Deadline: November 1, 2019.

The Center for Ballet and the Arts was founded with a core interest in ballet.  While ballet remains at the center of our mission, CBA has also grown up around and beyond it: we have become an international research institute for the performing arts organized around dance.

 

ELIGIBILITY

• Scholar or artist pursuing an original project related to dance and/or its related arts and sciences.
• Applicants applying as scholars must have a Ph.D.
• Applicants must show exceptional promise and/or have demonstrated significant accomplishments in their field.
• Dance expertise is not required.
• Students (as of September 2020) are not eligible.
• The CBA Fellowship Program does not support:
  • Projects in arts administration
  • Projects focused on the applicant’s personal memoir or autobiography
  • Projects involving giving dance classes as part of the research plan
  • Projects reviewing prior work, such as:
    • editing, digitizing, or organizing archives
    • editing films or book anthologies

BENEFITS

Fellowship Awards Include

1. $750 per week

2. Use of CBA’s dance studio, offices, and conference rooms

3. Housing, as needed and available

4. Round trip transportation to and from New York City

5. J-1 visa facilitation

 

APPLICATION

Components include:

• Online application form
  • Biographical details (including a 200-word bio)
  • Preferred residency dates
  • Brief project description (100 words) that explains how the project aligns with CBA’s mission
  • Project proposal (1200 words) that clearly and efficiently states:
    • What the project is
    • Why the project matters to the field of dance (what challenges or gaps does it address?)
• Curriculum Vitae or Resume (up to 4 pages)
• Two (2) work samples that best represent the applicant’s work
  • Documents may be up to 20 pages
  • Videos may be up to 10 minutes
  • Accepted formats: AVI, JPEG, MP3, MP4, PDF, Vimeo or YouTube link, WAV
  • We do not accept compilations or sizzle reels
• Two (2) letters of recommendation
  • Ideal referees will address the applicant’s scholarly or artistic promise and their ability to  contribute to the diverse NYU community.
  • Referees may not be a collaborator that the applicant lists in the project proposal

 

OFFICIAL LINK

 

Click here to apply