Boston Dancemakers Residency

Overview

The Boston Dancemakers Residency is designed to support new work from conception to performance. Two choreographers will be selected to receive incubation elements for research, experimentation, production and marketing support, business practices, artistic risk-taking, and growth within the dance industry in a customized manner for the artist's practice.

What You'll Receive

• $3,000 Dancemakers stipend
• $1,500 Collaborator stipend (costume designer, dramaturg, set designer, or other artists)
• $6,500 Dancer stipends (hourly at current minimum wage)
• $2,400 Honorarium for retreat (divided among ensemble members)
• 350 hours of rehearsal space over 10 months (September 2025–June 2026)
• 3-day rehearsal retreat at regional center within 200 miles of Boston
• 1 week of performance space to showcase work
• 2 weeks of virtual showing through BCA platforms after in-person showcase
• 1 year of 50% discount on all BCA space rentals after residency
• 5 years of alumni discount on all BCA space rentals
• Professional development mentorship, grant writing support, and production facilitation
• Photographic and video documentation of work in progress and final performance
• Grant value over $30,000

Eligibility

• Must be resident of Boston metropolitan area (within Route 495)
• Must develop new work; rehearsal time dedicated to proposed project
• Lead choreographer must have created original work for minimum of four years
• Must be actively working at craft at present time
• Preference for those with long-format work (40+ minutes) or two dance films (10+ minutes) within past three years
• Ensemble/company must include minimum of three local dancers, not including choreographer
• Open to all dance genres and movement-based artists
• Artists of color, artists with disabilities, artists working in culturally specific dance forms, and those in alternative formats encouraged to apply