Opportunities for Performing Artists

Competitions, Fellowships & Young Artist Programs

531 competitions, grants, fellowships, residencies, awards, and training programs across opera, classical music, theatre, musical theatre, and dance — each with its official deadline and source.

Competitions, Fellowships & Young Artist Programs

Arts Council England – Project Grants

Canada Council for the Arts – Individual Grants

Doris Duke Performing Artist Award

Fulbright Program – Performing Arts

Guggenheim Fellowship – Performing Arts

Jacob's Pillow Dance Award

MacDowell Fellowship

Radcliffe Institute Fellowship (Harvard)

Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Program

Alvin Ailey New Directions Choreography Lab

American Dance Festival — Choreographic Fellowship

American Dance Festival Young Choreographers Workshop

Arts Council England — Project Grants

Arts Council of Ireland – Individual Artist Grants

Arts Council of Wales — Revenue & project funding

ArtsWA – Individual Artist Fellowships (Washington)

Australia Council — Music / Theatre / Dance

Australia Council for the Arts – Individual Grants

Australian Council for the Arts — Dance

BalletX — Choreographic Fellowship

Bates Dance Festival — Professional Program

Bates Dance Festival Residency

Bessie Awards (NY Dance and Performance Awards)

Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship

British Council Performing Arts Grants

California Arts Council – Individual Artist Fellowships

Canada Council — Explore and Create

Canada Council for the Arts — Dance Projects

Career Transition For Dancers Grants

Creative Capital Award

Creative Europe — Cooperation Projects (Performing Arts)

Creative Scotland — Open Fund

Creative Scotland Grants

Dance Theatre of Harlem Residency

Dance Umbrella — Artist development

Danish Arts Foundation — Performing Arts

Entertainment Community Fund Emergency Assistance

Florida Division of Arts and Culture – Individual Artist Fellowships

Fonds Darstellende Künste — Germany

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants

Goethe-Institut Artists-in-Residence

Grants for Arts Projects

Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellowship

Hubbard Street — Choreographic Development

Hubbard Street Professional Program

Illinois Arts Council Agency – Individual Artist Support

ImPulsTanz — Research residencies

Irish Arts Council — Project Awards

Jacob's Pillow — Dance Festival & Residencies

Japan Foundation Performing Arts Grants

Jerome Foundation Grants

MAP Fund 2026

MAP Fund Grant

Mass Cultural Council – Artist Fellowships

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Grants

Minnesota State Arts Board – Artist Initiative Grants

National Arts Club Prize

National Dance Project (NEFA)

NEA Art Works Grant – Music / Theater & Musical Theater

New York State Council on the Arts – Individual Artist Grants

New Zealand — Creative New Zealand

Norwegian Arts Council — Project support

Ohio Arts Council – Individual Excellence Awards

Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Fellowship

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts – Individual Grants

Princess Grace Awards – Dance

Sadler's Wells — Wild Card / artist development

Singapore National Arts Council — Grants

Springboard Danse Montréal

SSHRC / FRQSC – Performing Arts Research (Canada)

Swedish Arts Grants Committee

Switzerland — Pro Helvetia (performing arts)

Tanzplattform Deutschland — Networking

Texas Commission on the Arts – Individual Artist Grants

The Place — Choreodrome / residencies

Vail International Dance Festival Commission

Venice Biennale — Dance College / commissions

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise – Performing Arts