BalletCollective’s Commission for Developing Choreographers is now in its sixth year. It offers both emerging and established choreographers the chance to partner closely with a composer and a “source artist” (any non-performative creator or thought leader) in a “collective” that ultimately produces an original dance-based work with an original score.

Please visit https://balletcollective.com/forchoreographers2025 for more information and to apply.

Submissions are due March 18, 2024.

The selected choreographer will receive a commission fee ranging from $12,000-$18,000 based on commission length. The work’s premiere, with live musical accompaniment, will be included in BalletCollective's annual fall season in New York, NY in 2025.

BalletCollective will also provide dance studio space during creative residencies in New York, NY and Millbrook, NY; assistance with travel and housing during creative residencies in New York, NY and Millbrook, NY; and the chance to work with an ensemble of exceptional dancers and musicians. 

The New York, NY residency will take place over two weeks in June 2025. The Millbrook, NY residency will take place over two weeks in July 2025. The New York, NY premiere will take place in late October or early November 2025. 

Previous recipients include Gabrielle Lamb (2017), Preston Chamblee (2019), Bryn Cohn (2022), and Omar Román De Jesús (2023). The recipient of the 2024 Commission for Developing Choreographers will be announced in March 2024.