2006 Asia Young Choreography Projects

CHOROEGRAPHIC OPPORTUNITY IN TAIWAN – JULY 2006

Total six choreographers recommended by WDA–AP will be selected to attend the Young Choreographer project, four of them to be in Kaohsiung and two to be in Taipei, Taiwan in 2006. Additional five young Taiwanese choreographers will also be selected to join the event. The funding is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Taiwan, the Culture Bureau of the Kaohsiung city and the Chin-Lin Foundation for Cultural and Arts in Taiwan. The location will be in the city of Kaohsiung, which is in the south of Taiwan and another one will be in Taipei as the part of the Summer Dance Festival in Taipei National University of the Arts(TNUA). The major one in Kaohsiung city will be July 11 - 28 and the one in TNUA will be August 7 - 26, with a performance in the end of the project in each site.

Choreographers will be selected from names recommended by WDA-AP delegates. The deadline for the recommendation from each country delegate is April 15 with all documents required below completely sent to Taiwan. Housing, local transportation, dancers, studios, publicity, production and office assistance are offered and a total of NT$30,000 (about US$800) for the honorarium will be provided. Airfares is not covered.

The selected choreographers will have to set the dance on the Taiwanese dancers who will have been selected in Taiwan. It is recommended that only young choreographers who feel they can meet the challenges and stresses of producing a work in unfamiliar circumstances (and with unfamiliar dancers) should apply. The panel in each country and in Taiwan will also be making their selections based on potential to be a significant contributor to the field in the future.

Each WDA–AP office will facilitate the selection process in its own country. The selection panel will be WDA–AP network chair(s). Expressions of interest should address the following points:

· What you would gain from a professional experience such as this

· Why you would like to work in the Asian environment

· A brief concept of a work you might make

· A 10-line biog and a resume/CV

If you are short listed, you will be required to forward a DVD or a VCD or a video(not Pal) of recent choreography, either with one dance or several excerpts (less than 20 minutes). You may also be invited to send up to three photos of your work, a requirement which is not compulsory, but is preferred by the Taiwan selection panel.

Expressions of interest should be EMAILED to the WDA–AP office of each country by April 1.

Choreographers will be informed by Taiwan Office by April 20 about whether their names have gone forward to Taiwan, and final selection will be announced by May 1, 2005 on the homepage of WDA-AP website at http://www.dancing-tnua.com.tw and through a letter from the office of Dr. Anis, the President of WDA-AP to each country delegate. Download Registration Form

For information about the Asia Young Choreography Project, please visit http://www.dancing-tnua.com.tw or contact the project assistant, Monique Chiang at the Chin-Lin Foundation for Cultural and Arts in Taiwan (email: yy_monique0210@yahoo.com.tw).