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Funding a choreographic work can be complex and requires development time involving labour costs for collaborators. The cost of choreographic works can vary greatly depending on the number of performers and performances, duration and scale of the project, material costs and many other factors. The total cost of a project may be greater than the museum budget available and addressing scale can be an avenue for addressing capacity.
Applying for a grant may help artists develop their initial ideas for a new choreographic work independently, before a commission or invitation from a museum. Alternatively, funding may be sought collaboratively between artists and museums from multiple income streams including institutional contributions, government grants, philanthropy and artist self-funding.
It is important that the museum and the artist understand that presenting choreographic work in the museum can reveal a difference of economies that uncover various issues. These may include parity and equity in renumeration, fees and wages across different artistic fields and mediums. These can include the difference or disparity in fabrication costs across artistic fields/sectors, the time and labour required from the artist team while developing work, the costs involved in the presentation of work, and the potential to recuperate production costs through acquisition.
