The Place, GDIF and DanceEast are coming together to commission dance for outdoor spaces in 2018 and 2019.

They will be offering two £15k commissions – one for a show which will be ready to present in summer 2018, and one for a show which will be ready to present in 2019.

• Respond to the changing landscapes of towns or cities and how we live, work and play in those spaces

• Are adaptable to their location and can be presented across a range of spaces

• Will be made for the outdoors (rather than work which has previously been made for indoor spaces)

• Are formally innovative and experimental

• Have strong design ideas

• Have a visceral and/or emotional pull for an audience

• Who don’t usually make work for the outdoors

• Seeking to collaborate with artists from other forms (e.g. music, design, theatre, circus) and/or other disciplines (e.g. architecture, town planning)

• Who have at least 5 years of making experience

• Who don’t necessarily define themselves as ‘dance makers’ – we’re looking for performance with a strong and distinctive movement element, but we welcome applications from artists from other disciplines who use movement in their practice

• Who are based in the UK

The deadline for applications is Fri 8 Sep 2017 at 10am.

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