Open Calls for Artists
Two of the featured events within Unfinish / Unfurl are currently seeking submissions through separate Open Calls that invite the participation of local artists, with honorariums paid by DanceWorks.
The application deadline for both Open Calls is Tuesday March 18, 2025 at 11:59pm ET.
@profile
Led by Meaningful Movement (Abbey Richens and Zuri Skeete)
Event Date: May 8, 2025, with rehearsal on May 7, and some prior meeting time
Seeking: three Toronto-based emerging dance artists (any style) and one Toronto-based musician who are interested in improvisation and collaboration
Honorarium: $400 CAD per artist
@profile is an immersive dance exhibition featuring four scores of improvised movement in a performance context. The four scores are Artist as Other, as Self, as Group, and as Gallery. These scores transform from co-existing as strangers, to solo introductions, to connecting as a team, and, finally, inviting the audience to be involved. This event prioritizes emerging artists – providing a platform to share their craft and cultivate new relationships.
Click here to learn more and apply!
SHOW UR STUFF
Co-organized by Nina Milanovski & Sara Porter, Produced by Sara Porter Productions
Event Date: May 10, 2025, with rehearsals May 8-9, and some prior meeting time
Seeking: three Toronto-based choreographers (any style, emerging, mid-career or established) with works-in-progress between 5-12 minutes in duration, who are interested in audience feedback and discussion
Honorarium: $500 CAD per lead artist with potential additional amounts depending on the number of performers
SHOW UR STUFF (SUS) is designed to generate and animate curiosities about new ways of thinking, making, seeing, and talking about live physical performance. The event will include works in progress by four choreographers and facilitated audience-choreographer dialogue through mediated conversation. SUS seeks to expand language and promote exchange outside comfort ranges, experiences, and cultural contexts. This iteration will support three choreographic works selected by Sara Porter Productions through this Open Call, and one choreographic work selected by DanceWorks through the Artistic Introductions + Ideas Form.
Click here to read the full Call for Submissions (PDF). Click here to apply!