Leeds Dance Partnership Artist Fellowship Opportunity

LEEDS DANCE PARTNERSHIP ARTIST FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Wednesday 7th November 2018, 11:57am

Leeds Dance Partnership are offering four opportunities for adventurous and innovative dance artists to undertake fellowships with Yorkshire Dance, Leeds Beckett University, Phoenix Dance Theatre and Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

The fellowships provide opportunities for all sectors of society, particularly women and people from a BAME background. This is the first of many opportunities for independent artists that will be announced over the coming 18 months.

As part of your fellowship you will share your learning publicly in a way that you choose – through performance, exhibition, hosting a discussion, digitally or through another mechanism. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work flexibly with a world-class organisation and to explore new ideas, away from the pressures of production.

Northern School of Contemporary Dance Fellowship

Fellowship Duration: Up to 9 months, January to September 2019

Fee: £5000

Deadline: 12 noon, Wednesday 28 November 2018 (Leeds Dance Partnership will respond to all proposals by 10 December)

Interview Date: Friday 14 December

Northern School of Contemporary Dance is interested to work with a dance professional who:

Has enthusiasm and curiosity to research, develop and share their creative practice within our Conservatoire/Higher Education setting and interact with aspiring dance artists
Wants to engage with students in an artist/teacher, facilitator and choreographer/director role, developing these aspects of their practice, with support
Would like to engage with staff and the student body to share and develop their work, skills and understandings
Is interested in sharing and exploring new ideas about arts in education

In addition to the resources offered by Leeds Dance Partnership, we can support our fellow through:

Access to NSCD’s collaborative and inclusive learning environment and a culture of generosity, providing a safe place to take creative risks
Access to mentoring and support from staff from across the school as relevant to your practice and research, to be agreed
Opportunity to explore movement ideas and research new work in collaboration with NSCD students and/or staff. Several members of teaching staff are professionals also involved in their own creative research, choreographic and performance work in a range of contexts. Several are undertaking their own practice-based or teaching-related research, in some instances in collaboration with students
Opportunity to attend relevant seminars and workshops within NSCD, to observe and/or assist the creative process, as well as access to NSCD’s library and archive, with over 14500 items including online resources
Three weeks of studio space (to be pre-arranged around availability within the following weeks: Feb 11, March 25, April 1, May 28 – 31, Sept 2 and Sept 9. Plus, the opportunity for up to two informal studio sharing and feedback sessions where relevant

How to apply