Geoffrey Doig-Marx

Named one of the “Nine Dancemakers Making History” by DanceSpirit Magazine in 2001, Geoffrey Doig-Marx is the Artistic Director and Founder of “The Mantis Project” Dance and Production Company, Founder and Former Director of Arias …

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The 2010 Elan Awards Summer Dance Guidelines

The 2010 Elan Awards Summer Dance Guidelines
Geoffrey Doig-Marx & Tricia Arenson

Present

The Elan Awards Summer Dance Festival
Provincetown, MA – August 21, 2010
Choreographers Guidelines for

“The 3rd Elan Awards Summer Dance Festival”

Download PDF Choreographers Guidelines

Please be aware that The Elan Awards Produces your work and that you need to be available for any dates and times listed below.

Please follow these guidelines closely. All the information that you need to apply for The Elan Awards Summer Dance Festival is in these guidelines.

    All Choreographers applying to “The Elan Award Summer Dance Festival” must furnish the following:

  • A. Press Kit including bio, choreography reel, 2 headshots, resume, reviews and a DVD of the completed pieces that you would like to apply to “The Elan Awards” Summer Dance Festival.If you intend to create a new piece for “The Elan Awards Summer Dance Festival ” you must include written intention of your piece. Even if creating a new piece you still must include a DVD copy of your past work. You will be sent a confirmation electronically stating that your materials were received by us.
  • B. Current mailing address.
  • C. E-mail address. All of our communication will be via e-mail with the heading The Elan Awards in the subject field. This is the only way we find to give all the choreographers all the information at the same time.
  • D. There is a $25.00 application fee that must be included with your materials, additional $75.00 Production Fee if you are selected. Money order’s or checks only. Please make them out to The Elan Awards.
  • E. You must include a self-addressed return envelope with your materials. The return envelope needs to be the same size as your materials. Please also include proper return postage. Any materials sent to us without a return envelope will not be returned. Choreographers selected will be contacted via telephone.

Please mail your materials to:

The Elan Awards Summer Dance Festival
C/O Geoffrey Doig-Marx
250 W 75th St #1D
New York, NY 10023


Do not send anything with delivery confirmation. “The Elan Awards Summer Dance Festival will not sign to receive anyone’s materials. Any and all materials that are hand delivered will be rejected. Do not call, fax, e-mail or have an associate contact us to see if we have made up our Elan Awards Choreographers Roster prior to any date listed in these guidelines. Please do not call, e-mail or send messages via the Production Team or any Honoree Board members to see where your dvd appears in the roster.

  • F. DVD’s need to only have the intended pieces you want the board to view on it.
All materials must be postmarked no later than *June 12, 2010

Chosen Choreographers will be notified no later than July 26, 2010


The date of the performance is Saturday August 21, 2010.

The show runs all day.

Show information: The festival takes place outdoors. There is a wooden dance floor anchored into the grass on the lawn of the Unitarian Church on P-town’s Main Street. The festival is free to the public. The audience can enter and leave the space. 15,000 people viewed last years show. This year the festival runs during Carnival week, so we expect double the attendance. The time of last years festival ran 9-6pm. This year the festival begins at 11am. This would be the third year of the festival. Each choreographer is given a block of time. Last year we gave a 1/2 hour slot to each choreographer.

photo: Synthesis Dance Project