Grants to support Independent Performing Artists – Denmark

Purpose

• The purpose of the program is to promote performing arts of high artistic quality in Denmark and Danish produced performing arts abroad.
• They achieve this by supporting internationalization such as:
  • International guest performances touring and site specific performances, where an existing concept is adapted to the given context
  • Networking and research aimed at long-term international collaborations and co-productions, including participation in workshops abroad as a speaker and the invitation of guests for performances in Denmark
  • International residencies
• The committee encourages you to incorporate your international activities in your long-term strategic planning, so that your international activities, if possible, are included in larger applications for the funding programme ‘Performing Arts for Children, Young People and Adults’, which has two annual deadlines in January and June. Here you can incorporate your international activities in applications for project grants or as part of your overall seasonal activities.

Funding Information

• You may apply for a maximum of DKK 75.000 from this program.

Eligibility Criteria

• Smaller theatres, performing arts groups, independent performaing artists and operators organising or working with performing arts activities.
• In the Danish Arts Foundation, they aim to support creative thinking and innovative ideas. However, this sort of artistic work does not necessarily fit into the categories they have used to classify art forms and the committees. Nevertheless, artistic work that embraces different art forms is as important as more traditional art.
• Therefore, the Danish Art Foundation’s committees welcome all applications that border on or go beyond traditional art forms. If a committee does not have sufficient knowledge of a particular art form represented in your application, it will seek help from another relevant committee within the Danish Arts Foundation.

Ineligible

• Support cannot be granted for projects, which are carried out exclusively by the large institutional theatres. By large institutional theatres they mean The Royal Danish Theatre, the Danish regional theatres, the Jutland Opera, and the theatres in the Copenhagen theatre association may not apply.
• You Cannot Receive Funding for the Following Purposes:
  • activities initiated ahead of the deadline
  • educational purposes for individuals
• Grants from this funding programme is not considered as support for production of performances. If you receive support from this funding programme your project will therefore not automatically be approved to be included in the Refund Scheme (Refusionsordningen). If you wish to apply for support for productions you can apply the funding programme ‘Performing arts for children, young adults and adults’.

For more information, visit Danish Arts Foundation