Performing arts

Dioraphte supports projects and activities in the professional performing arts. We focus on theater, dance, music (in principle classical and jazz only), spoken word, circus, music theater and mixed performing arts forms. We also support some film and literature festivals with a regional or national reach. The overall emphasis for Dioraphte is on the development, influx and advancement of professional talent.

The development of professional performing arts talent
Our preference is for projects that promote the influx and advancement of professional performing arts talent. These may include performing arts festivals, competitions or development programs for talent and makers. Concerts and performances are only eligible for support if one of the main objectives is to attract new professional performing arts talent or to help them move on to the next stage. Dioraphte does not provide support for the realization of productions as the primary purpose of an application. In assessing all applications, Dioraphte considers the extent to which organizations comply with the Fair Practice Code in respect to the fees they pay.

No funding can be requested for the following:

• amateur art projects and cultural education projects;
• projects that use culture as a means to achieve a social goal;
• international competitions and activities reaching in particular performing artists from outside the Netherlands;
• applications for the realization of concert series;
• applications from organizations that do not have ANBI status;
• projects that already start within 6 months from pre-application;
• organizations that receive support from the Basic Infrastructure (BIS). An exception can be made if there is a clear connection to the spearhead of inflow and/or advancement of professional performing arts talent and the project demonstrably cannot be financed from the structural subsidy.

Innovation and enrichment
Dioraphte aims to support promising new initiatives that will innovate or enrich the professional performing arts and that will provide a boost to the sector. 

Submission

The submission of an application is only made at the invitation of the performing arts advisor and only after a preliminary application has been submitted. In some cases, Dioraphte may approach potential applicants independently.