Performing Arts Market Development Fund successful recipients (batches 1-8)

27 Jun 2024

The latest outcomes from the Performing Arts Market Development Fund batches 1 -8:

• Yaw Afoakwah - $22,504 to deliver a showcase performance at SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas.
• Sean Foran - $3,155 to attend the Jazzahead Industry Market in Bremen, Germany to meet with key industry figures in European and UK jazz.
• Blakdance - $50,079 to present Silence by Karul Projects at the International Society of Performing Arts Congress in Perth, WA.
• Casus Creations - $24,450 to present their new production APRICITY at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.
• The Farm - $44,029 plus $6,984 contingency to perform Break at the international contemporary dance market Tanzmesse in Dusseldorf, create a new commission for the TanzZeit dance festival in Berlin and collaborate with UK/German dance and theatre groups.
• Zheani - $41,057 to deliver a showcase performance at SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas.
• Girl and Girl Pty Ltd - $16,816 to deliver a showcase performance at SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas.
• Asha Jefferies - $31,010 to deliver a showcase performance at SXSW in Austin, Texas and one-off showcases in Los Angeles and New York.
• Briefs Factory International - $40,000 to showcase its Bite Club production with Sahara Beck at Germany’s Tipi Am Kanzleramt in October 2025.
• Jungaji Brady - $8,700 to deliver a showcase performance on the Archie Roach Foundation Stage at the Port Fairy Folk Festival.
• Dead Puppet Society - $20,000 to present three showcases in Japan, Greece and the UK in partnership with local producers and presenters to develop markets for four major productions.
• Jai Sparks - $9,115 to attend SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas representing Sunshine Coast groups Betty Taylor and Haters as manager.
• Jamie-Lee Dimes - $8,250 to perform at SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas as part of the Sounds Australia showcase.
• Corrina Bonshek and Collaborators Ltd - $9,950 to showcase the production Song to The Earth III in Indonesia, attend industry markets in Perth, Indonesia and Germany and introduce a new touring model.
• Casey Barnes - $20,971 to perform at the 2024 Stagecoach Festival in California, USA.
• Jariah Sharir - $14,900 for the Full Flower Moon Band to perform at The Great Escape new music festival in the UK.
• Counterpilot Arts - $11,260 to showcase the production TRUTHMACHINE at the 2024 International Society for the Performing Arts conference in Perth.
• Cluster Arts - $20,070 to attend performing arts markets in seven countries to promote the work of Queensland circus artists.
• Briefs Factory International - $29,554 to showcase Dirty Laundry at the International Market of Contemporary Circus in Montreal, Canada.
• Leah Shelton - $30,806 to showcase her work BATSHIT at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
• Daniel Baebler - $12,147 for band Gentle Ben & His Shimmering Hands to showcase at the Binic Folk-Blues Festival in France.
• Phluxus2 - $11,293 to showcase the work of Nerida Matthaei and Phluxus2 at the Motion Mongolia International Contemporary Dance Festival.
• Sasha McLeod - $19,768 to perform (as Sycco) at the Aussie BBQ showcase at Summerstage in New York City, and two headline shows in Los Angeles, USA.
• Benjamin Shannon - $15,148 for band Milton Man Gogh to perform at the GATHER LISTEN HEAR showcase, part of the 2024 Jazz & Sonic Arts Program in Banff, Canada.

Image 1: Casey Barnes performing.
Image 2: Jamie-Lee Dimes in Chatanooga, Tennessee. Photographer Jackie Sterna. 
Image 3: Dead Puppet Society Holding Achilles.