A new biennial dance festival FROM 1-31 March 2023 is coming.
This will be the festival’s pilot year; an experiment
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST for 20 dance artists to propose ideas and projects for the festival to be supported, presented, and realised by up to 11 Festival Partners.
Biennially, from March 2023, a new dance festival is being created through the collaboration and collective organisation of independent dance artists and organisations to celebrate and convene audiences and communities and expressions of interest are now open.
An evolving and transformative congregation for audiences, artists and partners alike and seeks to represent dance artists from across forms, practices, cultures, histories, lineages, styles, disciplines, anti-disciplines, aesthetics and experimentations. Looking to feature all kinds of dance projects: shows, talks, films, public programs, sharings, workshops, labs, dinners, publications, gatherings, installations — both in-person and digitally. Dance projects must be led by independent dance artists and small to medium dance companies based in Australia.
The festival will be running from 1-31 March 2023 and is an opportunity to test ideas and models in this pilot year. The festival will comprise programming from multiple Festival Partner organisations. Each Festival Partner also committing to programming works by independent artists, selected via this Expression of Interest and reviewed by a centralised festival Curatorium.
Looking to be adaptive and responding to current conditions in its scale and ambition over a 10-year cycle. It aligns and supports an arts community both recovering from, and preparing for, large-scale shifts in how the arts, climate crisis, and global mobility intersect.
This EOI needs a short 1 page submission, please consider your dance project carefully.
Please contact program@temperancehall.com.au if you require alternative application/ access requirements.
TEMPERANCE HALL PROJECTS OF INTEREST
Temperance Hall champions queer and experimental work. We welcome EOIs from artists who are pitching projects that sit outside of the traditional black-box space, with potential for installations, experimentations, etc. We are also interested to consider proposals for workshops, classes and panels/symposia.
TEMPERANCE HALL PROVIDES
Project Budget of up to $8,000
Space use and equipment for outcome
Producing, production and technical support
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST open 31 May 2022 and close on 27 June 2022
Submissions are strongly encouraged and warmly welcomed from people identifying as First Nations, CALD, Deaf or Disabled, and LGBTQIA+
The New Biennial Dance showcase 2023
DATE AND TIME
From: 1st March
To: 31st March
SPACE
Main hall (80 max seated) – variable set up
Upstairs studio (60 max seated) – variable set up
ACCESSIBILITY
Main hall is wheelchair accessible
Upstairs studio only accessible by stairs
Festival partners who are contributing to the Festival in 2023 and will consider ideas through the EOI:
Arts House, Bunjil Place, Centre for Projection Art, Chunky Move, Dancehouse, Darebin Arts Speakeasy, Lucy Guerin Inc, Punctum, Temperance Hall, The Australian Ballet, The Substation
Festival partners who are contributing to the Festival in 2023 but will not be considering projects from the festival EOI:
Ausdance VIC, APAM (Australian Performing Arts Market), Abbotsford Convent, BlakDance, Next Wave
Image credits:
Image: The Prelude - Rachel at Temperance Hall, 2020, performer: Rachel Wisby
This is a COVIDSafe event that has been registered with the Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (DJPR). To view the safety checklist for the Out of Bounds showcase please click on the button below: