Applications Open for Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change 2027 - Bronx Council On The Arts

Overview

Mark DeGarmo Dance's Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change (VSPS) is a showcase of original artistic works-in-progress with facilitated audience response. The VSPS 2027 theme is TBD.

Participation Details

• Selected artists will present an up to 10-minute excerpt of a work-in-progress performed live from a location that they secure.
• Participate in 10-minutes of facilitated audience response.
• Promote VSPS.
• MDD will broadcast VSPS on Zoom on Thursdays Feb 4, Mar 4 & Apr 1 at 7:00 pm ET.
• Selected artists will produce and perform a live work-in-progress from a location that they secure and will arrange to play their own audio, as needed from their device in collaboration with MDD’s technical director.
• There will be one 10-20-minute dress rehearsal per selected artist arranged with MDD's technical director.

Artist Benefits

Previous VSPS Artists have been hired by U.S. colleges and universities, received invitations to tour locally and internationally, been published in scholarly journals, and had their work professionally reviewed.

Key Dates

• Submission Deadline: Monday, November 30th, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST
• Broadcast Dates: Thursdays Feb 4, Mar 4 & Apr 1 at 7:00 pm ET (2027)

Contact Information

• Information: https://markdegarmodance.org/performance/
• Questions: [email protected]