Programming at Dansens Hus

Dear dance artist.

Dansens Hus would love to receive inquiries for inclusion on its programme from Norwegian choreographers and choreographers living and working in Norway. These are reviewed jointly by Artistic Director Stine Nilsen and the Artistic Council, which is made up of selected Norwegian and international advisers who are experts in Norwegian and contemporary dance.

The Artistic Council meets twice a year, when it carefully reviews the applications received and then presents its recommendations, which the Artistic Director then uses when drawing up the artistic programme.
Application deadlines for the Artistic Council are synchronised with those of the Norwegian Cultural Fund and Audio and Visual Fund.

You can apply for: 
- letter of intent for a production that is still in the pipeline, or which has applied for funding
- inclusion on the programme as a guest artist with a finished production

The Artistic Council is made up of:
Stine Nilsen, artistic director at Dansens Hus, dance artists Sarjo Sankareth and Irene Vesterhus Theisen, performing arts curator, producer, dramaturge and coach Eva Martinez and performing artist Sebastian Tjørstad.
More information about the members of the council can be found HERE.

Deadlines
The Norwegian Arts Council has changed its application deadlines for Performing Arts Dance Productions. As a result, Dansens Hus has also had to adjust its deadlines for submitting applications to the Artistic Council.

There will therefore be TWO application deadlines this autumn, instead of one:

• Application deadline for the Artistic Council at Dansens Hus: Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 1:00 PM (for the Norwegian Arts Council’s deadline of September 15, 2026)
• Application deadline for the Artistic Council at Dansens Hus: Tuesday, December 1, 2026, at 1:00 PM (for the Norwegian Arts Council’s deadline of January 15, 2027)

The next application deadline in 2027 will be in August 2027.


Application
You will find the application form for deadline August 11 HERE

Please attach the following to the completed form:
1. Project description – no more than one A4 page*
2. A biography of the choreographer(s) (max. 2000 characters), as well as short biographies of the participating dancers and the artistic team, must be entered directly into the application form (max. 5 sentences per person)
 

* If necessary, you may submit the project description as an oral presentation of no more than two minutes in Vimeo or YouTube format.

You can reapply with a previously submitted project, provided that the production has been further developed since the last application. These changes must be described in the project description.
If you have any questions, please contact Jo Even Bjørke: Joeven@dansenshus.com

We look forward to receiving your application!

Photo: Tale Hendnes/Dansens Hus. Carl Aqulizan: SIYA March 25 - 28 2026.