We are pleased to announce our plans for the Iowa Dance Festival 2022!
IDF2022 will provide a forum for a community of artists to collaborate and create dance/performance through new artistic expressions.
IDF2022 will provide a forum for a community of artists to collaborate and create dance/performance through new artistic expressions.
Proposal Form for Iowa Dance Festival (IDF) 2022
The IOWA DANCE FESTIVAL will be held October 7-8, 2022, produced by INTERDANCE, a non-profit organization.
IDF seeks to promote the performance and collaboration of dancers, choreographers, composers, musicians and writers in Iowa, including innovative, early-career and professional artists. This will include programs that represent dance, music, and words from a broad range of styles, cultures, aesthetics and approaches.
Event Timing: October 7th and 8th, 2022
Event Address: Downtown Iowa City
Contact us at: iowadancefestival@gmail.com
Application Deadline: September 1st, 2022
What you are applying for:
Apply for one or both days:
Friday, October 7, PS1 Close
Cx3: Contemporary Creative Community
Experimental, multidisciplinary art installation tour. Audiences will walk through the space to view/listen/observe artists. Artists will share a space with other artists. Small spaces therefore, solos and duets are recommended. Please provide your desired needs below. The installation will be long, so artists will rotate spaces/times.
Saturday, October 8, Downtown Iowa City, Outdoor Performance (location TBA)
A fun-filled, free community event. Performers please consider: this might be performed in the grass.
Saturday, October 8, James Theater
A formal performance at the James Theater. All styles of dance/performance are welcome.
Application Process:
Your application includes:
You may email us a link to your final project video or share it via Google drive. When you send the video to us, please include a brief description of what it is and what you may want the curators to know about your work. You may submit a recording of a rehearsal/unfinished project if the final work is not yet completed. If you have a final project to submit, make sure that the project was created within the past year.
Selection Process:
A panel of curators will review applications and work samples to select works to be presented at IDF2022 by September 7th.
We will not be able to accept everybody who applies.The curators will include an InterDance board member, choreographers, filmmakers and other representatives of the Iowa arts community. Selections will be determined both by the quality and innovation of the artist’s work, to enhance the diversity and integration of dance, music, and language presented at IDF2022. Submitted work samples, the questionnaire, and resumés will be evaluated.
Selection Criteria:
1. The applicant's artistic merit as evidenced by the work sample(s) and resumé.
2. The potential of the work to have a meaningful impact on the artist and the community.
3. Executions of the work.
Please note:
The performance limit for events is approximately 5 minutes for the October 8th performance. Performances on October 7th are welcome to longer works.
Good luck and happy creating!
The IOWA DANCE FESTIVAL will be held October 7-8, 2022, produced by INTERDANCE, a non-profit organization.
IDF seeks to promote the performance and collaboration of dancers, choreographers, composers, musicians and writers in Iowa, including innovative, early-career and professional artists. This will include programs that represent dance, music, and words from a broad range of styles, cultures, aesthetics and approaches.
Event Timing: October 7th and 8th, 2022
Event Address: Downtown Iowa City
Contact us at: iowadancefestival@gmail.com
Application Deadline: September 1st, 2022
What you are applying for:
Apply for one or both days:
Friday, October 7, PS1 Close
Cx3: Contemporary Creative Community
Experimental, multidisciplinary art installation tour. Audiences will walk through the space to view/listen/observe artists. Artists will share a space with other artists. Small spaces therefore, solos and duets are recommended. Please provide your desired needs below. The installation will be long, so artists will rotate spaces/times.
Saturday, October 8, Downtown Iowa City, Outdoor Performance (location TBA)
A fun-filled, free community event. Performers please consider: this might be performed in the grass.
Saturday, October 8, James Theater
A formal performance at the James Theater. All styles of dance/performance are welcome.
Application Process:
Your application includes:
- a questionnaire: forms.gle/PwDHaaC4APNuT3MC6
- a video of the piece that will be performed
- a resume that you must email to us
You may email us a link to your final project video or share it via Google drive. When you send the video to us, please include a brief description of what it is and what you may want the curators to know about your work. You may submit a recording of a rehearsal/unfinished project if the final work is not yet completed. If you have a final project to submit, make sure that the project was created within the past year.
Selection Process:
A panel of curators will review applications and work samples to select works to be presented at IDF2022 by September 7th.
We will not be able to accept everybody who applies.The curators will include an InterDance board member, choreographers, filmmakers and other representatives of the Iowa arts community. Selections will be determined both by the quality and innovation of the artist’s work, to enhance the diversity and integration of dance, music, and language presented at IDF2022. Submitted work samples, the questionnaire, and resumés will be evaluated.
Selection Criteria:
1. The applicant's artistic merit as evidenced by the work sample(s) and resumé.
2. The potential of the work to have a meaningful impact on the artist and the community.
3. Executions of the work.
Please note:
The performance limit for events is approximately 5 minutes for the October 8th performance. Performances on October 7th are welcome to longer works.
Good luck and happy creating!
