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The Khambatta Dance Company / Seattle International Dance Festival is pleased to present a new three-year program to the festival, supported by The Raynier Foundation. The James Ray Residency Project will offer five selected artists, each year with a year-long program of support, including an artist fee ($800-$2,500,) an all-expense paid artistic retreat (3-5 days,) 50 hours of free rehearsal space, a suite of publicity/marketing, development, and graphic design consultants, assisting artists/companies with implementation of their artistic/organizational goals – culminating at years’ end in a fully produced show at SIDF (1-2 performances). The program will begin in June 2017, with the first set of performances at the 2018 festival

This project is designed to provide Seattle-based artists ample time and resources to fully develop their work over a year period, while offering them the tools to seek out new audiences in the city and create better promotional and grant writing materials. In doing so, we aim to foster the local dance ecology and enrich the city’s residents by helping artists put their best quality work forward, in a produced, highly professional setting of a renowned Seattle event.

For more information, visit James Ray Residency Project