Movement Research Van Lier Artist of Color Fellowship: Deadline Jan 16, 2024!

Application Opens: Online at 2pm Friday Dec 15, 2023

Application Deadline:  Applications must be submitted online by 11:59pm on Tuesday January 16, 2024.

Notification: by Friday, February 2, 2024

Residency Period: from time of notification – December 31, 2024

Questions? If you have questions or need help completing this form, please contact Leonor Mendes by email at apply@movementresearch.org or by phone at 212-598-0551.

A program providing year-long creative research support, rehearsal space, mentorship, performance and related opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of movement-based artists. Artists must apply as individuals.

• An interest in dance-making and the progressive, movement-based arts community;
• Commitment to the field, and to establishing a professional career;
• Between 22 and 30 years of age;
• Identifies as an artist of color from a community underrepresented in the professional New York dance community, such as, but not limited to, Immigrant, Black, Indigenous, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latine/Latinx, Afro-Caribbean and African-American cultures;
• Will not be enrolled in an academic, conservatory, college, or degree-granting program during the Fellowship period.
• This program is funded by organizations that specifically support artists who are residents of New York City. Resident means that your primary residence is in one of the 5 Boroughs of New York City;
• Artists must apply as individuals, and only one individual artist will be granted each residency.

The Fellowship prioritizes multi-marginalized artists such as those experiencing intersectional oppression within race and disability, however all who meet the above criteria are encouraged to apply.

The Movement Research Van Lier Fellowship supports:

• Rigorous and wide-ranging artistic investigations that are movement-based, but that may incorporate other disciplines and collaborations, with a focus on experimentation.
• Artists who reflect a range of directions and approaches to making work such that there is an interesting confluence of artistic ideas being explored over the course of the Fellowship.

Fellows will receive:

• A Fellowship stipend of $10,000
• A training stipend of $2,000 for class and workshop fees beyond MR offerings*
• A performance ticket stipend & conference/symposium stipend totaling $1000
• A performance fee of $2,500*
• A $1000 performance production budget
• Artistic Mentorship – each Fellow will select an artistic mentor that will provide artistic development feedback throughout the year-long fellowship period
• Professional Consultation – each Fellow will receive $600 for consultations with professionals in the field, as well as ongoing guidance from MR staff on career development, funding opportunities and management skills
• 100 hours of free rehearsal space in MR studios
• Professional dance training with seminal teachers in the field through MR daily classes, MELT workshop intensives, and periodic workshops throughout the fellowship period;*
• Opportunities to attend monthly Movement Research Artist of Color Council meetings and cohort meetings on professional development topics

*Timeline for these activities during the year-long Fellowship will be determined with each individual Fellow.

The Fellow is required to:

• Show work-in-process through one or more of the following series:
  • Movement Research at the Judson Church
  • Open Performance
  • An opportunity collaboratively determined with the Fellows
• Meet with a mentor throughout the Fellowship period
• Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with MR staff.
• Participate in Van Lier Fellows’ meetings.
• Submit interim and final reports detailing fellows’ activities throughout the year

Be prepared to provide the following information when submitting your online application. Please note that at Movement Research, we collect and review submissions via Submittable. The first step of the submission process is to create a Submittable account, or sign into your existing account. When creating an account, you will be asked for your name, your email address, and a password of your choosing.

Individuals for whom access to an internet or wifi enabled device and/or a reliable Internet connection should contact Movement Research at (212) 598-0551 (voice only) for guidance.

For accessibility purposes, the application can be sent as an attachment by email. Acceptable file types: .doc, .docx, .pdf. To receive the full list of application questions, send an email to apply@movementresearch.org. Please note that the deadline for submitting the application as an attachment is the same as the deadline for submitting your application.

• Eligibility Questionnaire
• Contact Information
• Artistic statement and Relevance of Fellowship
  • (up to 400 words) expressing both personal artistic goals and goals for the fellowship period. Please take into account the following considerations when submitting your artistic statement:
    1. Include any motivations, intentions, or inspirations that are a critical part of your artistic process as a whole or for the proposed fellowship.
    2. Describe any concepts, materials, subjects, processes, structures, influences or questions central to your work.
    3. What in the specific structure of this Fellowship is most relevant to your creative professional development? 
    4. How do you plan to utilize the resources, including the creative research stipend, and rehearsal space provided to Van Lier Fellows in relation to your current artistic practice? Describe how a sustained relationship with a mentor from the Movement Research community might affect your creative professional development? How do you imagine you’ll utilize access to professional consultation?

• CV/Curriculum Vitae
• 1 Work Sample (REQUIRED) that represents your artistic process.
• Please provide a link to a URL of your online work sample – YouTube, Vimeo or other. Vimeo is preferred
  • Sample may be footage from a performance, rehearsal, or in-process showing. When possible, choose a sample that unfolds in “real time”, as opposed to multiple clips edited together. Please do not submit “promo videos,” “teasers,” or “choreography reels”.
• Work sample description (150 words or less). Please explain the relationship between the work sample and your artistic statement. If there is no direct relationship, please tell us why you chose this specific work sample. Please provide a list of collaborators.
• 2nd Work Sample (OPTIONAL) that will offer the panelists additional context around your body of work or artistic process. This work sample is OPTIONAL and will only be viewed if your application is considered in the final round of the panel process.
• Please provide a link to a URL of your online work sample – YouTube, Vimeo or other. Vimeo is preferred.
  • Sample may be footage from a performance, rehearsal, or in-process showing. When possible, choose a sample that unfolds in “real time”, as opposed to multiple clips edited together. Please do not submit “promo videos,” “teasers,” or “choreography reels”
  • Work sample description (150 words or less). Please explain the relationship between the work sample and your artistic statement. If there is no direct relationship, please tell us why you chose this specific work sample. Please provide a list of collaborators.

• Demographic Information
  • Movement Research collects demographic information for internal use only. This information is used to evaluate the reach and access of our programs, and in reporting to our funders. Please note: This information will NOT be made available to the panel and will NOT be used during the selection process.

The Van Lier Fellowship is supported by the New York Community Trust through the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund.