The Funding for Professional Performing Arts grant offered by the Danish Arts Foundation is aimed at supporting the performing arts for children, young people, and adults. The funding programme provides financial support to Danish artists and cultural institutions involved in creating and presenting performing arts productions for audiences in Denmark. The grant aims to promote high-quality performing arts productions that engage and inspire audiences of all ages, and that contribute to the diversity and vibrancy of Denmark’s cultural landscape. Projects supported by the grant may include theatre, dance, circus, and other forms of live performance.
Eligibility
- Professionals organizing or working with performing arts activities
- Students at the Danish National School of Performing Arts or a similar foreign educational institution, if they have not graduated may apply on the application.
Who may not apply?
The Royal Danish Theatre, the Danish regional theatres, the Jutland Opera, and the theatres in the Copenhagen theatre association may not apply cf. chapter 8, section 18(1) of the Danish Act on Performing Arts.
You cannot receive funding for:
- activities initiated before the deadline
- activities concerning only the start-up phase, preliminary studies, and preparations for an upcoming project
- educational purposes for individuals
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Benefits
For stand-alone international activities, the committee grants funding for:
- accommodation costs and domestic transport in relation to international guest performances in Denmark
- primarily travel and transport costs in relation to international touring activities
- travel and accommodation costs of up to DKK 15,000 in relation to networking activites
- international guests at Danish performances, however max. DKK 2,000 per guest
- residencies longer than three weeks may include, apart from travel and accommodation, per diems and fees of up to DKK 10,000 per month, if the applicant does not receive funding for operations
Application Process
In your Funding for Professional Performing Arts application, the committee expects you to describe:
- the primary idea and artistic vision
- realization – work method/process
- the group’s structure – participants in the project
- presentation and relevance to the audience
- information about the target audience: children and young people (age groups), partly children and young people or adults
- If you are applying for a grant to cover part of your contribution to an EU project you must ensure that it is clearly stated in your project description and your budget.
In the digital application form, you must:
- provide a summary of what you applied for funding for
- state whether you are applying for funding for the same project from another Danish Arts Foundation Committee
- mark information about the target group: Children and young people, partly children and young people, or adults
- mark choice of genre: Street theatre/site specific, choreographic/physical theatre, contemporary circus, object/animation, performance, text-based or cross-disciplinary
- If you are applying for a grant for research, lab activities, performing arts development, and genre development, you must tick off the relevant genre in the application form.
You must attach the following:
- A description of your project (max. 2 pages). You must attach the project description as one single document
- Budget in PDF format. You must list all figures in DKK and remember to check that no pages are empty when you export the document to PDF.
- When filling in the budget template, you must also state-specific goals planned for your project, including international aspects, for example, geographic spread, the expected number of performances, expected audience and ticket figures, and/or other goals relevant to your project. If Danish Arts Foundation ask you to report on your project, Danish Arts Foundation will evaluate whether you have fulfilled the goals stated in your application
- CV on participating artists – max. one page per person including a photo. All CV’s must be attached as one single document
- In connection with specific international activities, for example, a guest performance, you must attach documentation of the agreement with the foreign partner. This could be a contract, an invitation, an e-mail, etc.
You may also attach:
- a summary of or extract from a manuscript, if you apply for funding for new dramatic work (max. 2 pages).
- a document with max. 3 links to photo/video documentation.
If you apply for funding for the same project from other Danish Arts Foundation committees, you have to state this in your application.
| Theme | : Art Grants |
| Applicant Country | : Denmark |
| For more information | : Danish Arts Foundation |
