2010 Solar-Powered Dance Series Call for Emerging Choreographers
Selections from the 2009 Solar-Powered Dance Series: Faye Minli Lim, Sara Joel, Catch Me Bird,Jamal Jackson Dance Company Photos: Eric Bandiero
Solar One is currently accepting submissions for its Sixth Annual Solar Powered Dance Series to take place over two weekends this summer, as part of the 2010 Green Energy Arts Festival. Emerging artists are strongly encouraged to submit materials for consideration by the festival selection panel.
DEADLINE: March 22, 2010
More selections from the 2009 Solar-Powered Dance Series: Sahar Javedani, Alexandra Joye Houston, Jamal Jackson Dance Company Photos: Eric Bandiero
After last year’s exciting season, Solar One is pleased to announce its sixth annual Solar Powered Dance Series. Over the course of our 2009 series, hundreds of visitors and artists appreciated and enjoyed the richness of the arts experience at our unique solar-powered venue in Stuyvesant Cove Park, located on Manhattan’s East River waterfront. This year, we will again provide a much-needed new venue for dance and produce an exciting line up of performances by emerging choreographers, curated by a panel selected and led by Solar One Artistic Director Tamar Rogoff.
Solar One’s 2010 Solar Powered Dance Series will be held over two weekends in Summer 2010 and will be divided into two three-day programs (Program A: July 22-24, Raindate July 25; Program B: July 29-July 31, Raindate August 1).
Performances will take place in the evening on our 20-foot by 24-foot outdoor eco-stage, made from recycled materials and overlooking the East River. (Please note that the stage design does not include curtains, wings or lighting equipment.) As with our 2009 festival, the sound system for the Solar Powered Dance Series will be powered entirely by energy collected by the solar-paneled roof of the Solar 1 building. Each soloist or group will perform three evenings and is expected to contribute pieces ranging anywhere from 6 to 10 minutes in length. Performances should be accessible to a general audience and appropriate for all age groups. Ten hours of free rehearsal time on stage will be allotted to each individual or group, and each choreographer will receive an honorarium.
In accordance with our energy philosophy, we would prefer that you send us electronic materials only, to the extent possible. Please provide a link to a video segment of your work, preferably the work you intend to present in the series, along with contact information and a brief bio. Full press kits and photos are not necessary; the panel will judge submissions based on quality, creativity and suitability for the venue. If a new work is being created especially for the series, please provide links to a completed work and to the work in progress and/or notes. Text may be attached as MS Word documents, and all electronic materials may be submitted online to dina@solar1.org no later than March 22, 2010. Unfortunately, we will not be able to consider late submissions.
Those unable to provide electronic submissions should send in a complete piece of work, cued to a five-minute segment, on DVD (preferably) or video, according to the guidelines above.
Please make sure to check the link and/or the DVD to make sure the piece can be watched. Depending on the volume of submissions, we may not be able to request another copy if the original is not viewable.
Please refrain from sending extra materials, including publicity materials and extraneous packaging. Submissions may be delivered to Solar 1, located at East 23rd Street and the East River in Manhattan (10am – 5pm, Monday – Friday) by March 22, 2010. Submission materials, postmarked no later than March 22, 2010, may also be mailed to:
Solar One
2010 Solar Powered Dance Series
37 West 26th Street, Suite 209
New York, NY 10010
If you would like your materials returned to you, please include a self-addressed stamped mailer with your submission. (Materials may also be picked up at Solar One during the first week of April.)
For additional information regarding this year’s Solar Powered Dance Series and Solar One’s summer arts programs, contact Events & Marketing Coordinator Dina Elkan at dina[at]solar1[dot]org.
