
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.

OPEN CALL: International Co-production Fund (IKF)
Project Funding For German Co-productions that grow out of collaborative and dialogue-based working processes in the fields of music, dance, theatre and performance art.
In particular, we welcome applications for funding from developing and transition countries.
Deadline: May 15th, 2025 23:59 pm (CET )

CALL FOR PROPOSALS #17 // SOFACO #06 – ACF
Are you an individual artist or an African cultural organization?
The African Culture Fund (ACF) invites you to submit your project under the SOFACO program.
Deadline: May 15th, 2025 by midnight (GMT)

Young Leaders Conference 2025 ‘Sawa Project’
Young Leaders Conference – Kenya 2025
Are you 25–35 years old and based in Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, or Uganda? Passionate about mental health and ready to lead change in your community?
Then this opportunity is for you. 📅 Don’t miss out - applications are now OPEN!
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Deadline: May 23rd, 2025 17:00 (EAT)

OPEN CALL: AFRICA DANCE BIENNIAL
🔥 Big announcement for dance in Africa! 🔥
📣 The School of Sables is proud to host the Biennale of Dance in Africa 2026 in Senegal!
🗓️ From April 29 to May 3, 2026, Toubab Dialaw will become the beating heart of contemporary African dance, with unprecedented performances, masterclasses, lectures and meetings.
Deadline: June 4th, 2025

OPEN CALL: Shechter II 2026
OPEN CALL for video submissions to join Hofesh Shechter Company’s award-winning professional development programme.
If you’re aged between 18 and 25 years old, it’s your chance to join Hofesh Shechter Company as part of Shechter II 2026 – a paid training programme focussing on performance, professional development and teaching skills.
Following the phenomenal success of our Shechter II cohort of 2024, during which they toured Hofesh Shechter’s From England with Loveto 40 venues in 7 different countries, reaching approximately 46,000 people, we now launch a global search for the next generation of emerging artists, at the start of their careers, to join our Shechter II 2026 programme.
Deadline: May 2nd, 2025 12:00 pm (GMT)

OPEN CALL: Chizi Wigwe Prize for African Futurism
The Chizi Wigwe Prize is a $15,000 award granted to an exceptional artist whose work embodies the spirit of African Futurism and aligns with the theme "Africa in 2100." This initiative reflects the Foundation's commitment to fostering a dynamic and inclusive creative landscape where African artists can thrive and contribute to global conversations.
Deadline: April 30th, 2025

Dance Performers & Electric Band Recruitment Chine
Beijing Timing Art Co., Ltd – Dance Performers and Electric Band Recruitment.
We supply professional dance performers to many theme parks and performing arts companies in China. The performance venue is located within a theme park, predominantly indoors.
Location: Beijing, China
Deadline: April 30th, 2025

CHOREOGRAPHY SESSION 2025
The Boris Eifman Dance Academy Choreographic Session
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. The final concert of the Choreography session will be held on the stage of the Dance Academy Theatre.
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Deadline: April 15, 2025

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.