Call for EDAM Scholarship Training Program Applications
Fall 2025

Deadline| June 30, 2025

• Training Period: September 2nd to December 12th, 2025 (15 weeks)

EDAM’s Scholarship Training Program supplements primary training and offers participants an opportunity to intensify their Contact Improvisation practice and professional training skill-set. EDAM is offering 6 Training Scholarships to dancers and/or movement practitioners for the Fall 2025 Term.

Program Details:

To participate in EDAM’s Scholarship Training Program, Scholarship recipients must attend a minimum three Morning Classes per week, held Monday to Friday, from 10AM to 12PM. Morning Classes will be led by Peter Bingham, Olivia Shaffer, and Anne Cooper. Scholarship participants are also highly encouraged to attend a Fundamentals Workshop (September date TBC). The Scholarship Training Program allows recipients to attend all drop-in classes and the Fundamentals Workshop free of charge; as well as workshops and special offerings at a reduced rate (50%). Scholarship recipients will learn from the wide-range of Contact Improvisation and dance improvisation perspectives and lineages offered by EDAM’s current teachers: Peter Bingham, Anne Cooper, Francesca Frewer, Hayley Gawthrop, Arash Khakpour, Natalie Tin Yin Gan, and Olivia Shaffer.

In addition to participating in classes, Scholarship recipients are expected to actively engage in EDAM's daily class responsibilities and culture, including assisting with the setup of the studio space and contributing thoughts, questions and curiosities to class discussions. Optional opportunities will be available to shadow and assist with various EDAM activities, such as shows, workshops and jams.

Selected participants will be expected to respect and embrace EDAM’s Safety, Consent, and Inclusion Policy.

Eligibility:

• Dancers and/or movement practitioners who have recently completed a basic training program in dance, theatre, or clown with an established organization within the last five years.

• Dancers and/or movement practitioners who have not completed basic training with an established organization, OR dancers and/or movement practitioners who completed basic training more than five years ago are welcome to apply. Please articulate why intensive training in Contact Improvisation is of current interest to you and how it connects to your artistic practice.

• Priority will be given to applicants who have taken at least three Morning Classes at EDAM prior to the application deadline.

• Priority will be given to artists who are based in Vancouver during the Scholarship period. 

How to Apply:

Please send the following application materials to: info@edamdance.org and CC: director@edamdance.org by no later than June 30, 2025 at 11:59PM.

• Letter of Interest (maximum 1 page)

• Resume or CV (maximum 2 pages)

• Recent head-shot

• Please include the date of completion of your most recent basic training and the organization you trained with, or equivalent. Please share with us your current interests in Contact Improvisation, why you wish to train with EDAM, and how the Scholarship will impact your artistic practice and/or professional goals.

Please email us at info@edamdance.org if you have any questions.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 30th, 2025 at 11:59PM
Applicants will be notified of results by July 22nd, 2025.