Designed to support the creation of original choreographic works by independent Swiss dance companies, the SSA Cultural Fund awards up to eight grants, with a total budget of CHF 60,000 on a competitive basis. Among the 2023 winners were Swiss based artists, Perrine Valli, Marion Zurbach, Stefanie Inhelder and Marc Oosterhoff.

Up to 2 grants (of CHF 5,000 each) may be awarded to "emerging" choreographers who have a maximum of four choreographic creations under professional conditions.

Up to 3 grants (of CHF 10,000) may be awarded to projects presented by "established" choreographers who have a minimum of five choreographic creations of at least 30 minutes' duration under professional conditions (ideally including the organization of tours and festival participation)

And one grant of 20,000 francs for a project presented by an "established" choreographer whose companies have had a support contract with at least one public body, have a minimum of ten choreographic creations to their credit, lasting at least 30 minutes, and have toured and taken part in festivals.

The selection criteria can be found → here (in german).

This year, the deadline for submitting project files is February 19th, 2024.

You can find the application form → here.