McKnight Fellowships in Dance and Choreography Intent to Apply is Open until September 8

McKnight Fellowships in Dance and Choreography Intent to Apply is Open - September 8

McKnight Fellowships for Choreographers and the McKnight Fellowships for Dancers provide awards to individual choreographers and dancers who are beyond early practice and who reside in Minnesota. The McKnight Fellowships are designed to enrich and strengthen our community by acknowledging the accomplishments of individual choreographers and dancers and providing for their artistic growth.

The McKnight Fellowships for Choreographers and Dancers annually awards three $25,000 fellowships to Minnesota choreographers and three $25,000 fellowships to Minnesota dancers. The awards are unrestricted and can help an artist set aside periods of time for study, reflection, experimentation, and exploration; take advantage of an opportunity; or work on a new project.

The McKnight Foundation funds individual artist and culture bearer fellowships in 15 artistic disciplines. Support for individual artists has been a cornerstone of the McKnight Foundation’s Arts and Culture program since it began in 1982. The foundation recognizes that the arts cannot flourish or enhance community life without the ideas, energy, and drive of individual artists and that artists cannot make these contributions without unfettered creative time

The Intent to Apply application is open. Deadline is Monday, September 8 and will close at 11:59pm.

Submit the online Intent to Apply form.

Applicants who miss the Intent to Apply (ITA) deadline may still submit a final application. However, they encourage you to apply to the Intent to Apply as it is a very important step. After submitting your ITA application, you’ll receive deadline reminders and/or important updates about the application.

This also allows the Minnesota-based panel the opportunity to see your performances live. Only artists who have completed the Intent to Apply can submit performances to the calendar. Notify them of your upcoming performances using the dancer form or the choreographer form.

First-time applicants who miss the Intent to Apply deadline can contact them at McKnightFellowships@springboardforthearts.org  for application assistance.

For more information about the dancer and the choreography application, please visit www.mcknightdancechoreo.org.