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Calls for Submission
Choreography Competition
Deadline: October 8
The University of Kansas Department of Dance invites established and emerging choreographers to apply for a two-week artist residency to teach technique classes and set a group work on the University Dance Company in Spring 2011.
Choreographic fellows will receive an honorarium of $4,000, plus university housing. Please send a DVD or video of the work you wish to set along with a cover letter including a description of the piece, your approach to teaching dance technique and curriculum vitae by October 8, 2010 to: Choreographic Fellowship Committee, Department of Dance, School of the Arts, University of Kansas,1301 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 251, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-4264.
Applications for The Arts Show & Tell Now Being Accepted
Deadline: Ongoing
The Arts Show & Tell is a half hour program airing on community television stations throughout the Washington region that showcases CAGW member organizations. An Arts Show & Tell segment is twelve minutes long and designed to inform the audience about the organization’s mission, be it performance, education or exhibit based. In each segment, 70% of the air time is used for actual showcasing of the art form, with the remaining 30% used for narrative. Two segments are bridged together to form one program, which is then aired on community television networks throughout the region. CAGW members in good standing are eligible to apply for a segment. Applications are being taken for segments being shot in March, April, June and July. More information can be found here. The application can be downloaded here. For questions, call Eileen Rappoport at 202.638.2406 x24.
ART(202) Television - Call for Video Content!
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is presenting a new 1 hour television show called Art(202). Submit video content about DC's art scene! Features can include info-mercials about your arts organization, artistic interpretations of your work, documentaries, animations, music videos, slides of your visual art.
• Videos submitted can only be content related to or shot in Washington, DC.
• Art(202) will air on Friday nights at 9:00 and Saturday nights at 11:00 on the Mayor's Network, Channel 16.
Submit the following:
o :30 - 5 minute videos
o One data DVD with either a quick time or .mov; and One regular DVD.
o Please provide an online link for screening purposes, if available
o Producer/Organization name, email, phone number, address, wesbite
o Video release form with your submission - Available at http://www.dcarts.dc.gov
Mail submissions to: DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Attn: Art202 Don Napoleon, 1371 Harvard St. NW, Washington D.C. 20009
Questions: Art(202) Programming Producer, Don Napoleon at 240 605 6537 or don@gearshift.tv
Left/Right television production company
Deadline: ongoing
Left/Right, an award-winning television production company based in New York City is developing an exciting new documentary series about cheer/dance teams and/or companies. The series will highlight the challenges and rewards of the sport, as well as what happens outside the gymnasium, including school, work, and social life.
They are very interested in hearing from anyone that might have interest in the project. They are looking for compelling stories from teenagers and young adults cheering at the high school or college level, and also interested in hearing from coaches, families, friends, and school administrators.
Left/Right is a nonfiction television production company that specializes in telling real stories about extraordinary people. Our recent series run the gamut from the Emmy-winning Showtime documentary series This American Life to VH1’s formidable competition show I Want to Work for Diddy, to the dramatic new HGTV home makeover series, Battle on the Block.
If interested, please contact Becky Hayes:
Left/Right, Inc.
917.771.8928—cell
212.695.1625—fax
212.695.2092 x349—office
http://www.leftright.tv/