Chrystal Dance Prize

Up to $12,000 Available in Scholarships for Emerging Dance Artists

Now Accepting Chrystal Dance Prize – Training Applications Until April 15, 2021

The Chrystal Dance Prize is awarded twice annually in two categories. The Training award supports western Canadian dance artists continuing their full-time training at an international institution. The Projects award for independent dance artists supports exceptional projects with an international artist. Find out about last year’s Projects winners here.

The Chrystal Dance Prize is generated from a substantial bequest made by Dance Victoria patron, Dr. Betty “Chrystal” Kleiman, to the Victoria Foundation. A committee of dance professionals is assembled each year to select the recipients.

Chrystal Dance Prize – Training

The Chrystal Dance Prize for artists in training is a scholarship program for dance artists wishing to train or study at a recognized institution outside Canada. In 2021, Dance Victoria will award up to $12,000 for emerging artists. Applicants must be residents of western Canada and this prize only supports full-time studies (intensives and summer programs are not eligible). Preference will be given to Victoria residents; however, some years no Victoria students apply making it an open field. If artists are entering a second or third year of study and are living in a foreign country, their permanent address or place of origin must be in western Canada.

Past Chrystal Dance Prizes have been awarded for students attending The Juilliard School, the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet (ABT), Palucca Hochschule fur Tanz (Germany) and more. Dance Victoria recognizes that international studies may not be feasible in 2021/22 due to COVID-19. Applicants are given the opportunity in the application to explain how they can continue their studies remotely given current travel restrictions. Read the guidelines and complete the application below before April 15^th!

The prize is funded through an annual disbursement from the Chrystal Dance Fund held at the Victoria Foundation. Learn more about Dr. Chrystal “Betty” Kleiman.