– Former participant of RIDCC
XL Production Award
The XL production award is an opportunity to create a new work for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam presented on large and medium sized stages within the Netherlands. The XL Production Award is a co-production between RIDCC and Scapino Ballet Rotterdam and aims to support upcoming talents in their career paths to get acquainted with the creative process in a large dance company as well as learning about PR, marketing, audience development, touring, education and networking. Winner(s) will get the opportunity to create a new dance piece with Scapino’s outstanding dancers under the guidance of artistic director Nanine Linning and the entire staff of the company. The Award is made possible by Stichting Droom & Daad.
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
The Audience Award at RIDCC offers participants the chance to win a special prize determined by the audience. During the final, the audience will vote for their favorite duet and contribute to the Audience Award. The duet with the most votes will be awarded a cash prize, with a guaranteed minimum of €500, funded by audience contributions.
Partner Awards
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 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 & Roni offers a research of 2 weeks to their chosen winner. With the possibility of a full production afterwards. The winner will work with Club Guy & Roni’s Poetic Disasters club, our junior company; a group of 6 – 10 international, young performers. Club Guy & Roni’s Poetic Disasters Club is dedicated to the creation of a fresh and contemporary repertoire, performed by a young international ensemble.
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. 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 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 et du Val-de-Marne | EMKA 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. Visit the website
NDT Partner Award
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. Visit the website
Codarts Rotterdam
The winner of the Codarts Partner 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.
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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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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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