CHIME (Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange) has announced a free application workshop on August 28 for its 2012 CHIME in Southern California program. CHIME is a mentorship program that allows self-selected pairs of professional choreographers – mentor and mentee – to receive financial support for 12 months in order to establish and explore a working relationship that includes, but is not limited to, work in the studio.

CHIME in Southern California will award a maximum of three one-year grants and is open to pairs of emerging and established professional choreographers living in Los Angeles County. To be eligible, an applicant who is a part-time or new resident of Los Angeles County must have lived in Los Angeles County for at least six months immediately prior to the start date of the program on January 1, 2012.

During the August 28 workshop, attendees will meet potential mentoring partners among local choreographers. The CHIME staff will answer questions, including how to select a strong work sample and how to write a compelling project proposal. Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to attend.

DATE: Sunday, August 28, 2011

LOCATION: ARC Pasadena, 1158 East Colorado Blvd.,  Pasadena

TIME: 2 pm – 3:30 pm

PARKING: Visit www.arcpasadena.org for parking information, public transit and driving directions.

Applications must be postmarked by October 1. For more information and to download guidelines, click here.

Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2004 by MJDC artistic director Margaret Jenkins, CHIME seeks to formalize the exchange and feedback mechanisms between emerging and established California choreographers.

Funding for CHIME in Southern California has been provided by the James Irvine Foundation, with additional support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Featured image by Mark Palmer