Our Boston Dancemakers Residency supports the development of original ensemble work, BCA and Boston Dance Alliance (BDA) together award this growth-oriented, one-year residency to two experienced Boston-area dancemakers aspiring to expand and redefine their creative processes. We invite artistic risks, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary creativity, and challenging, provoking, and moving audiences.

Eligibility:

• Lead artists must be residents of the Boston metropolitan area (within route 495).
• Ensemble/company must include a minimum of three local dancers
• Choreographer must have created original work for a minimum of four years and have presented the equivalent of one full evening (60 minutes) of their work within the past two years
• Students enrolled in either undergraduate or graduate programs in any field are not eligible
• Once awarded a Boston Dancemakers Residency, artists must wait at least three full years before reapplying for the program
• Applicants must be current BDA members at the time of application and throughout the residency period

The Boston Dancemakers Residency is made possible with support from the Aliad Fund at The Boston Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Molly McDonald, and John G.F. Ruggieri Lam and John D. Lam.