The Place Prize, sponsored by Bloomberg, is a choreography competition.
It runs every two years, each time commissioning UK-based choreographers to create new dance works to be performed at The Place in London. From these, a group of finalists are selected and, following further performances, an overall winner.
Each commissioned artist receives £5,000 and studio time to make their work, which will have a preview performance and a judged, ‘semi-final’ performance at The Place. The five finalists will be contracted for a two-week run at The Place and eligible for ten nightly prizes of £1,000, voted for by the audience. The overall winner, chosen by a panel of judges, receives £25,000.
Anyone based in the UK making dance as a profession can enter The Place Prize by submitting a three minute video illustrating the stimulus for their choreographic idea.
The Place Prize’s aim is to put contemporary dance in the limelight, celebrating and illuminating it for audiences both familiar and new. We hope to encourage a diversity of applicants and welcome entries from all parts of the community. The Place Prize is organised by The Place, and sponsored by Bloomberg.
The next Place Prize will begin in 2010. A call for entries will be announced before the end of 2009.
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Rafael Bonachela's E2 7SD, winner of The Place Prize 2004
Lap Dancer by Aletta Collins, a finalist in The Place Prize 2008