The Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellows Program

PROGRAM FEES

Program Tuition Fee | Underwritten

Hicks Fellows are not charged tuition as program costs are underwritten by the program sponsors’ endowment. A modest honorarium to help Fellows and dancers fully participate is provided; details will be described in the acceptance package.

2021 Application Deadlines & Notifications

Participation Requirements & Policies
Jan 25 at Noon EST | Early Deadline | $30 processing fee
Extended: March 1 at Noon EST | Deadline | $35 processing fee
March 1 at 12:01 EST and onwards | Happy to consider if opening available | $45 processing fee

Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis by Program Directors and School staff. Admittance status emails are also sent on a rolling basis.

You are welcome to join us for a Ballet, Contemporary, or Tap Master Class.

• Be prepared to upload materials into the application form when asked.
• Clicking APPLY NOW takes you to the Acceptd website, our application portal. We highly recommend you review the Application Guidelines located there in order to submit a complete and competitive application.
• Review your work carefully before submitting, as only complete applications are considered for acceptance.
• If you need any assistance, contact School Programs Coordinator Fiona Scruggs: [email protected] or 413.243.9919 x. 168.

Required Program Application Materials to Upload

1. Audition Video

Footage must be of clear viewing quality and preferably shot within six months, or as recent as possible, prior to submission. Videos shot outside of a studio, perhaps in a home, garage, or other setting are fine. Media-enhanced, highly edited, or promotional type videos are not reviewed. Adjudicators prefer one concise video with a table of contents; multiple videos will be viewed if contents are properly identified. Use one of the following file types to successfully upload your video(s): MP4, M4V, AVI, FLV, MOV, WMV, MPG, MPEG, M2V, MKV, and WEBM.

• Verbal self-introduction, 2 minutes maximum
  • Introduce yourself
  • Share: your current choreographic interests, your choreographic strong points and deficits, how you envision this program impacting your choreographic work, the choreographic projects you envision for yourself in the near future, and whose work interests you today, in dance and in one other art form.
• Work Sample no. 1
  • This work should be the best example of your current work
  • Share the complete work, no excerpts
  • Provide title, credits, when and where performed
  • The footage can be from a studio, performance, site-specific, zoom, or other venue shoot.
• Work Sample no. 2
  • This work should be no more than three years old
  • Share the complete work, no excerpts
  • Provide title, credits, when and where performed
  • The footage can be from a studio, performance, site-specific, zoom, or other venue shoot.
• Work Sample no. 3 is optional
  • A complete work, or an excerpt, of your choice
  • Not to exceed 10 minutes in length

2. Written Statement of Proposed Artistic Inquiry
In 200 words or less, please share:

• The proposed creative/artistic inquiry you wish to explore during the program. Focus on the choreographic idea(s) to be explored; it is not necessary to have such details as music/composer, length of work, number of dancers, costuming, and other production elements outlined at this point.
• Finish this statement: “This summer, in thinking about what I know how to do and what I haven’t yet had the opportunity to explore in my life as a choreographer, I’d like to…”

3. Headshot

4. Résumé/C.V.

5. Support Material

• Selected samples of programs, reviews, and/or articles about your work combined into one PDF document. 

APPLY NOW