OPPORTUNITIES
Explore a curated selection of grants, open calls, festivals, and more. These opportunities are designed to highlight resources available to East African dance artists to enhance their visibility.
Discover and apply for your next opportunity.

CHOREOGRAPHY SESSION 2025
Deadline: April 15, 2025
For three weeks of fruitful work Russian choreographers will create unique productions with foreign dancers, while foreign choreographers will work with students of the Dance Academy. In addition, the School will organize rich cultural program.

Dance Performers & Electric Band Recruitment Chine
Beijing Timing Art Co., Ltd – Dance Performers and Electric Band Recruitment.
Where: Beijing (China)
When: 1st May, 2025
Deadline for applications: 30th April, 2026

WIKIENDI LIVE 2025
Tunayo furaha kuwatangazia wito rasmi wa kushiriki kwa wasanii wachanga na waliobobea wa kazi za sanaa za jukwaani, pamoja na watu wengine wenye vipaji na shauku ya kuonesha kazi zao za muziki pamoja na dansi kwa hadhira kubwa, katika tukio la "WIKIENDI LIVE" 2025,Hii ni moja ya fursa pekee kwa wasanii kupata fursa kuonyesha kazi zao kwa hadhira, kuungana na wasanii wenzao kwa manufafaa ya kuendeleza saana zao.

New Youth Project: Asedeva - Germany
NEW YOUTH PROJECT - APPLY NOW TO BE PART OF IT 2025 - 2026
Youth Development & Cultural Exchange Program
Tanzania - Germany
Deadline: 10 March 2025

OPEN CALL: Choreographic Duet Competition in The Netherlands
Open call: 2025 Choreographic Duet Competition in Netherlands
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP1o-DL2fsOVNUjvg05onQkcGfWb6UFLLtDkHaf-LPLMBpIg/viewform

OPEN CALL: RESIDENCY 2025 - Germany
(OPEN CALL / RESIDENCY 2025 / Germany)
Deadline: February 28, 2025
Apply at: https://www.zku-berlin.org/open-call/

OPEN CALL: Nafasi Artspace
FEEL FREE. Kwa wabunifu, waundaji, na watengeneza mabadiliko! Nafasi Art Space inayo furaha kutangaza wito wa 4 wa maombi ya 2025 Feel Free Grant & Incubation Program! 🚀✨

Festival Connect Fund | British Council
This 2024, we are launching our Festival Connect Fund, which enables new and innovative ways for connections, mobility, and exchanges and showcases contemporary arts between festivals across Africa and internationally.

OPEN CALL: FRAGILE – FOR YOUNG CHANGEMAKERS!
Deadline: 24 March, 2024
Apply Here: pinabauschzentrum.de
From 24 September to 6 October 2024, FRAGILE – the International Festival for Young DanceMusicTheatre, will be held in Wuppertal for the second time.

Nafasi Art Space: Feel Free
Deadline: 24 March, 2024
Apply Here: pinabauschzentrum.de
From 24 September to 6 October 2024, FRAGILE – the International Festival for Young DanceMusicTheatre, will be held in Wuppertal for the second time.


International Co-production Fund 2024
DEADLINE: 1 September 2024
Apply Here : www.goethe.de/ikf
Funding will be available for international projects starting in 2024 and lasting up to 24 months.

International Collaboration Grants 2024
Deadline: 30 April 2024
Apply Here : britishcouncil.org
This £1 million grants programme supports the creation of new cultural collaborations between UK artists, arts professionals and organisations and their peers around the world.
Available grants range between £25,000 and £75,000 and are now open for application.

Prince Claus fund application
Deadline: 15 June 2023
Call for applications for the Building Beyond Mentorship by the Prince Claus Fund & Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie 2023.

Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP) 2023
📢 It’s open! Applications are now open for our Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP) 2023!

25th Annual San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest
The San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest is NOW taking applications for performances for EPIC 25th Anniversary shows!

UNESCO Grant Application
UNESCO is launching the fourteenth call for applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD). Through an open and competitive process, projects will be selected based on their ability to generate concrete and lasting results towards the development of the creative sectors in developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention.

Braid Arts & Culture Fund
The Braid Arts & Culture Fund sees the health of the art, culture and cultural heritage sector and its contributions to wider communities as a weaving of elements: our disciplines, our practitioners, and our audiences. Intertwining these strands leads to improved relationships, new work, increased audiences and greater influence.
Everyday Projects Photojournalism Grant 2023
At the core of The Everyday Projects’ mission is a belief in support of photojournalists from diverse backgrounds as they develop their craft. In an effort to help provide this vital support, The Everyday Projects will award two grants to photographers to work on a long-term project in their own community.

‘Feel Free’ Application Nafasi Art Space
With support from the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania and the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Nafasi will use this opportunity to provide support for a small selection of arts and culture practitioners, organisations, and institutions to implement creative projects that benefit Tanzanian artists and audiences alike.