Eligibility
Independent dancers
Our Independent Division offers guidance and financial support to help all dancers to develop new skills, or even start up a new business. To qualify for financial grants in this category applicants must have:
- Been working as a professional dancer for a minimum of eight years
- Worked at least five of those years in the UK
- Worked for at least four months during each of the last three years of employment
Company dancers
Our Company Fund enables us to offer support to professional dancers who have worked with companies contributing to DCD. To become eligible for grant assistance under this scheme you must have been a professional dancer for a minimum of eight years and spent at least five of those years with one or more of the following companies:
- Adzido Pan African Dance Company (until 2005)
- Birmingham Royal Ballet
- English National Ballet
- Northern Ballet
- Phoenix Dance Theatre
- Rambert Dance Company
- Richard Alston Dance Company
- Scottish Ballet
- Siobhan Davies Dance Company (Since 2005)
- The Royal Ballet
Retirement on medical grounds
Should dancers have been unable to meet the above criteria for the Independent or Company Division of DCD because they have been forced to retire due to illness or injury, we may still be able to help. Contact us for more information.
Independent Bursary Recipient Profiles
Thema Davies Bursary Profile
Thema recieved the Acting for Others bursary 2010 and will now undertake an MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy, with Dance Voice Bristol.
Thema Davies - Bursary Profile
Raquel Meseguer's
Raquel has worked with companies including Stan Won't Dance, PunchDrunk and is the co-director of Lost Dog. Read on to find out more about what she intends to do with her re-training.
Raquel Meseguer - Bursary Profile
George Long
Please read George's profile below to see how receiving an Acting for Others Bursary in 2010 enabled him to pursue a new passion.
George Long Bursary Recipient Profile
Kevin Muscat
Kevin has worked with companies including Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, Featherstonehaughs, and with Will Tuckett at the Royal Opera House. After receiving a DCD Bursary in 2009, Kevin is now a highly successful designer, working with artists such as Kylie Minogue and Cheryl Cole.
Luke Baxter
Spencer Soloman