HATCH AWARDS 2023

HATCH AWARDS 2023

As an afrodancer who has limited access to professional training in this style due to the lack of professionals in my area, I participated in the Hatch program, which provided me with resources to assist me in performance opportunities to elevate my practice and develop as a professional dance artist. Through Hatch, I collaborated with a team of international professionals and mentors who helped me gain insights and techniques to enhance my skills. Hatch has been a transformative experience that empowered me to take my career to the next level. - Lapree LaLa, Hatch Artistic Research Award Artist, 2022

“This award has been crucial in my journey as a creator. I had a big ambition for the piece, creating mix media performance/installation. I was able to work with a great team and felt nurtured and understood by everyone involved, Dance Ireland really knows how to support artist at every stage of their careers.  Thank you for allowing me the resources and time to develop my practice.”  – Matt Szczerek, Hatch Creation Award Artist, 2022

“Having dedicated time to focus on what's happening for me now as an artist with the support of a mentor was deeply nourishing to my practice and my creative path. It was also helpful to be reminded how important community and support is during solo research. A wonderful award that I would recommend to every dance artist.”  – Sarah Ryan, Hatch Mentoring Award Artist, 2022

“The HATCH programme was incredibly rewarding, it enabled me to take time out to reflect, evaluate and re-energise my practice, after COVID, after babies and after 10 busy years of creative output.  The fact that this was not a product based award gave me the opportunity to pause and take the time to rediscover my previous works and their creative processes, finding out what worked and more importantly what didn't, it was invaluable and I was able to apply this to starting a new creation.” - Eileen McClory, Hatch Artistic Research Award Artist, 2022

In 2020, in response to the changes brought about by the pandemic, we reimagined the shape of our Hatch Award to encourage resilience, connection and creative breathing space. We have continued with this offer since then in recognition of the diverse needs of artists at different stages of their practice and career within our dance ecology.

The awards focus on investing in time for artists to think, reflect on and reimagine their creative processes, make connections with other artists; and will provide an enhanced opportunity for one dance artist to experiment, collaborate, and seed and develop a new work.

There are three strands to the Hatch Awards:

  1. Hatch Mentoring Award – three awards of €500 for early career artists to engage in mentoring and support outside the studio.
  2. Hatch Artistic Research Award – three awards of €3000 to invest in and support practice for established artists.
  3. Hatch Creation Award – one award of €7000 for a mid-career or established artist to provide an incubation opportunity to focus on seeding and developing a new work.

ARTISTIC RESEARCH AND MENTORING AWARDS

We are offering three awards of €3,000 to invest in and support practice for established artists, and three €500 awards to early career artists to engage in mentoring and support with the selected established artists.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

  • Provide support for established artists to take time to invest in their practice and space to think, research, and reimagine their work
  • Provide opportunities for early career artists to be mentored and supported by those more established in the sector
  • Foster innovative thinking and artistic research outside the studio
  • Provide support for development of practice and connection between artists at a critical time

MENTORING AWARD - CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES

  • You must be a Dance Ireland professional member
  • You should be an early career artist who has graduated or entered profession within the last 3 years, please supply a detailed CV
  • Successful applicants will be matched with a mentor
  • The €500 is a fee to support you to participate in the mentoring. (Not mentor’s fees.)
  • You should demonstrate how this award could support your practice at this time
  • We ask successful participants to share their progress with Dance Ireland, this can be through a blogpost, report or in a creative way that links to their practice

ARTISTIC RESEARCH AWARD - CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES

  • You must be a Dance Ireland professional member
  • This award is for independent artists
  • You should be an established artist with a track record of at least 3 professionally produced works, please supply a detailed CV, bio and examples of previous work (any video links should be youtube or vimeo)
  • You must be willing to dedicate a day/8 hours to engage in mentoring and supporting an early career artist
  • We ask successful participants to share their progress with Dance Ireland, this can be through a blogpost, report or in a creative way that links to their practice
  • You should demonstrate how this can support your practice at a critical time

HATCH CREATION AWARD

The HATCH Creation Award is an initiative from Dance Ireland designed to provide an incubation opportunity for dance maker(s) to focus on seeding and developing a new work. The award offers the resources needed in a creative process to experiment, develop and work collaboratively, and can be used to resource a transition period for a maker, which would not otherwise be possible.

The award offers space in the Joanna Banks Creation Studio at DanceHouse for any two consecutive weeks between the 20 November 2023 and 16 December 2023; and a budget of €7,000. The studio is available whole-time for two weeks. Whole-time means all hours that DanceHouse is open (generally Monday-Thursday approximately 10am-9pm and Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm), and you do not need to strike props, set or equipment until the end of the residency.

CREATION AWARD – CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES

This award is focused on makers who would benefit from a supportive environment in order to realise their potential, especially when the work under development involves a cast and collaborators.

  • You must be a Dance Ireland Professional Member to apply
  • This opportunity is aimed at mid-career and established makers who need time and space to begin the incubation process of a new ambitious idea
  • Applicants will have created a minimum of three works (for stage, site, film or other) to date, please supply a detailed CV, bio and examples of previous work (any video links should be youtube or vimeo)
  • The proposal should mark a significant development of; or departure from your existing body of work
  • Applicants must be available to use the studio provided during the dates outlined above.
  • We ask that the successful applicant should be willing to share their progress through a studio or online sharing
  • Please include a detailed, realistic budget which matches your proposal in Excel format.

How to apply

  • Fill out the online application form for HATCH Mentoring Award  here
  • Fill out the online application form for HATCH Artistic Research Award here
  • Fill out the online application form for HATCH Creation Award here
  • Submit by email relevant examples of work produced to date, and your CV, to programme@danceireland.ie, before the closing date with the subject line ‘[APPLICANT NAME] – Hatch Application 2023 Supporting Material’.
  • All applicants must be a Dance Ireland Professional member.  To become a Dance Ireland member, you must be either born or resident in Ireland.  See more about membership here.
  • All membership applications or renewals must allow two weeks in advance of any deadline for processing.

If you wish to review the questions on the Google Forms before you begin the applications, view the copy of the questions here:
Mentoring Award
Artistic Research Award
Creation Award

If you have any questions or difficulty accessing this application, or have any additional access needs please email programme@danceireland.ie or call us at 01-8558800

INFORMATION CLINIC

There was an online information clinic on Friday 12 May at 2pm. You can view the recording below. 

 

ASSESSMENT PROCESS

Deadline for receipt of application and supporting materials is Wednesday 24 May at 12pm.

Decisions will be communicated by mid-June.

Proposals will be considered by a panel convened by Dance Ireland, which will include an artist representative as per Dance Ireland policy.