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UCLA National Dance/Media Fellowship

Each year the program will admit six accomplished professionals from the dance field. In addition, two highly qualified UCLA graduate students will be admitted to the program.

Terms of Residency

Fellows will participate in ten weeks of full-time, advanced dance documentation training workshops held on the UCLA campus during the winter quarters (January to March).

Fellows will receive travel reimbursement, and a stipend of $5,000 to cover living expenses. Limited funds will also be available for expenses related to the workshop projects. Student fellows will not receive stipend, but will receive 12-16 units of credit for enrollment in the workshop.

At the conclusion of their residencies, fellows will be eligible to apply for the Independent Project Development Funds at a total amount of $100,000 made available through the National Initiative to Preserve America’s Dance (NIPAD)

Curricula for the Fellowship Program

Professionals from the field of dance and/or media with a demonstrated record of excellence and productivity, and a commitment to continuing to work in dance/media.

Applicants may be:

• videographers of dance documentation
• producer/directors/creators of dance/media programming for TV, cable and/or film
• producer/directors of documentary and ethnographic films on dance
• choreographers with an interest in and history of working in dance/media documentation and/or creation
• citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.

Student applicants must be a UCLA graduate student in good standing within a degree program in areas such as, film and television, ethnography, choreography, dance, and cultural studies and be enrolled in the Winter Quarter.

How to apply? Include the following information to the address below:

1. A full curriculum vitae;
2. Statement of Interest: Outline your interest in the program and comment on ways in which a residency program like this would enhance your work in dance and the media;
3. Two sample videos of work: Choreographers can submit tapes of live performances and/or dance made for film or video. Cue samples to the ten minute passage you wish to have viewed and include a brief description (not more than one page) of the section and the circumstance under which it was made.
4. A list of three references: one must be a choreographer/dance artist.

The UCLA National Dance/Media Fellowship Program
UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance
124 Dance Building
Box 951608
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1608
Phone: 310.206.1867 or 206.1335
Fax: 310.825.5152