TeesDance are offering four different MoveAhead artist commissions for 2025 activity across the Tees Valley. The commission in Darlington is supported by £5,000 from Darlington Borough Council’s Heritage and Culture fund (Creative Darlington) budget. IApply by Monday 29 April 2024 at 10am, with more information at https://teesdance.org.uk/moveahead. Those shortlisted will be notified by Tuesday 7 May 2024 and interviews for these commissions are expected to be held in the week commencing Monday 13 May 2024.
TeesDance and Darlington Borough Council are seeking proposals from dance artists or companies to develop and deliver a new piece of indoor work to be showcased as part of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary Festival 2025 in Spring – Autumn 2025. View the Darlington commission brief in full by clicking here Microsoft Word – DBC TeesDance Commission Brief .docx (squarespace.com). TeesDance is committed to creating conditions in which dance artists can thrive locally including making new work within the region with the opportunity to export work nationally. Their ambition is for the commission to be co-produced with Darlington Hippodrome. Depending on the scale of the commission, the fee can be used to leverage other funds and TeesDance can support this process.
