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Happening This Week

• Michelle Dorrance, Lauren Lovette, Tiler Peck, and Pam Tanowitz for Vail Dance Festival – Program: NOW: Premieres
  • On August 5, 2024:  Vail Dance Festival will present NOW: Premieres, a program featuring world premiere works by Pam Tanowitz (female), Michelle Dorrance (female), Lauren Lovette (female), Tiler Peck (female), Jamar Roberts (male), Kyle Abraham (male), and Justin Peck (male). 
• Marina Mascarell for Danish Dance Theatre – Program: Copenhagen Summer Dance 2024
  • August 7, 2024 – August 11, 2024:  Danish Dance Theatre will present Copenhagen Summer Dance 2024, a contemporary dance festival featuring new works by Marina Mascarell (female), and Renan Martins (male).
• Sarah Foster-Sproull and Alice Topp for the Royal New Zealand Ballet – Program: Solace: Dance to Feed Your Soul
  • August 1, 2024 – August 17, 2024:  the Royal New Zealand Ballet will present Solace: Dance to Feed Your Soul, a program featuring new works by Sarah Foster-Sproull (female) and Alice Topp (female), alongside a work by Wayne McGregor (male).
• Arielle Smith for London City Ballet – Program: Resurgence
  • July 17, 2024 – September 14, 2024:  London City Ballet will present the company’s inaugural season tour program, Resurgence, which features a world premiere work by Arielle Smith (female) alongside works by Christopher Marney (male), Ashley Page (male), and Kenneth MacMillan (male).

Female Choreography Commissions, World Premieres, and Programming

• Anne Plamondon for Fall for Dance North – Program: Homecoming: 2024
  • September 26, 2024 – September 27, 2024:  Fall for Dance North will present Homecoming: 2024, a program featuring a world premiere by Anne Plamondon (female), alongside works by two other women including Daile Carrazano (female), and Emma Portner (female). 
• Rock Bottom Movement at Fall for Dance North – Program: Big Time Miss
  • October 2, 2024 – October 5, 2024:  Fall for Dance North will present Big Time Miss, a world premiere evening-length work by Rock Bottom Movement Artistic Director, Alyssa Martin (female).
• Sarah Di Iorio, Millina Fletcher, Neena Jayarajan, Carmen Romero, Eilish 미정 Shin-Culhane, and  Priyanka Tope for Fall for Dance North – Program: Night/Shift 2024
  • October 3, 2024 – October 5, 2024:  Fall for Dance North will present Night/Shift 2024, A program featuring a series of world premiere works by Sarah Di Iorio (female), Millina Fletcher (female). Marvel Itemuagbor (male), Neena Jayarajan (female), Speakeasy, Carmen Romero (female), Eilish 미정 Shin-Culhane (female), Priyanka Tope (female), and Logan Whyte (male). 
• Kristina Paulin for Ballett Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe – Program: Leuchtfeuer
  • November 16, 2024 – July 18, 2025:  Ballett Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe will present Leuchtfeuer, a program featuring a new creation by Kristina Paulin (female), alongside works by Raimondo Rebeck (male), and Mauro Bigonzetti (male). 
• Stephanie Lake for Nuremberg State Theatre Ballet – Program: Bonachela/Lake/Montero
  • March 17, 2025 – June 14, 2025:  Nuremberg State Theatre Ballet will present Bonachela/Lake/Montero, a program featuring a world premiere work by Stephanie Lake (female) alongside works by Rafael Bonachela (male), and Goyo Montero (male)
• Jenni Large for Australasian Dance Collective – Program: THREE
  • March 20, 2025 – March 23, 2025:  Australasian Dance Collective will present THREE, a program featuring world premiere works by Jenni Large (female) in collaboration with composer Anna Whitaker (female), and Alisdair Macindoe (male) alongside a work by Amber McCartney (female).
• Lily King for the Australasian Dance Collective Youth Ensemble – Program: Succession
  • March 21, 2025 – March 23, 2025:  Australasian Dance Collective Youth Ensemble will present Succession, a program featuring a new work by Lilly King (female), alongside a work by Riannon McLean (female).
• Bridget Breiner for Ballet Am Rhein – Program: Soirée Ravel
  • June 7, 2025 – July 13, 2025:  Ballet Am Rhein will present Soirée Ravel, a program featuring world-premiere creations by Bridget Breiner (female) and Richard Siegal (male).

Leadership Changes

For continual updates on leadership changes see Dance Data Project® – Artistic Director Transitions 2024 Spreadsheet

• Nuremberg State Theatre Announces New Ballet Director
  • On July 29, 2024:  the Nuremberg State Theatre announced that Richard Siegal (male) has been appointed as the new Ballet Director effective at the beginning of the 2025/2026 season. Siegal succeeds Goyo Montero (male) in the role. 
• Queensland Ballet Artistic Director Announces Departure
  • On July 31, 2024:  Queensland Ballet announced that Artistic Director Leanne Benjamin (female) will leave the company effective August 2, 2024, after just over 7 months in the position. Assistant Artistic Director, Greg Horsman (male) will serve as Acting Artistic Director in the interim. 
• Hanover State Ballet Announces New Ballet Director
  • The Hanover State Ballet has announced that Goyo Montero (male), has been appointed as the new Ballet Director effective at the beginning of the 2025/2026 season. Montero succeeds Christian Blossfeld (male) in the role.
    
    

Artist Opportunities

• Gibney Open Interval Residency Applications Open
  • Gibney’s Open Interval Residency is now accepting applications. This residency was “created by Gibney and the Simons Foundation with focus on research and process to explore the connections between science and dance”. The application deadline is August 16, 2024. More information about the residency and application process can be found at the link above.

This section focuses on new or upcoming deadlines for artist opportunities, in conjunction with our Fellowships, Competitions and Initiatives Guide. For a more comprehensive list of artist opportunities, please see the link above.  

Outstanding Artists (lighting, music, tech, design, etc.)

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