Open Call for Europe Beyond Access Co-Productions

Applications are now open for European Deaf and/or disabled artists who are seeking co-producers for new artistic works based in dance practice, choreography or movement.

This Open Call is issued by Europe Beyond Access, a consortium of ten leading European dance and performing arts organisations. Europe Beyond Access supports disabled and/or Deaf artists to break the glass ceilings of the contemporary performing arts sector and to become Europe’s next artistic leaders.

They want to support artists to make more ambitious and innovative work.

Funding Information

• They offer co-production support of between €15,000 and €40,000 for each project. They offer opportunity for public presentation at two or more of the partners’ venues, companies or festivals.

What they are looking for?

• They want to support artists to make more ambitious and innovative work. This could be a first international production and/or include more collaborators for example. However, proposals should be achievable and be a logical next step in your practice or career.
• They are looking for new works that can be presented at two or more of the partners’ venues, companies or festivals. They are flexible on how the works can be presented but they must be suitable to be shown in different locations.
• They are looking for new ideas and projects that are:
  • Led artistically by Deaf and/or disabled artists
  • Based in dance practice, choreography or movement, or in multidisciplinary projects that explore body and motion
  • Presented on stage or in an alternative format (for example film, installation or site-specific)
  • Of the highest artistic quality
  • Treating accessibility as part of the artistic practice
  • Taking care of the needs of the artists involved in the creative process
• Submitted ideas and projects can be at various stages of development but must not yet be in production.

Eligibility Criteria

• If you self-define as Deaf or disabled, you are eligible to apply. EBA Co-productions must be led by one or more Deaf and/or disabled artists, or productions may be led by collectives that include disabled artists in equal positions of leadership.
• The application itself must be made by the Deaf and/or disabled lead artist or artists, or those working collaboratively.
• The lead artist(s) must have previous experience of making work, in either local, national or international contexts.
• Proposals can come from independent artists with or without a producer or production support*; or proposals can come from artists working with established companies.
• They are open to receiving project proposals which have already, or will have, other co-producers or support from other funds. They will ask you about this in the application process.
• Artists must be resident in one of the countries of the European Union, or in any of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Tunisia, United Kingdom and Ukraine.
• Individual artists without a producer or production support please refer to the EBA Co-Production Application Guide for more information on how this co-production could work for you and what you will need to complete this application.

For more information, visit British Council.