Awards 2026

In 2026 zal RIDCC de volgende prijzen uitreiken: een XL Productie Award, een Publieksprijs en de Partner Awards, mogelijk gemaakt door internationaal erkende dansgezelschappen en -instellingen.

 “Ik wil iedereen heel erg bedanken voor deze ervaring, waarin we ons gewaardeerd en vereerd voelden. Het komt niet vaak voor dat je deelneemt aan een wedstrijd waarbij de vlucht en accommodatie compleet worden verzorgd. Ook vond ik het fantastisch dat de prijzen, naast de XL Award, je eigen ontwikkeling aanmoedigen, waardoor deze competitie meer over groei gaat dan alleen maar over winnen.”
-RIDCC 2019 deelnemer
 

XL Productie Award

De XL Production Award biedt de kans om een nieuw werk te creëren voor Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, dat wordt gepresenteerd op middelgrote en grote podia binnen Nederland. De XL Production Award is een coproductie tussen RIDCC en Scapino Ballet Rotterdam en heeft als doel om opkomende talenten te ondersteunen in hun carrière. Het stelt hen in staat kennis te maken met het creatieve proces binnen een groot dansgezelschap en biedt ook de mogelijkheid om ervaring op te doen op het gebied van PR, marketing, publieksontwikkeling, tourneeplanning, educatie en netwerken. De winnaar(s) krijgen de kans om een nieuw dansstuk te creëren met de dansers van Scapino, onder begeleiding van artistiek directeur Nanine Linning en het volledige team van het gezelschap. Deze prijs wordt mogelijk gemaakt door Stichting Droom & Daad.


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Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam is the partner of our XL Production award.

Under the artistic direction of Nanine Linning, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam is committed to artistic innovation. Scapino brings urgent and impactful productions with which the audience can identify. The company’s productions and activities focus on social themes that express wonder and activism. They are multi- or interdisciplinary; melting the boundaries of dance and other art disciplines such as visual arts, couture, science, digital art and interactive technology. Scapino invests in talent development, reinforced by partnerships and collaborations in an (inter)national context. With its contemporary dancers and unique artists of today and the future, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam is dedicated to create an impactful contribution to the art of dance.
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Audience Award

De Audience Award bij RIDCC biedt deelnemers de kans om een speciale prijs te winnen die wordt bepaald door het publiek. Tijdens de finale stemt het publiek op hun favoriete duet en draagt zo bij aan de Publieksprijs. Het duet met de meeste stemmen wint een geldbedrag, met een gegarandeerd minimum van €500, gefinancierd door bijdragen van het publiek.

Partner Awards



Dutch National Ballet
Dutch National Ballet is offering a talented choreographer a place in their Choreographic Academy. The choreographer will receive the possibility to research and create with the dancers of the Junior Company. A sharing with a selected audience will be part of the research and creation process.

Dutch National Ballet, leaded by artistic director Ted Brandsen since 2012, has evolved into one of the world’s foremost ballet companies. With a unique and wide repertoire, a tradition of innovation, and around 80 dancers from all over the world, the company plays a leading role in Dutch cultural life and beyond.
The Junior Company of the Dutch National Ballet, leaded by Ernst Meisner, was established in 2013 to be a stepping stone for young dancers.
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The Acosta Dance Foundation (ADF)
The Acosta Dance Foundation is pleased to offer a prestigious Digital Residency, a 10-day residency program to support emerging choreographers in creating innovative digital dance works by providing resources, mentorship, and opportunities for international collaboration. The programme aims to advance digital creativity, strengthen ADF’s global network, and expand its digital arts portfolio. This residency is valued at £5,000. Additionally, upon successful completion of the Digital Residency, there is a potential pathway to be considered for the Carlos Acosta Choreographic Fellowship, valued at £15,000, which provides further support and opportunity. 

The Acosta Dance Foundation (ADF) is a UK-based charity dedicated to advancing the artistic vision and global legacy of Carlos Acosta. Rooted in the rich Cuban dance tradition that shaped its founder, ADF opens pathways to world-class ballet and contemporary training for young dancers and choreographers with talent, ambition, and commitment. ADF delivers industry-focused programmes that nurture the next generation of professional dancers. Its flagship courses, the AATH +18 pre-professional training programme in London and the AATH +16 two-year course, combine exceptional technical instruction with a distinctive blend of classical excellence and contemporary innovation. Beyond the studio, ADF champions accessibility and social impact. Its outreach projects bring dance education into schools and community spaces, inspiring young people from all backgrounds to experience the transformative power of movement and creativity. Guided by the belief that there can be “a dancer in every home”, ADF works to remove barriers and expand opportunities for participation in the arts. Visit the website

FORM Dance Projects


FORM Dance Projects
FORM Dance Projects will offer the RIDCC nominated artists access to the IDEA Festival program across three years. IDEA – Independent Dance Exchange Australia is a festival of First Nations practice, contemporary dance and physical theatre comprising workshops, creative developments and presentations from some of the most exciting contemporary artists creating on the global stage.
Year 1 – Participate in the IDEA workshop program and present their winning duet in IDEA NOW
Year 2 – Undertake creative development of new work on Australian artists – showing/sharing in IDEA NOW
Year 3 – Production and presentation of new work, to then tour through our national and Asia Pacific networks.

AT HOME IN WESTERN SYDNEY / AT HOME IN THE WORLD
FORM Dance Projects is the leading producer and presenter of Australian independent contemporary dance in Western Sydney. While we are a small organisation based in Parramatta, Western Sydney, FORM Dance provides the opportunity for artists all over the Asia Pacific region to engage in globally benchmarked development, collaboration and performance opportunities that inspire creativity, platform new ideas and develop national and international identities. Like our artists, FORM Dance is nimble, flexible and has the agility to seize this opportunity and place it deep into the national ecology. 
We are an artist-lead organisation, operating with highly experienced leadership team of Paul Selwyn Norton as Creative Director, Lewis Major as Executive Director and Naomi Hibberd as Creative Producer. As festival directors, producers and pedagogues we bring our entrepreneurial expertise and global connectivity to the local NSW dance sector.

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Club Guy and Roni / Poetic Disasters Club.
Club Guy and Roni offers a research of 2 weeks to their chosen winner. With the possibility of a full production afterwards. The winner will work with a group of 6 – 10 international, young performers. The Poetic Disasters Club is a joined initiative of Club Guy & Roni, Noord Nederlands Toneel (NNT) and Slagwerk Den Haag (SDH). It is dedicated to the creation of a fresh and contemporary repertoire, performed by a young international ensemble of an interdisciplinary cast.

Club Guy & Roni is an international dance company based in Groningen, led by choreographers Roni Haver and Guy Weizman. The company was founded in 2002. The performances are characterised by collaborations with artists in film and theatre and are always accompanied by live musicians that often play a part in the choreography. Since 2018 Club Guy & Roni is part of NITE (National Interdisciplinary Theater Ensemble) together with Noord Nederlands Toneel + Asko|Schönberg + Slagwerk Den Haag. Club Guy & Roni’s performances are high energy and have an explosive character. The choreography is precise and demands technically highly skilled dansers. Typically each of the dancers stand out with their own personality that differ greatly from each other.  The Poetic Disasters Club is the group of young dancers, actors and musicians that join Club Guy & Roni each year. These young performers are in their last year of their education and they come from all over the world to join the Club for the period of one year.
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Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-du-Marne | EMKA
Centre chorégraphique national de Créteil et du Val-du-Marne | EMKA provides a valuable prize of 5000 euros to spend a week in the studio to develop a project. 

Create, gather, share. Open to all, the CCN of Créteil and Val-de-Marne is a borderless space dedicated to choreographic creation in all its forms, shining on the national and international stage through its creations and cultural initiatives. Dance is our universal language. Performances, residencies, workshops, and training for all levels fuel our ambition for exchange and discovery. We foster innovation, research, and interdisciplinary collaborations to push the boundaries of dance. We work to make dance accessible to all audiences, regardless of age, origin, or physical condition.
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Codarts Rotterdam
The winner of the Codarts Award will receive the possibility to work with Codarts dancers on a mutually agreed production.

Codarts Rotterdam is an international university providing high level professional arts education in music, dance and circus arts. The dance department of Codarts  is one of the leading institutes for contemporary dance in Europe. Codarts offers bachelor programmes in dance and in teaching dance, a Master in Arts Therapies and a Master in Choreography. Graduates from Codarts can be found all over the world in successful careers in their respective fields. The aspiring dancers of Codarts have the opportunity to gain experience through artistic collaborations with a wide range of choreographers and teachers. Visit the website


 

Tanzlabor ROXY Ulm


TanzLabor ROXY Ulm
TanzLabor ROXY Ulm offers the ResearchLab residency, designed to foster and promote artistic creation in the field of dance. Encouraging artistic risk-taking, the ResearchLab pushes the boundaries of creative exploration for dance makers. Each residency is customized to meet the specific needs of the choreographer and their team, providing support through rehearsal space, local accommodation, travel expenses, and a contribution towards production costs.

Established in 2021 in Ulm, Germany, under the artistic direction of Pablo Sansalvador, TanzLabor has offered choreographers unique opportunities to develop innovative artistic work. By creating deeper connections between dance makers and audiences—locally and globally—TanzLabor has become a key hub for artistic exchange and innovation in contemporary dance.
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Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)
The winner of the NDT Partner Award will receive a tailor made prize.

Founded in 1959, Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is a leading international contemporary dance company dedicated to the research and creation of new work. In the pursuit of innovation, NDT collaborates with exceptional international artists from dance and other disciplines showcasing a diversity of voices and perspectives. NDT is a catalyst for the future of dance by cultivating creativity and supporting dancers and makers at all stages of their careers, bringing dance of the highest calibre to a wide audience in the Netherlands and around the world, and providing exceptional research and talent development opportunities for the next generation of professional dance artists.
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ConnyJanssenDanst

Conny Janssen Danst
A tailor-made prize will be awarded. The company will look every year to see which type of collaboration will best support the selected choreographer.

Artistic director and choreographer Conny Janssen has founded Conny Janssen Danst in 1992. Conny Janssen Danst is one of the leading modern dance companies in the Netherlands. The work of Conny Janssen is widely known for the strong physical and theatrical power of the dancers and the surprising diversity of her performances, in which high-quality dance is always central.
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Skånes Dansteater

Skånes Dansteater offers one choreographer a possibility to create an outdoor work with the dancers of the Skånes Dansteater. 

Skånes Dansteater is a company in motion. By offering you a variety of relevant and evolving experiences, we contribute to a sustainable society through our company of dancers and our inclusive community projects. We work in close dialogue with the arts, society and the people in the world we all share, so that more people can discover the power of contemporary dance.
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