Global Update:

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Happening This Week


Female Choreography Commissions, World Premieres, and Programming


Leadership Changes

For continual updates on leadership changes see Dance Data Project® – Artistic Director Transitions 2022 Spreadsheet

Artist Opportunities

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.

  • Assistant Professor of Dance Position Open UNC
    • The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dance Department has posted an opening for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Dance position. 
    • Review of Applications begins on October 15, 2023
    • The applications will stay open until the position is filled. For more information about the position see the link above. 
  • Associate/Full Professor and Director of the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance  Position Open TCU
    • Texas Christian University School for Classical and Contemporary Dance has posted an opening for an Associate/Full Professor and Director of the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance position. 
    • Review of Applications begins November 1, 2023
    • The applications will stay open until the position is filled. For more information about the position see the link above. 
  • Assistant Professor of Dance Position Open TCU
    • Texas Christian University has posted an opening for an Assistant Professor of Dance Position.
    • Review of Application begins November 15, 2023
    • The application will stay open until the position is filled. For more information about the position see the link above. 
  • Executive Director Position Open at Ballet Lubbock
    • Ballet Lubbock is now accepting applications to fill the position of Executive Director of the company. 
    • For more information about the position see the link above.

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

  • Creative Australia Awards Announce 2023 Fellowships
    • On September 28, 2023:  Creative Australia announced the ​​artists awarded the 2023 Creative Australia Fellowship. The recipient for dance is Vicki Van Hout (female). 
  • The Center for Ballet and the Arts and National Sawdust Announced 2023-2024 Toulmin Fellows
    • On October 2, 2023:  The Center for Ballet and the Arts and National Sawdust announced the 2023-2024 Toulmin Fellows. The fellows include choreographers Ausia Jones (female) and Tiler Peck (female), and composers Erica “Twelve45” Blunt (female) and Wang Lu (female).
  • Gibney Announces OPEN INTERVAL 2023-2024 Participants
    • Gibney has announced the 2023-2024  OPEN INTERVAL Residency Participants. The residency pairs an ​​” artist and scientist (who will) develop unique ways to conduct informal and non-product oriented research and experiments related to their individual practices and professions through exchange, dialogue, collaboration, and play. The participants include Yara Travieso (female) working with Amin Nejatbakhsh, Ph.D. (male), and Paloma McGregor (female) working with Tatyana Gavrilchenko, Ph.D. (female).

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