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Overview Touring Grants fall into two categories:
Touring Grants for projects that have received a NDP Production Grant, listed in the NDP Grant Guidelines booklet as NDP touring projects.
Touring Grants for Tour Only supported projects that have not received a NDP Production Grant, but have been nominated for NDP Tour Only support.
NDP Touring Grants Receipt Deadline for Letters of Intent and Tour Grids: February 8, 2008
Receipt Deadline for Presenter Applications: April 1, 2008
NDP Touring Grants support the distribution and presentation (touring) of NDP-funded projects. Performing arts presenters may receive fee subsidy grants for the presentation of any of the season's NDP-supported touring projects, which are listed on pages 10-16 of the NDP Grant Guidelines [768k] and in the NDP Tour Only Grant Recipients list.
NDP Touring Grants are paid directly to performing arts presenters to cover a percentage (up to 30%) of the artistic fee (40% available to presenters new to the NDP program). Performing arts presenters interested in presenting projects from this list in the 2008-2009 season (June 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009) are eligible to apply for NDP Touring Grants.
To date, NDP Touring Grants have funded the tours of over 200 projects. These tours have reached nearly 2 million audience members through more than 3,000 performances and 6,000 workshops and community activities.
Eligibility
U.S. Performing arts presenters with nonprofit status are eligible to apply for NDP Touring Grants
NDP Touring Grants are awarded for the presentation of NDP-funded projects.
Engagements must include at least one public performance, and tours must include at least three presenters from at least two states.
There is no limit to the number of NDP Touring Grants a presenter may receive.
To learn more about the NDP Touring Grant process, please refer to pages 8-9 of the NDP Grant Guidelines [768k].
How to Apply Details on submitting NDP Tour Grids and Letters of Intent:
Presenters must review the list of NDP-funded projects on pages 10-16 of the NDP Grant Guidelines [768k] and in the NDP Tour Only Grant Recipients list. These projects have met NDP Production Grant criteria and have advanced through NDP's competitive, two-stage review process to receive production support. In selecting projects, NDP considers scale, geography, and the representation of diverse ethnicities and artistic forms.
Presenters interested in booking any of these NDP-funded projects for the 2008-2009 season (June 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009) should begin by contacting the project's Tour Coordinators to arrange agreements.
Presenters must submit a signed Letter of Intent to the Tour Coordinator for each project they will present, which the Tour Coordinator must send to NEFA. This letter must state the negotiated artistic fee (inclusive of travel and lodging costs), dates of engagement, venue for the engagement and a brief description of the engagement. NDP Sample Letter of Intent [8k]
Letters of Intent should be typed on presenter letterhead and signed by both the presenter and the artist or their representative. Letters of Intent should be sent directly to the project's Tour Coordinator.
It is the role of the project's Tour Coordinator to submit the project's full tour plan (the NDP Tour Grid) and a copy of each Letter of Intent.
NDP Tour Grids and Letters of Intent must be received by NEFA by 5:00 p.m. EST, February 8, 2008. Late materials or those sent by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
Send Tour Grids and Letters of Intent to:
New England Foundation for the Arts
National Dance Project
145 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Details on submitting the NDP Touring Grant Reserved Funding Application: Once Tour Grids and Letters of Intent are reviewed by the NDP Advisors and NDP has allocated funding, notification letters are mailed to presenters by late February.
The form must be typed. You may type into the form (which is an interactive PDF) online and then print it out, or you may print out the form and fill it in using a typewriter. Handwritten forms will not be accepted.
Use the front sides of the form only. Aside from the required supplemental materials, submitting additional pages will disqualify the application.
For the narrative, use a common font similar to Times New Roman or Courier in a size no smaller than 11 point.
NDP Touring Grant Reserved Funding Applications must be received by NEFA by 5:00 p.m. EST, April 1, 2008. Late forms or those sent by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
Send applications to:
New England Foundation for the Arts
National Dance Project
145 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA
NDP Tour Only Support Receipt Deadline for Tour Only Support Nominations: November 1, 2007
Receipt Deadline for Letters of Intent and Tour Grids: February 8, 2008
NDP Tour Only Support is awarded to a limited number of projects that are fully created and ready to tour nationally, but were not developed with NDP Production Grant funding. NDP Touring Only Grants are paid directly to performing arts presenters to cover a percentage (up to 30%) of the artistic fee (40% available to presenters new to the NDP program).
Tour Only support is awarded to dance projects based on nominations NDP receives from presenters, artists, artist managers, and agents. In selecting projects, NDP considers scale, geography, and the representation of diverse ethnicities and artistic forms. Specifically, NDP is looking for effective tour planning, including tours to a limited number of venues (at least three in two states) that support expanded residencies and deeper involvement, as well as tours to a larger group of venues that take the work into new and broader communities throughout the U.S.
Criteria
Projects nominated for NDP Tour Only support should:
Be fully developed and available for touring;
Involve artists of regional or national significance;
Enhance the range of NDP-funded projects in scale, potential for geographic reach, and/or representation of diverse artistic styles;
Have a minimum of three U.S. presenters from at least two states committed to the tour.
Eligibility
Only one nomination per choreographer, artist or company will be accepted
Presenters must have given their permission to be listed on the Nomination form
An artist, choreographer, company, or project may not apply for NDP Tour Only support if it is currently receiving NDP Production support, Touring support, or Tour Only support, and has not yet completed its NDP-supported touring season.
A United States tour of the project must occur in the season for which Tour Only support is awarded. (For the November 1, 2007 deadline, touring season is June 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009.)
To learn more about the NDP Touring Only Support process, please refer to page 18 of the NDP Grant Guidelines [768k].
How to Apply Details on submitting the NDP Tour Only Support Nomination:
Applicants may be artists, artist managers, presenters, or agents. Choreographers, dance artists, or dance companies may self-nominate. Preference is not given to projects that are nominated by NDP Hub Sites or that include NDP Hub Sites in the list of interested presenteters.
To Nominate:
Read all the criteria, eligibility requirements, and instructions prior to completing the form.
The form must be typed. You may type into the form (which is an interactive PDF) online and then print it out, or you may print out the form and fill it out using a typewriter. Handwritten forms will not be accepted.
Use the front sides of the form only. Do not submit additional pages; doing so will disqualify the nomination.
Send a five-minute representative work sample on DVD or VHS*, labeled with company name and title of piece and cued to start.
* DVD is strongly recommended.
NEFA must receive nominations by 5:00 p.m. EST November 1, 2007. Late nominations or those sent by fax or e-mail will not be considered.
Mail nominations to:
New England Foundation for the Arts
National Dance Project
145 Tremont Street, 7th floor
Boston, MA 02111
For line by line instructions for the NDP Tour Only Support Nomination, please refer to page 19 of theNDP Grant Guidelines [768k].
Receipt deadline for NDP Tour Only Support Nomination[147k]; brief tour updates due from Tour Coordinators of Touring Projects for 2008-2009 tours due to NDP.
Mid November 2007:
Hub Sites, Advisors and NDP staff meet to select projects for NDP Tour Only Support.
Early December 2007:
2008-2009 Tour Only Support recipients notified.
February 8, 2008:
Receipt deadline for Letters of Intent and NDP Tour Grids from Tour Coordinators of all projects receiving NDP Touring Support in the 2008-2009 season.
Receipt deadline for NDP Touring Grant Reserved Funding Applications, and Revised Tour Plans (if applicable).
Late May 2008:
2008-2009 Touring Grant award letters sent to presenters on each NDP tour, securing funding.
Evaluation If you have received an NDP Touring Grant, you will be asked to complete an evaluation form as stated in your award package. This evaluation is due 3 weeks following the engagement.
All Touring Grants are paid on a reimbursement basis, after the engagement is complete and an evaluation has been submitted to NDP.
2007 NDP Grant Guidelines [768k].
