Are you a dancer living anywhere in the US in dire financial emergency? If you’re paid for your work, you may be eligible for a one-time grant of up to $3,000. Dancers must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in order to apply, due to a lack or loss of recent performance work due to circumstances outside of your control. You do NOT need to work as a dancer fulltime or earn your primary income through dance. Dire financial emergencies include the lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, medicine/healthcare, utilities, and food.

It is administered by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), and funded by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Please click here for details. Additionally, the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants support choreographers (as well as visual and film/media/digital/electronic artists) with recent, unexpected medical, dental or mental health emergency expenses.

CURRENT CYCLE 16:

Applications Open: Tuesday, November 12 at 10:00 AM ET
Applications Close: Tuesday, December 10 at 5:00 PM ET

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