form below. It is not necessary to adhere to any theme. You must submit finished professional work that will not have been seen in NYC in the 3 months prior to Festival time. Student works are not accepted. If you applied in the past and were not accepted, PLEASE apply again! Submissions will be adjudicated by an invited group of professionals in the field.
TIME LIMITS: Solo: up to 7 minutes. Duet or Group Work: up to 10 minutes.
Technical Requirements
Technical time is limited; therefore, please keep technical requirements to a minimum.
QUESTIONS: Email: adgfest@gmail.com Or by phone Gloria McLean 212-874-6947
APPLICATION FORM BELOW CAN BE COPIED AND EMAILED.
AMERICAN DANCE GUILD - FESTIVAL 2015 - APPLICATION
This year, we are accepting applications with video links electronically; fees may be paid via Paypal (on the website go to "Donate") or by check (see below).
E-mail:
Application Form. In subject line: Put last name/first name/ adgfest2015
Online link of work to be presented in body of the e-mail and on form
Password for Link if needed
Short bio and description of work submitted
Include one high resolution photo as a jpg with email (optional)
This year we are accepting applications with video links ONLY. Do not send DVDs. Make sure video link password is automatic, or video will be eliminated.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Name: ________________________________________________________________
Address: ___________________________
City/State/Zip: ______________________
E-mail: _________________________________________________________
Home phone: ____________________Cell phone: ________________________
ONLINE WORK SAMPLE INFORMATION:
Time limit: Solos up to 7 min., Group work up to 10 min.
Please send us only the piece you wish us to look at. The video you submit must be the same piece you intend to perform.
RECOMMENDED: Please send one or more high resolution photos in jpeg format.
Title:__________________________________________________________________
Link: ___________________________________________________________
Password for Link:_______________________________________________
Length of piece: ___________________________________________________
Number of dancers: ________________________________________________
Music: ________________________________________________________________________
Cueing instructions:______________________________________________________________
Brief description:_________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
REGARDING FEES
$25 application fee per piece submitted. Piece submitted must be the piece you intend to perform.
If your piece is selected: $60 membership fee: All choreographers who are chosen to perform their work in the Festival must become current members of the American Dance Guild ($60/individual). However, you are not required to be a member to apply. Non-members are encouraged to apply. You may join or renew your membership by sending in a check (payable to American Dance Guild) with your festival application OR online through the website www.americandanceguild.org.
$60 production fee: Once selected, choreographers will be asked to pay a $60 production fee.
Fee for video and photo to be determined later.
The American Dance Guild, an artist-member run organization, has served the dance field in many capacities since its inception in 1956, including publications, conferences & festivals. The Annual Festival brings together artists from across the nation and around the world. Other member-generated events include performance opportunities, university dance dept. collaborations; the annual Erna Lindner-Gilbert Scholarship for summer study at Jacob's Pillow; scholarly resources such as the New Dance Group Gala Video and publications such as "Branching Out: Oral Histories of Six National Dance Organizations" and Dance Scope. We welcome the active creative participation of our members.
ADG is a 501c3 not-for-profit tax- exempt organization incorporated in NY State. Contributions are welcome and are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
email: adgfest@gmail.com
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CIRCULATE THIS APPLICATION
