National touring initiative for contemporary performance
The Australia Council for the Arts invites tenders to develop, produce, manage, market and present a major national touring initiative for contemporary performance for the next three years.
The Australia Council has been funding the touring of contemporary performance in Australia since 2003. To date, this has been through Mobile States, a consortium of Australia’s major independent contemporary performance presenters, about which more information can be found at this link: www.performinglines.org.au/mobilestates.php
The national touring initiative is a cross-artform project of the Australia Council to promote and broaden the appeal of contemporary performance in Australia’s major cities, jointly funded by the theatre board, dance board and inter-arts office. The budget for the initiative is $200,000 per year for three years, with the funds available from 1 July 2009. The initiative will run from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2012.
While not every performance work presented through this touring initiative will contain elements of each artform, the entire season program should cover a diversity of contemporary performance practice that represents the best of Australian theatre, dance and hybrid art.
By touring the best Australian contemporary performance work between major Australian cities, the national touring initiative (NTI) aims to:
- increase the number of presentation opportunities for contemporary performance
- increase the national audience for this work
- increase the awareness and appreciation of contemporary performance practice.
Tenders must be lodged by email by 5pm local Sydney time on Monday 3 November 2008.Tenders should be send to: tenders@australiacouncil.gov.au
For more information, contact Antonietta Morgillo, Program Manager, Theatre by phone on 02 9215 9107 or email a.morgillo@australiacouncil.gov.au
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