NDP Production Grants are made to projects led by professional choreographers or companies to support the creation and U.S. touring and/or sharing of a new dance project.

To be eligible to apply for a Production Grant, applicants must:

• Be professional choreographers or companies. Preference is given to U.S.-based dance artists and companies, but artists and companies based outside the U.S. may apply.
• Propose a new dance project to be developed and toured/shared. Works may be interdisciplinary and can include creators in other artistic forms. At the time of application, works may be in an early, mid, or late stage of development so long as it does not premiere before October 1, 2024. Artists and companies proposing works that will premiere after fall 2026 may consider applying in March 2025.
• Submit or appear in only one application per choreographer or company, including applications for a project that will be created by a guest choreographer on another company. If you are company interested in submitting an application with a guest choreographer, please be in touch with that choreographer to ensure that they themselves will not be applying or that they have not given permission to another company.
• Work with a U.S. organizational partner committed to supporting the development and/or presentation of the proposed new work.
• Have nonprofit status or a nonprofit fiscal sponsor who will act on their behalf.
• Fulfill the Requirements & Reports for Grant Recipients (see below), if awarded.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2024