MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) is elated to announce its tenth annual dance festival, Collective Thread, on March 28-29, 2025 7:30 PM at The Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027 + Livestream & On Demand Option. The purpose of Collective Thread is to provide a voice and a platform for artistic self-impression to those women identifying artists of underrepresented ethnic groups within the medium of dance. ***PLEASE NOTE: MADC uses the term “women” to encompass all those that self-identify as women including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, or gender non-conforming. We honor and respect all identities.*** The goal of Collective Thread is to instill artists with the necessary tools to take on leadership roles in an effort to increase diversity, inclusion, and gender equality in the dance field. 

Up to sixteen local, national, and international artists will be chosen to present up to 8 minutes of a dance work to perform in person in one of live concerts on March 28, 2025 or March 29, 2025 7:30 PM at The Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027 in the following option:

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• Live performance (new, previously presented, or work in progress) in the festival venue + tech before the scheduled performance; venue - TBA

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The 2025 open submission call is October 21, 2024 - 11:59pm EST on December 2, 2024. Local, national & international artists including people with disabilities of all dance genres are encouraged to apply.  Artists can submit one of the following work samples with their application + $10 application fee:

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• A previously performed recorded work that can be performed live during the festival at The Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027

• 1-2 minutes of a new proposed work of the form of rehearsal footage that is being submitted in the application

 

There is a $10 application fee to submit through Stripe here. Please note that if you are submitting 2 pieces, please change the quantity from 1 to 2 in Stripe checkout. There is no participation fee if chosen. Please note that the $10 application fee goes towards the performance venue and production costs. All artists will be notified by 11:59pm EST on Monday, December 9, 2024. If chosen, artists will sign a letter of agreement to confirm her/their participation in the dance festival. Participating artists will  present their work live during one of live concerts on March 28, 2025 or March 29, 2025 7:30 PM at The Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027, as well as tech before their scheduled concert, free professional photos, free concert footage, and amplify the artists’ voices through advertising & marketing.

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Please note:

• Applications will not be reviewed by the selection panel if the application fee hasn't been submitted.

• Application fees are nonrefundable.

• MADC does not provide honorariums; and/or travel & lodging stipends to presenting artists.

 

Please see below for the application breakdown:

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Contact Information

Name

Preferred Pronouns

Address (including City & State)

Zip Code

Cell Phone

Social Media Handles (if available)

Provide Choreographer's/Collaborators' Headshot(s) - jpeg files only, please

How did you hear about Collective Thread?

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Piece Information

Title of Piece

Choreographer’s/Collaborators' Name(s)

Additional Collaborators' Names (if more than one choreographer)

Composer’s Name (if music is used)

Name of text and writer (if used in piece)

Your submitted piece is one of the following:

__A work sample (new, previously performed, or work in progress) to perform live in person

__1-2 minutes of a new proposed work of the form of rehearsal footage

Length of Piece - 2 to 8 minutes

Does your work have a video component?

__Yes

__No

If so, will the video be used as sound in the live performance?

__Yes

__No

Does your piece have props?

__Yes

__No

If so, what are the props?

Does your piece have live music?

__Yes

__No

If so, what are the instruments being used and how many musicians?

50-word piece description

YouTube, Vimeo Link, or Google Drive Link - Please double check your link to make sure that the selection panel will be able to access it.

Password to view the above link if needed - Please double check your password to make sure that the selection panel will be able to access it.

Cue Start & End Time Stamp (if submitted piece is longer than 8 minutes)

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Video Submission

MADC would love for our selection panel, corporate sponsors, and donors to connect with the faces and energies of the artists that we serve. Please submit a 30-60 second choreographer video with the following: name, current city of residence, & what inspires you to move. Please shoot your video via smartphone landscape (horizontal) and in a quiet place in your home or outside while social distancing. Please note that this video will be used in marketing materials (email lists and social media platforms) for the festival if chosen to present.

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Choreographer's/Collaborators' Video Submission