Dance Grants

Since 2013, the Foundation has supported young dancers and choreographers at residency programmes at the Gati Summer Dance Residency (GSDR) organised by the Gati Dance Forum in Delhi.

Gati Dance Forum was an independent arts organization that works in the field of contemporary dance in India. Founded in 2007, in response to the needs of the professional dance community, the Gati Forum has actively searched for avenues to develop greater opportunities and infrastructure for contemporary dance in India.

Among Gati’s many projects and initiatives was the GSDR, started in 2009 in order to address one of the most integral components of dance education- choreography. It aims at providing emerging choreographers with an opportunity to propose, conceptualize and realize their own choreographic works, and in doing so, gain skills, experience and practice in the art of choreography.

The participants were chosen from a large pool of applications received through a nationwide open call. Selected applicants are given financial support, individual mentoring, rehearsal space, production assistance and a platform to showcase their performances for the duration of the 8-10 week residency.

Khuli Khirkee is a shared co-working space for makers, movers and doers engaged in the performing arts. Located in Khirkee Extension in South Delhi, this three-storey building is used by professionals who wish to create an accessible space dedicated to their diverse interests as choreographers, theatre makers, dancers, movement enthusiasts, actors, light designers, musicians, and filmmakers.

This call invites proposals from individual artists who draw from and are exploring movement practices or body-based practices in the fields of dance, choreography, performance–traditional and/or contemporary–to investigate their forms over a period of 45-60 days in New Delhi. The artist must be a resident of the North Eastern Region (NER) of India comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.

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