The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation are pleased to announce a special round of $50,000 grants for the creation and production of major new dance compositions by young California choreographers. These new works will be commissioned and premiered by Bay Area dance companies and other performing arts presenting organizations, and created by California choreographers of great promise who are age 35 or younger at the time of application.

This 2005 program will grant up to six awards of $50,000 to nonprofit arts groups presenting dance (dance companies, community arts facilities, performing arts centers, festivals) that are based in the counties of San Francisco, Alameda, Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa, San Mateo or Santa Clara. In 2006, the initiative will fund commissions for emerging young playwrights, and in 2007 commissions for emerging young composers. Details on the 2006 and 2007 commissioning initiatives will be announced in those years.

All applications and requested attachments must arrive at the Gerbode Foundation office, no later than 4:00 p.m., August 25, 2005. No late applications will be eligible. Upon completion, the applicant is required to print out the application on 8.5" x 11" paper, single?sided, and mail it in with the required submission materials. All application pages must be submitted on 8.5" x 11" paper, single?sided, and clipped together but not stapled or bound. Applications will NOT be accepted electronically.

The 2005 Emerging Choreographer Awards Guidelines and Application are available for viewing online using Adobe's Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe Web site.

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