2025-26 Choreographer Career Development Initiative - Call for Choreographers

Choreographer Career Development Initiative (CCDI)

CALL FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS - 

Applications NOW OPEN! Deadline August 20th at 11:59pm

Dance Canvas welcomes choreographers to apply for our signature program, the 2025-26 Choreographer Career Development Initiative. This season, we are continuing to ask choreographers to create work with innovation at the heart of it! We are seeking proposals rooted in story telling and experimentation. We are interested in you unique perspective, voice and approach to storytelling through movement. 

All selected Dance Canvas Choreographers will create, incubate, receive feedback and present their choreography to Atlanta Audiences. Our choreographers will also be invited to workshops, roundtable discussions, and seminars to develop their careers and build professional networks. 

Dance Canvas will select up to 10 choreographers to be part of the Choreographer Career Development Initiative. Selected choreographers will receive:

• Up to 10-minute submission slot in Performance Series Rialto Center for the Arts; a 800 seat state-of-the-art theater

• 30 minutes of tech rehearsal time in theater

• Full dress rehearsal in theater

• Up to 15 hours of free/discounted studio rehearsal space (at sponsoring studios)

• Professional video copy of choreography

• Access to database of professional dancers

• Access to performance photos (of the presented work); Photos by Richard Calmes

• Audition for professional dancers arranged by Dance Canvas

• Contact/Resource list

• Online, E-mail, Print and Broadcast promotion

• Networking opportunities

(* More choreographer benefits added regularly!)

Please review the guidelines on our website. Participant tuition for this program is $150.