[PhiladelphiaDANCE.org Listserv] PDP SCUBA/Call for Artists

[Pdpproject at aol.com]

SCUBA   NATIONAL DANCE TOURING NETWORK

PHILADELPHIA DANCE PROJECTS 

CALL FOR ARTISTS

The SCUBA Touring Network for Dance, a co-operative enterprise, was founded 
in 2002 by Velocity Dance Center of Seattle, in conjunction with ODC Theater in 
San Francisco, and The Southern Theater in Minneapolis. Philadelphia Dance 
Projects joined the network in 2005-06.   The goal of the consortium of sister 
cities is to support the growth and expansion of the country's next generation 
of contemporary dance artists, with the   intent of SCUBA to be an on-going 
project; one that fills the increasingly large gap between locally established 
and nationally recognized artists.   
SCUBA is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The name SCUBA infers diving into touring….

One artist or group (usually up to 3 persons) from Philadelphia will be 
selected (by all the presenters) to participate in SCUBA'09.   Two artists/groups 
from “sister” cities will   participate in an artist residency along with the 
local artist in Philadelphia through Philadelphia Dance Projects, February 
24-28, 2009.    The residency activities include participating in an open 
community class, guest artist classes at Temple University with 2 performances at 
Conwell Dance Theater at Temple. It is the expectation that Philly artists and 
PDP will host guest artists in terms of providing informal opportunities for 
exchange and interaction as well.   The Philly SCUBA artist will then “tour” to 
one or two other cities in the SCUBA network for performance and/or residency 
activity.

The fee for local performance is $750.
The fee in sister cites is $1,500 per venue. 
PDP will provide touring/travel assist. (not to exceed $2,000)

Each city designs its SCUBA program differently. Some will provide housing, 
others won't. There is no per diem. So artists should consider seriously the 
resources at hand for making this project work successfully for them.   Despite 
this limited support, all the artists have enjoyed participating and gleaned 
much from SCUBA.   Putting their work before different audiences, meeting 
artists from other cities and observing their creating and presenting “
infrastructure” has been of great value.
Philly SCUBA Artists:
2006 Leah Stein
2007 Tania Isaac
2008   Kate Watson Wallace

______________________________________________________________________________
_____________

SCUBA  NATIONAL TOURING   NETWORK FOR DANCE

DEADLINE: All applications must be received on or by SEPTEMBER 2, 2008. 

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit  4 COPIES*   of the following materials to:
PDP    
1427 Spruce Street,   Suite 1F    
Phila PA 19102

o     A Video (VHS or DVD) work sample is a critical element of your 
application. If possible submit work that could be performed as part of a SCUBA tour. 
Include the work in its entirety but cue it to what you believe to be the 
strongest vantage point. If this work will not be toured indicate what you propose 
to perform.

o     A brief statement of why you would like to participate and what you 
think the value of SCUBA to you at this time. 

o     A Brief Biography 

Promotional Materials. (Be sure to include your contact information)
Demonstrate your readiness to tour and interface with media and presenting    
  
organizations in other cities.   If you have a web-based press kit, please 
include link.

*If you are selected as the Philly SCUBA artist, these materials will be 
submitted to all       
   the other presenters for their selection process. Otherwise they will be 
returned to you.

SCUBA'09   Touring Artists will be announced   October 1, 2008.


Any questions please contact Terry Fox, PDP Director

Philadelphia Dance Projects
1427 Spruce Street   Suite 1F
Phila PA 19102    USA
215.546.2552
info at philadanceprojects.org
www.philadanceprojects.org






**************
Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for 
FanHouse Fantasy Football today.
      
(http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mail.philadelphiadance.org/pipermail/listserv_philadelphiadance.org/attachments/20080721/618be679/attachment.html