Through the Lighting Artists in Dance [LAD] Award, Dancers' Group is pleased to support lighting designers working in the field of dance. This program engages and supports the development of emerging, mid-career and established Bay Area lighting designers working in partnership with a choreographer or dance company towards the presentation of a public performance. A total of $12,000 in grants will be distributed each year through an open call for proposals. The awarded projects and amount of funding for each project will be determined from all eligible proposals by a panel comprised of Bay Area designers, choreographers and administrators.
Eligibility
The LAD Award looks to support projects that encourage an active interaction between designers and choreographers. Competitive proposals will discuss how these artists will work in new methods or partnerships. Proposed projects are submitted jointly and may be initiated by the lighting designer, individual choreographer, or dance company.
- Recipients of a 2009 LAD Award are not eligible for the current round.
- Lighting Designers may only submit one proposal per round.
- Projects must culminate in a public performance and have a confirmed date and venue in one of the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma.
- Projects can start no earlier than September 1, 2010 and the panel will consider projects that go thought a 16-month cycle, which ends December 31, 2011.
- Acceptable projects should engage career Lighting Designers not enrolled in (or on sabbatical from) a degree program during the time period of this project. Productions at educational institutions are not eligible.
- Eligible projects must use funds to assist in taking their lighting design to a new place. Funds may not be used to underwrite general production costs.
- Employees of Dancers' Group may not apply.
Guidelines & Criteria
The committee will look at the pool of applicant proposals and determine the number and value of grants based on the merit of the projects applying in each of the open competitive rounds. A total of $12,000 will be awarded each round. Decisions will be based primarily on the:
- Strength of the artistic collaboration: either developing a new relationship or deepening current ones. Granting priority will be given to collaborations between artists who have not worked together prior to the project.
- Capacity for the collaboration to impact the creative growth of the people involved.
- Artistic potential or history of the Lighting Designer and Dance Artist.
Timeline
Applications must be postmarked by February 26, 2010. An acknowledgement email will be sent to all applicants confirming the receipt of application. Funding decisions will be announced to all applicants by early May.
February 26, 2010 (postmark)
Downloads:
Guidelines & FAQ (pdf)
Application Cover (Word)
Work Sample Cover (Word)
2010 Recipients (pdf)
2009 Recipients (pdf)
2008 Recipients (pdf)
Send completed applications to:
Lighting Artists in Dance
Dancers' Group
1360 Mission St, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94103
Questions?
kegan@dancersgroup.org
415.920.9181