Opportunity: Open Call for Europe Beyond Access Co-Productions

Are you an artist who is Deaf and/or disabled, based in Europe, with a passion for dance, choreography, or movement? Do you have experience of leading an artistic process? Europe Beyond Access invites you to apply for co-production support to bring your artistic vision to life.

Applications are now open for European artists who are Deaf and/or disabled who are seeking co-producers for new artistic works based in dance practice, choreography or movement.

This Open Call is issued by Europe Beyond Access (EBA), a consortium of ten leading European dance and performing arts organisations. Europe Beyond Access supports artists who are disabled and/or Deaf to break the glass ceilings of the contemporary performing arts sector and to become Europe’s next artistic leaders. Europe Beyond Access want to support artists to make more ambitious and innovative work.

You can listen to the audio described open call announcement here.

This opportunity offers co-production support of between €15,000 and €40,000 for each project and opportunity for public presentation at two or more of their partners’ venues, companies or festivals.

The deadline for First Stage applications is the 19 May 2024.

If you self-define as Deaf or disabled, you are eligible to apply. EBA Co-productions must be led by one or more artist who is Deaf and/or disabled. Or, the productions may be led by collectives that include artists who are disabled in equal positions of leadership. The application itself must be made by the lead artist(s) who are Deaf and/or disabled, or those working collaboratively.

The lead artist(s) must have previous experience of making work, in either local, national or international contexts. Proposals can come from independent artists with or without a producer or production support or proposals can come from artists working with established companies.

The aim is to support artists to make more ambitious and innovative work. This could be a first international production and/or a project that includes more collaborators, for example. However, proposals should be achievable and be a logical next step in your practice or career. 

They are searching for new works led artistically by artists who are Deaf and/or disabled that can be presented at two or more of their partners’ venues or festivals, they are flexible on how the works can be presented but they must be transferrable and flexible to be shown in different locations.

These projects could be based in dance practice, choreography or movement or that utilises different disciplines that explore body and motion, presented on stage or in an alternative format (for example film, installation, or site-specific work). Submitted ideas and projects can be at various stages of development, but must not yet be in production.

To view full guidelines and make an application, visit disabilityartsinternational.org

Image: ‘Fine Lines’ by Roser López Espinosa / Skånes Dansteater / Europe Beyond Access / Photo by Simone Cargnoni for Oriente Occidente.