Saturday, May 22, 2010
Open Call for Proposals: Solo Flight at TOPAZ ARTS
Please download guidelines and application at: http://www.topazarts.org/TPZCevents.html
TOPAZ ARTS and the Queens Museum of Art announce an open call for Dance in Queens: Solo Flight – 
a dance residency and performance series featuring solo work. Presented as an off-site event during the Queens Museum of Art's expansion, Dance in Queens 2010 will take place at the TOPAZ ARTS Space in Woodside, Queens. This year, the 8th annual contemporary dance residency program focuses on the solo form, offering choreographers concentrated time and a private space to develop new work.
Three soloists will be selected to receive free rehearsal space and a public presentation of their work at TOPAZ ARTS Space. Choreographers will each be awarded with up to six weeks access to rehearsal space at the TOPAZ ARTS studio during July to mid-September 2010, concluding in a shared public performance. Each choreographer will present solo work during an informal showing on Sunday, September 12, 2010.
Choreographers from all five boroughs of New York City may apply. Also open to artists outside of NYC, please note: no stipend, nor travel or housing provided. Three choreographers will be chosen from a competitive application process and reviewed by a panel of professionals in the dance field on the basis of the proposed work, artistic merit and video samples.
DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2010 (Must be received by deadline)
Application materials must be mailed to: 
ATTN: Dance in Queens 2010, TOPAZ ARTS, PO Box 770150, Woodside, NY 11377
Application form and details available at:

TOPAZ ARTS: www.topazarts.org/TPZCevents.html
Contact: Paz Tanjuaquio, email: paz@topazarts.org
www.topazarts.org/TPZCevents.html
Studio location: TOPAZ ARTS Space, 55-03 39th Avenue, Woodside, Queens
Subway: #7 to 61st St/Woodside or R,V,G to Northern Blvd. Details at: http://www.topazarts.org
Dance in Queens began in Summer 2003 as a collaborative project between TOPAZ ARTS and the Queens Museum of Art, to provide opportunities for contemporary dance in the Queens community. Dance in Queens 2010 is funded, in part, by the NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs, New York State DanceForce with funds from NY State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.
Three soloists will be selected to receive free rehearsal space and a public presentation of their work at TOPAZ ARTS Space. Choreographers will each be awarded with up to six weeks access to rehearsal space at the TOPAZ ARTS studio during July to mid-September 2010, concluding in a shared public performance. Each choreographer will present solo work during an informal showing on Sunday, September 12, 2010.
Choreographers from all five boroughs of New York City may apply. Also open to artists outside of NYC, please note: no stipend, nor travel or housing provided. Three choreographers will be chosen from a competitive application process and reviewed by a panel of professionals in the dance field on the basis of the proposed work, artistic merit and video samples.
DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2010 (Must be received by deadline)
Application materials must be mailed to: 
ATTN: Dance in Queens 2010, TOPAZ ARTS, PO Box 770150, Woodside, NY 11377
Application form and details available at:

TOPAZ ARTS: www.topazarts.org/TPZCevents.html
Contact: Paz Tanjuaquio, email: paz@topazarts.org
www.topazarts.org/TPZCevents.html
Studio location: TOPAZ ARTS Space, 55-03 39th Avenue, Woodside, Queens
Subway: #7 to 61st St/Woodside or R,V,G to Northern Blvd. Details at: http://www.topazarts.org
Dance in Queens began in Summer 2003 as a collaborative project between TOPAZ ARTS and the Queens Museum of Art, to provide opportunities for contemporary dance in the Queens community. Dance in Queens 2010 is funded, in part, by the NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs, New York State DanceForce with funds from NY State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.
Please download guidelines and application at: http://www.topazarts.org/TPZCevents.html
