Dalton Dancers with Musicians Scholarship
Purpose
- To acknowledge the dance major who has exhibited exceptional choreographic ability and musicality at Western Michigan University
- To provide an educational opportunity for such students to collaborate in rehearsal and/or performance in a music-dance project
- To enhance the quality of music involved in dance productions at WMU
Award
An award will be given to students whose proposals are accepted in one of the following categories:
- Choreographers with composers: student choreographers who wish to work with a composer in creating a dance to an original score
- Choreographers with musicians: student choreographers who wish to work with one or more musicians in presenting a dance to an existing score which is to be performed live
Proposal requirements
All proposals must include the following, as applicable:
- Description of the project
- Name of musicians(s)
- Title of music
- Composer
- Style of music and dance
- Instrumentation
- Number of dancers
- Number of musicians
- Length
- Are all musicians committed to the project? (Please explain.)
- Production considerations
Award amount
- $500 per project (non-renewable)