Eligibility Criteria
You must be resident in geographical Europe to apply.
You may apply with only one work per year.
The work you are submitting must have been produced in geographical Europe.
Aerowaves is a platform for short works – your work must be 15-40 minutes in length.
Your work must be finished and have been presented to the public, works in progress are not accepted.
You may not apply with the same work more than once, so previous applications whether successful or unsuccessful may not be submitted again.
Your work should be easily included in a double or triple bill and have simple technical requirements.
Works created for public / non-conventional spaces and outdoors are welcome.
You may not apply if you are currently completing a professional dance training (MA, BA etc). Works created during a training course are eligible but only if the choreographer has completed the course and if work has subsequently been presented in a professional capacity.
You must fill in the Aerowaves application form correctly, upload your video to Vimeo, providing us with the link and the password if necessary, and enabling ‘download’ in the settings so we can download it (please note we do not accept files over 2GB). You should also include a description of the work and a biography in the description box (in English and ready to be published – each text must be up to 100 words). Please also include these two texts in the notes section of the application form. If you don’t have a Vimeo Plus account, please read the instructions under ‘Providing your video on Vimeo’.
For the presentation of a work at Spring Forward, a fee is paid, plus expenses including travel, hotel and a per diem / hospitality for each team member.
Artists can only be presented in Spring Forward a maximum of two times, after that you may no longer apply to Aerowaves.
If you are offered performances by our partners, you are responsible for negotiating the conditions.
For further queries, please contact us at info@aerowaves.org