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The Place Prize for dance 2008 

An promotional image of The Place Prize 2008 logo, sponsored by Bloomberg

Tickets are on sale now for the preview, semi-final and finals performances of The Place Prize for dance 2008, sponsored by Bloomberg, which run from 2 - 27 September 2008.

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The Place Prize, sponsored by Bloomberg, is a choreography competition. It runs every two years, each time commissioning twenty UK-based choreographers to create new dance works to be performed at The Place in London. From these, five 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 third Place Prize will be held in 2008, with performances at The Place from Tuesday 2 – Saturday 27 September. Entries for the competition have now closed, and the 20 artists commissioned will be announced in April.

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.
 

Latest News

Tickets on sale now
This year's Place Prize runs from 2-27 September, with 18 performances showing the 20 new works created for the UK's biggest choreography competition. click here to book tickets.
2008 commissions revealed
21 artists have been commissioned to make the 20 new works that will compete for The Place Prize 2008, sponsored by Bloomberg. Find out who they are here...
See one second from each of the 2008 entries
We received 174 three-minute entry videos for The Place Prize 2008, sponsored by Bloomberg. Here you can view one second from each of them.
Louise Katerega on The Place Prize
Read 2006 semi-finalist Louise Katerega's reflections on what her involvement in The Place Prize meant for her

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