[Reader-list] Call for proposal- New Performance Programme at IFA

[Ashutosh Shyam Potdar]

                                              Call for Proposal

New Performance Programme


 
IFA’s New Performance programme supports reflective performance practices that extend beyond prevailing idioms and forms of performance and/or create new modes of presentation. 

Keeping this thrust area in mind, a performing arts group or an artist can seek support under the following categories.

Pre-production: This programme supports performing artists to germinate and nurture fresh ideas and reflect on the immediate context of their practice. This may include researching towards a performance script and/or collaborative or improvisatory work towards creating a text or other resources and references for the proposed performance. 

Performance: Risk-taking and experimental performance practice that tackles unexplored themes or critically engages with changing contexts of performance will be supported. These productions could introduce fresh content, investigate unexplored but meaningful themes, or straddle different genres in the performing arts. These are only examples, however, and do not exhaust the possibilities offered by this programme. 

Dissemination: IFA grantees can apply for follow-up grants that will enable a wider public to critically engage with their IFA-supported work and larger issues it throws up. This may  include disseminating knowledge acquired and expertise gained with the grant in imaginative and innovative ways.

Residencies: This programme views performance residencies as one of the ideal tools for questioning and reflecting on contemporary performance practices. Residencies help to nurture emerging performing artists, encourage collaboration between them, and support dialogue with a wider field of practice, among other things. We are particularly interested in supporting residencies hosted by emerging organisations in the early stages of institutional building.  

 
APPLICATION

Applications under this programme can be submitted for consideration at any time. You may write your proposal in any Indian language. You can expect to receive a reply from us within ten days, indicating whether your proposal is being considered for support. 




To apply, please send us a short note describing:  a) Your existing practice and your concerns and interests as a practitioner.  b) The nature of the work for which you are seeking funding and how it addresses this programme. 

Please also remember to include the following with your proposal:

a)      Reviews and recordings (if available) and supporting material that gives us a sense of your work.

b)      Your bio-data if you are applying as an individual artist. If you are applying on behalf of an institution, please include background information on the organisation as well as the memorandum of association/trust deed, annual reports, and audited statements of accounts for the past three years. 

c) Your address, telephone/fax numbers, and e-mail address. 

d) A work plan, specifying the duration of the project. 
e) A budget, which should not exceed Rs 1,50,000 for pre-production work, Rs 3,00,000 for developing a production, and Rs 6,00,000 for a residency. 

f)  Applicants should include two references supportive of the proposal from senior artists or other persons associated with their field.

g)      Your proposal will be assessed with the help of external evaluators, and IFA’s decision on

 the grant will be final. 

h) You are welcome to approach us to discuss your ideas and develop your proposal and budget through dialogue and interaction with IFA staff. You may write to us or email a brief description of your project, or regarding any matter pertaining to this programme. Please ensure that we receive a draft proposal three months prior to your need for funds to support the project.

 
 
ELIGIBILITY

You are eligible to apply if you are an Indian national, a registered non-profit Indian organisation, or have been resident in India for at least five years. Your collaborators, if any, should also fall into one of the above categories.

Send your queries and proposals to ashutoshpotdar at indiaifa.org or write to: 




Programme Executive 
New Performance, India Foundation for the Arts, 'Apurva', Ground Floor, No 259, 4th Cross, Raj Mahal Vilas 2nd Stage, 2nd Block, Bangalore-560 094 

Phone: 080-2341 4681 / 82 

 

Translations of this circular are available in other Indian languages on request and can also be downloaded from http://www.indiaifa.org/