Tup Lang Choreographic Award

General eligibility criteria

We accept applications from individuals who are New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.

Track record

You must have a track record of experience and success as a dance practitioner — this means you must have:

• recognition from peers or experts
• undertaken a key creative role in at least one publicly presented work that achieved a degree of critical or box-office success. This does not include presentations made as part of a course of study.
• specialised training or practical experience

Priority is given to emerging choreographers.

If you don't have the track record we're looking for, you may be able to get funding through the Creative Communities Scheme

Funding types

There are three types of funding you can apply to: Ngā toi Māori, Pacific arts and General arts. There are additional eligibility requirements for ngā toi Māori and Pacific arts funding types:

• For ngā toi Māori funding, you must be tangata whenua Māori. Your application will be assessed by Māori artists or practitioners with experience in Ngā toi Māori.
• For Pacific arts funding, your project must deliver outcomes to Pacific arts or artists. Your applications will be assessed by Pasifika artists or practitioners with experience in the Pacific arts.

You may be eligible for more than one type of funding, but you can only choose one for your application.

Activities

The Award can support a range of activities including:

• development of new work
• workshops, masterclasses or wānanga
• professional development, including overseas study
• public presentations or performances

Project costs

Funding can be used for project costs including:

• Fees, stipends and wages. These need to offer fair remuneration for artists and arts practitioners. See Guidelines - Remuneration
• Production, administration, and marketing costs

You can only apply for costs incurred between the project start and end dates listed in your application. We don't fund retrospective or ongoing costs. 

For some activities, we only fund certain costs. See Guidelines - Activities

Project timing

Your project must be completed in a 12-month period, and within 15 months from the date the grant is awarded.

Alignment to Creative New Zealand's strategies

Your project or programme of activities must achieve at least one of our strategic outcomes, which are:

• High-quality New Zealand art is developed
• New Zealanders participate in the arts
• New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
• New Zealand arts gain international success
• New Zealand’s arts sector is resilient

We are also interested in projects that achieve the outcomes of our two cultural strategies:

• Te Hā o Ngā Toi Māori 2019-2024
• Pacific Arts Strategy 2018-2023

See Guidelines - Outcomes

What we don't fund

• Activities already funded by another Creative New Zealand funding programme or initiative. For instance, the Creative Communities Scheme. 
• Activities another Creative New Zealand funding programme or initiative is designed to support
• Purchase of capital items, renovating or buying buildings, or restoring marae
• Duplication of funding with other government agencies
• Projects, project phases or programmes of activity that have received support from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage via the Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme (excluding Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund, the Arts and Culture Event Support Scheme and the Grant for Self-Employed Individuals)
• Core education resources and activities that are part of the curriculum and course of study in New Zealand, including early learning, school, or further education
• Game design, fashion design and commercial design
• Some film and screen activity
• Activities that are part of the core business of a Tertiary Education Organisation (TEO), Territorial Local Authority (TLA) or Council Controlled Organisation (CCO)

See Guidelines - What we don’t fund

Register or sign in to your Creative NZ Portal account to apply using the online application form.

Submit your application by 1:00 pm, 28 October 2022 (sooner if possible).

See our Guidelines for step-by-step technical guidance, tips and support to create your CNZ portal account or to use the online application form.

If you have access needs or require additional support to use the CNZ portal, contact us on email portal@creativenz.govt.nz or phone 0800 CREATIVE (273 284).

How often you can apply

You can submit one application only.

Reapplying for a previously declined project

We offer the opportunity to resubmit a previously declined project only under limited circumstances. See Guidelines - Reapplying for a previously declined project.

To apply you need to fill in all sections of the online application form. You also need to prepare documents and supporting information to upload to your application form.

Application questions

The application form includes the following sections:

Idea

In this section, you tell us what you're requesting funding for and what the central idea or kaupapa of the project is. You also tell us:

• The expected artistic outcomes and/or participant experience.
• Which Creative New Zealand strategic outcome your project will achieve, and how.

If you're applying under Ngā toi Māori or Pacific arts, also tell us:

• How Mātauranga Māori or Kaupapa Pasifika are evident in the idea, practice and outcomes of the project/programme.

Process

In this section, you tell us where, when and how you plan to deliver your project.

People

In this section tell us about yourself, and other key people/organisations involved in your programme or project.

Budget

In this section you tell us:

• How much you're requesting from Creative New Zealand
• The total cost of the project.

You also need to provide a detailed project budget.

It must show: 

• All the costs of your programme or project 
• Which of those costs you want the Creative New Zealand grant to cover
• All sources of revenue

You can present your budget using any of the following: 

• Standard project budget template
• The template that is built into the Budget section of the application form

See Guidelines - Budgets.

Support material

In this section, you add the required documents and supporting information to your application form. See Guidelines - Support material.

For more information about our assessment and decision-making process, see Guidelines - Assessment

After the round closes, staff check your application is eligible before it moves to peer assessment.

We will let you know the result of your application on the results due date. There will also be a full list of funded applications on our Results page.

If your application is successful, we’ll contact you about your:

• Funding agreement
• Payment details
• Reporting requirements. See Guidelines - Reporting 

If your application is not successful you can email Funding Services to get feedback on it, and you may consider looking into other sources of funding and support.

For more information, advice or to discuss your project email Funding Services.