Jouer dehors

Call for submissions 2024

Would you like to promote an offstage dance show? Meaning anything you can present outside of a theater, with low technical requirements or totally on your own? Do you want to strengthen your distribution efforts? Do you like sharing and teamwork? Submit your project to Jouer dehors 2024!

Jouer dehors is a coaching and professional developpment program in the presentation dance.

The selection committee of Jouer dehors puts emphasis on artistic relevance and welcomes site-specific creations of any genre from artists of all origins. The selected dance projects can be rooted in current creation, relational art, ballet, jigging, Indigenous dances, street dance, flamenco, etc.

The selection of Jouer dehors shows is made by a jury of paid peers. The process leading to the selection of performances is part of La DSR’s approach to strive for greater equity to all applicants, including consultation with paid peers who are culturally representative or specialized in the proposed dance form.

More than ten years, it has proven to be a fantastic professional development tool for around forty artists as well as being the catalyst for a new circuit of dance programming. In addition, the Jouer dehors program was named as a structuring project for the circulation of artworks by the CALQ in its 2019-2022 action plan report for the circulation of the performing arts in Quebec.

It promotes between 75 and 160 performances outdoors every year. This success led Dance West Network to start a twin program: Arts outside, with which an artistic exchange collaboration has been established in 2015 to enable the presenting of dance between both provinces by giving companies from Quebec and British Columbia the opportunity to work on both territories.

If there are any issues (financial, physical access, translation, interpretation, ect.) related to filing applications, accessing our offices, or accessing any other La DSR activities, we invite you to contact the Coordinator for Jouer dehors, who will implement the necessary measures to facilitate your participation.

Please see our support and equity policy wich aims to promote access to our services for Indigenous people, Black people or people of color, LGBTQ2+ people, single parents and people with disabilities.

Deadline :

Midnight on April 21, 2023

Being a La DSR member in 2022-2023;
Complete the form

Provided services:

Online training sessions;
1 toolkit (contract templates, technical data sheet, etc.);
1 directory of presenters including more than 800 contacts;
50 hours of individual coaching;
Collective promotional tools, including a brochure and a promotional video;
Collective promotional campaign aimed toward presenters;
Representation of program artists : collective kiosk at ROSEQ and RIDEAU.

Rules

Glossary

In situ : show that can be presented anywhere but inside a theater, with low technical requirements or in total autonomy.

Prerequisites

Being a La DSR member in 2022-2023;
Being a artist, company or peer- or community-recognized collective;
Headquartered in Quebec or Indigenous territories in the province;
Provide hyperlinks to a complete version and an excerpt of the In situ show (mandatory);
Provide three pictures of the In situ show;
The show needs to be ready for touring. Unfinished projects or work-in-progress pieces are not accepted;
The application can be submitted in either English or French;
No deposit fees;
Upon request, La DSR can provide assistance in preparing the application;
If there are any access or equity issues associated with the criteria, La DSR invites candidates to contact its team to discuss these and find solutions (please see our support and equity policy);
The form must be completed by April 21, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. at the latest;
For artists who would like to submit several shows: please fill out a separate form for each show;

Selection Criteria

All projects are subject to the following selection criteria:

Artistic coherence of the work;
Work is relevant to the context of presentation: in situ (piece that can be presented everywhere except in the performance hall) with light technical requirements or in full autonomy;
The show needs to be ready for touring. Unfinished projects or work-in-progress pieces are not accepted;
Company, collective or individual’s ability to invest time and energy in the development of the distribution/presentation and in the program;
Individual’s ability to clearly express the work’s concept.

Selected artists are committed to the following

Name a distribution/presentation representative who will actively take part in weekly follow-ups throughout the term of the agreement (June 2023 to September 2024);
Renew your membership to La DSR in 2022-2023;
Attend the training on Writing your own promotional texts (mandatory) on May 25, 2023, from 1PM to 4PM, on Zoom;
Attend the onboarding activity (mandatory) on June 1, 2023, from 1PM to 5PM, on Zoom;
Participate in group online exchanges, individual follow-ups (phone and e-mail) and training sessions throughout the term of the agreement (June 2023 to September 2024);
Pay the annual dues: $600 + taxes for an independent choreographer, $700 + taxes for a project company or $800 + taxes for a functioning company annual dues must be paid by April 1, 2024. If the annual dues is an issues, please see our support and equity policy;
Mention La DSR’s contributions and support in their communications;
Provide high quality pictures and videos of the In situ show by August 2023.

La Danse sur les routes du Québec’s commitments

Recognize issues of equality, the impacts of colonialism and the notion of privilege in its activities and in the sector;
Honour and respect cultural specificities in artistic practices;
Facilitate the evaluation of artistic files by culturally representative peers;
Offer services with an openness spiritEnsure that these same services listen, empower and allow for the self-determination of indigenous artists and artists from diverse cultural backgrounds;
Collaborate with culturally representative professionals who are sensitive to the specific issues of indigenous artists and artists from diverse cultural backgrounds;
Participate in the development of artistic practices as well as efforts to change the sector;
Tools and services are offered in French.