Kolkata Centre for Creativity and Consulate General of Italy in Kolkata invite artistic proposals intending a confluence between of musicians (of all genre) and contemporary dances/ movement artists inspired by the chosen tragedy from the epic.
What will be offered to the selected project -
To be paid to Collaborator 1
Music
Creation, Rehearsal and production cost, Artist fees,
Technical cost of the light sound etc.
INR 70,000.00
To be paid to Collaborator 2
Movement & Contemporary Dance
Creation, Rehearsal and production cost, Artist fees,
Technical cost of the light sound etc.
INR 70,000.00
Towards documentation (written and video) of final showcase (allotted only in the last stage of the project realisation)
A video documentation to be submitted of the final showcase INR 30,000.00
* The Grant will be allotted in parts throughout the project. Detail will be given to the selected project
Application Guideline and Criteria
- The projects must consider the chosen excerpt of “La Divina Comedia” as its primary inspiration and departure point.
- Applications are open to a confluence group of:
a) practitioners of Music and
b) practitioners of movement & contemporary dance.
Only the applicant groups that must be able to establish the collaboration, would be considered.
- One project will be awarded for this laboratory program.
- The performance can be pre-recorded or live in a physical space or a combination of these. (Subject to decide seeing the COVID situation while announcement).
- The length of the piece must be at least 30 minutes and max 60 minutes.
- The work must be a new work proposal and cannot be a film or a video/ audio recording of an existing performance by the group.
- We encourage projects that are multidisciplinary and collaborative.
- All the selected performance/ showcase of the project must be executed as per timelines given in ‘Important Dates’ at the end of this page.
- This laboratory is offered for Indian Nationals only. (KCC Art Fellows for the current year of 2020-2021 are not eligible for application.) Applicants residing in West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura will be given preference.
- The projects must be applied in Bengali, Hindi or in English.
- Existing fellows/ grantees of KCC of year 2020-2021 are not eligible to apply for this grant.
Things to Submit
- Working title of the project.
- A concept notes of the project. The synopsis of narrative can be included in this section.
- A note on the ways that the particular excerpt of “La Divina Comedia” inspires or is related with the project.
- A note on intention and possibilities of the collaboration between music, movement and contemporary dance practitioners collaborating in this project.
- Bio and detailed role of the collaborating artists/groups and the team of collaborators.
- A broad time-frame for the project.
- An approximate breaking up of budget expenditure (in detail).
- Everything must be submitted in one PDF to submission.kcc@akst.org.in as per timelines given in ‘Important Dates’ on Page 3.
NB: Please mention the following at the first page of your application.
Name of the main collaborators –
Name of the groups –
Working title of the project –
Single point contact: Phone –
Single point contact: Email –
Name of the other collaborators/team members –
Important Dates:
Date of Announcement - December 15th 2020, 17.00 IST
Deadline for submission - January 31st 2021, 17.00 IST
Announcement of selected application - February 25th 2021, 17.00 IST
Time frame for execution of the projects
First presentation on the progress of project on/by- June 25th 2021
Second presentation on the progress of project on/by- 25th September 2021
Final presentation at KCC- November 2021
Contact
Email – submission.kcc@akst.org.in
Write Application_LTE_(working title of your project) in the subject of the email
(Without the subject we shall not be able to identify your proposal, please pay attention)
Phone - +91 – 9051038394 (Tuesday – Sunday, 11.00 am to 7.00 pm)
Bengali PDF Link: