Connecticut Dance Alliance Dance Educators Forum

Announcing the 2020-2021 Connecticut Dance Alliance Jump Start Award!

HARTFORD, CT - The Connecticut Dance Alliance is proud to announce the 2nd annual Jump Start Award! The Connecticut Dance Alliance Jump Start Award provides multi-layered support for Connecticut’s choreographers creating original work in any dance genre and at any career level. With a mission to strengthen the field of dance in Connecticut, the Connecticut Dance Alliance Jump Start Award seeks to support dance makers move forward and “jump start” their careers by providing artists with:

• A maximum of $500 in implementation funds to create or complete a project or “jump start” their work or career
• 3 hours of consulting/mentorship with a mentor in a chosen area of need and/or interest to the artist such as artistic, technical, marketing and communication, or business planning to assist in project implementation
• A series of cohort (awardees) meetings to connect choreographers, build relationships and allow for co-learning.
• 1-year free choreographer membership in The Connecticut Dance Alliance
• An opportunity to showcase your work at the Jumpstart Studio Showcase Event

Each year between two and four awardees are selected by CDA’s selection panel. With an emphasis on diverse genres and dance styles, the selection panel looks for choreographers who are at any phase of their careers. From emerging choreographers to established dance creators, all artists are encouraged to apply.

More information and applications are available at https://www.ctdanceall.org/connecticut-dance-alliance-jump-start-award/

Applications are due June 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm. Questions can be directed to Erica Nelson at enelson522@verizon.net.

Connecticut Dance Alliance, Inc. (CDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness of dance in all its forms and serving the needs of the statewide dance community. Since 1999, CDA has created and presented numerous events such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Dance – a day celebrating African-American dance traditions, CDA Distinguished Achievement in Dance Awards, Healthy Dancer Seminars and workshops on Planning a College Career in dance. In 2011, CDA founded and developed a successful summer scholarship annual competition, the Connecticut Classic, a competition for pre-professional classical ballet students. CDA also administers the Elena Delvecchio Rusnak Dance Education Scholarship. CDA’s current project, The Dance History Project. Through grassroots networking, the project endeavors to capture and share, through the art of photography and scholarly writing, a cultural and historical documentation of the rich and vibrant dance heritage in Connecticut. Using the 2,000 images submitted by the dance community, the curated Connecticut Danceexhibition has toured the state since 2017. In addition to the Dance History Project, other CDA initiatives include the further development of regional network consortiums to increase communication, partnerships, and opportunities for Connecticut’s dance community; dance education programs; and the new statewide dance resource database.