Eligibility
Established and emerging national and international dance
companies are eligible to apply for Choo-San Goh Awards for
Choreography on behalf of the choreographer. Applying dance
companies are expected to meet the following criteria for
consideration in receiving an Award:
- Be professionally recognized
as dance companies of high caliber within the field of dance
- Demonstrate that they exist
for the purpose of fostering dance through public
performance.
- Provide evidence of their
ability to stage original works of choreography for public
performance by demonstrating adequate resources and a
commitment to artistic excellence.
- Demonstrate choreographic
ability through the presence of an individual or group of
individuals whose principal function is the creation of
dance works for the company or through a contract or other
written agreement with a free-lance choreographer, and
- Be a non-profit organization.
Companies and choreographers
awarded grants must wait two years before being eligible to
reapply for new grants in the third year.
Companies that employ members of
the Foundation's Board of Directors, it's artistic director or
staff, on a full-time basis, are not eligible for awards.
Restrictions
Awards will be made for public performances of original
works only. No awards will be made for workshop/studio
productions or restagings.
The Foundation's policy is to
fund the choreographer's total fee for those companies receiving
awards. However, limited assets dictate that grants will be
awarded up to $10,000 each. Dance companies are encouraged to
seek other funding sources for non-choreographic production
costs.
A company may submit an
application for only one choreographer/choreographic work in a
single year. Therefore, a company may not receive more than one
award in a given year.
The first public performance of
the proposed production must be between January 1 and December
31, 2010.
While the Foundation funds only
the choreographic fee, total production costs and the company's
record of public and private sector support must be submitted in
order to be considered.
Criteria

The following criteria are used to select award recipients.
A scoring system is used by members of the Awards Committee to
ensure independent assessment of each application. Each application
is then reviewed on its own merit by the full Awards Committee,
which makes recommendations to the Board of Directors. Decisions
of the Board are final. Applications are judged on:
1. Artistic Importance
- The focus of the project, its
choreographic intent, and its importance to the
choreographer's development at this time.
- The impact on the company's
performing artists, its present repertoire, and the
education and development of it's audiences.
- Exemplary artistic quality of
the company, choreographer, collaborators and proposed
project.
- Quality of production
elements, including costuming, lighting music and casting.
2. Public Performance Capability
- The organizational and
artistic strengths of the company.
- Evidence of the company's
long-term commitment to the development of new work.
- The ability and commitment
from the choreographer and the company to complete the
proposed project.
- A reasonable schedule for
producing the project.
- The potential for the dance
work to be performed more than once, and to become a part of
the company's permanent repertoire, particularly as
evidenced in the company's letter of agreement with the
artist.
3. Financial Feasibility
- The appropriateness of the
schedule of expenses for the production.
- Evidence, as appropriate, of
funding for costs beyond those covered by this award.
All applications must be
received by July 30, 2009. Award recipients will be announced in
December 2009.
To apply for an Award the
applicant company must send a request for the guidelines and
application to the Foundation. Only applications
submitted on Foundation forms are accepted.
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