Overview

The Indo-American Arts Council’s Erasing Borders Dance Festival is seeking dance submissions for their 2026 program. The dance festival will be presented in late September in New York City. It will include live performances including applicant dancers from around US and groups from India who already have visas to perform within the U.S.

For an in-depth understanding of how to submit or what to submit, please see this video from curator Srinidhi Raghavan. [CURATORIAL GUIDELINES VIDEO]

Submit dance works of 8-12 minutes in length that showcase your craft and creativity. Also submit a 100-150 words description of how you understand and see your creative work.

We seek:

• Original works in multiple or new vocabularies and forms deriving from or relating to the traditions of Indian dance.
• Works that are challenging or critically thinking on their own terms that can be related to the theme.
• We encourage shorter works. Professional works of up to 8-12 minutes duration (you can submit multiple works for us to consider). If you want to present an excerpt from a longer work, please indicate time stamps from a longer video.

Please note, there is a non-refundable application fee of $15. IAAC is dedicated to promoting, showcasing, and building an awareness of the arts and artists whose heritage lies in India in the performing arts, visual arts, literary arts and folk arts. If the fees are a burden, write to us and we will provide support.

Applications are due by March 15th, 2026 11:59PM EST. Any late applications will not be accepted.

Thank you for your time and we look forward to reviewing your application!