DDP has compiled the following list of upcoming deadlines for grants, fellowships, residencies, and competitions as a resource for dancers, students, choreographers, and other professionals in the dance industry. Please scroll below to view detailed information about each of these programs and opportunities.

Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition

In June 2023 international dance talent from all over the world will travel to Rotterdam for the fifth edition of the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition (RIDCC). Sixteen choreographic talents […]

Art Omi: Dance Residency

Art Omi: Dance brings together ten accomplished dance artists from around the world for three weeks of creative exchange each summer. Residents experience each other’s creative process and the freedom […]

NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein. This grant is awarded […]

Elsewhere Studios Residency

Since its inception in 2011, the Elsewhere Studios Residency Program has hosted over over 300 artists from over 21 countries. Elsewhere is open to visual artists, writers, musicians, and performing […]

Kala Parent Artist Residency Program


We recognize that each artist-family has its own set of challenges when seeking a residency program. Families with multiple children of varying ages have different needs than families with older, […]

Dance in Focus Film Festival: REFLECTIONS

Inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo along with the biographical ballet Frida, created by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa for Dutch National Ballet, the Dance in Focus Film Festival: REFLECTIONS invites dance filmmakers in […]

Movement Research Parent Residency

The Movement Research Artist-in-Residence program was launched in 1991. In 2001 it became a two-year Artist-in-Residence program. It provides commissions, rehearsal space, performances, professional development opportunities and peer dialogue, all […]

NEA Arts Project Grant

Grants for Arts Projects is our largest grants program for organizations, providing comprehensive and expansive funding opportunities for communities. Applicants may request cost share/matching grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. […]

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Grants & Fellowships

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) makes panel-adjudicated grants in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists. Through Project grants, the Center’s funding has made […]

MacDowell Colony Residency

MacDowell is the nation’s leading artist residency program. MacDowell nurtures the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works […]

Princess Grace Awards Program

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA is dedicated to upholding the legacy of Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco, (née Grace Kelly).  Her commitment to advance the arts in the United […]