The MR Van Lier Emerging Artists of Color Fellowship provides year-long creative research support, rehearsal space, mentorship, performance and related opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of movement-based artists. The Fellowship program is supported by New York Community Trust through the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund.

Applications for the 2025 Movement Research Van Lier Emerging Artist of Color Fellowship program are due by 11:59pm on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Apply HERE

 

The Van Lier Emerging Artist of Color Fellowship program supports the professional development of young artists demonstrating the following:

An interest in dance-making and the progressive, movement-based arts community;
Commitment to the field, and to establishing a professional career;
Between 22 and 30 years of age;
Identifies as an artist of color from a community underrepresented in the professional New York dance community, such as, but not limited to, Immigrant, Black, Indigenous, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latine/Latinx, Afro-Caribbean and African-American cultures;
Will not be enrolled in an academic, conservatory, college, or degree-granting program during the Fellowship period.
This program is funded by organizations that specifically support artists who are residents of New York City. Resident means that your primary residence is in one of the 5 Boroughs of New York City;
Artists must apply as individuals, and only one individual artist will be granted each residency.

Please note:

At Movement Research, we collect and review submissions via Submittable. The first step of the submission process is to create a Submittable account, or sign into your existing account. When creating an account, you will be asked for your name, your email address, and a password of your choosing.
Individuals for whom access to an internet or wifi enabled device and/or a reliable Internet connection is unavailable should contact Movement Research at (212) 598-0551 (voice only) for guidance.
For accessibility purposes, the application can be sent as an attachment by email. Acceptable file types: .doc, .docx, .pdf. To receive the full list of application questions send an email to apply@movementresearch.org. Please note that the deadline for submitting the application as an attachment is the same as the deadline for submitting the application through Submittable.

If you have questions regarding accessibility, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “2025 MR Van Lier Artist of Color Fellowship Application.”

What does the Van Lier Artist of Color Fellowship Support?

Emerging dance artists engaging in  wide-ranging artistic investigations that are movement-based, but that may incorporate other disciplines and collaborations, with a focus on experimentation.
Emerging dance artists who reflect a range of directions and approaches to making work such that there is an interesting confluence of artistic ideas being explored over the course of the Fellowship.

What do fellows receive? 

A Fellowship stipend of $10,000
A training stipend of $1,000 for class and workshop fees beyond MR offerings*
A performance ticket stipend & conference/symposium stipend totaling $1,000
A performance fee of $2,000*
Artistic Mentorship – each Fellow will select an artistic mentor that will provide artistic development feedback throughout the year-long fellowship period
100 hours of free rehearsal space in MR Studios
Professional dance training with seminal teachers in the field through MR daily classes, MELT workshop intensives, and periodic workshops throughout the fellowship period;*
Opportunities to attend monthly Movement Research Artist of Color Council meetings and cohort meetings on professional development topics. 

*Timeline for these activities during the year-long Fellowship will be determined with each individual Fellow.

What is required of a fellow?

Show work-in-process through one or more of the following series:    

Movement Research at the Judson Church
Open Performance
An opportunity collaboratively determined with the Fellows

Meet with a mentor throughout the Fellowship period
Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with MR staff.
Participate in Van Lier Fellows’ meetings.
Submit interim and final reports detailing fellows’ activities throughout the year. 

What is the selection process?

Movement Research will convene a panel of artists from the Movement Research community to review and discuss applications. The panel is facilitated by non-voting Movement Research staff, and will ultimately select two artists for the Fellowship. Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process in early December.