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APPLICATION PROCEDURES

1. Requesting an Application Form
2. Submitting the Application Package
CONTACT INFORMATION
Deadline Reminder


1. Requesting an Application Form
[Deadline: Friday, Dec. 4, 2009]

■ 
Application form requests will be accepted from artists/companies through either one of the two methods listed below.
■ 
Applicants should not make more than one application at a time.


(a) Via our website

Requests can be made by filling out and sending an Application Form Request Sheet on our website (see the following link) until the above deadline:

Click on the button below, please.

[http://www.saison.or.jp/application/03.html (in Japanese)]

If the proposed project falls within the goals of our programs, either a Microsoft Word or a PDF application form will be sent to you as an attached file by email.


(b) Via email, facsimile, post/courier, or in-person

Instead of using the Application Form Request Sheet on our website, applicants may also submit an Application Form Request Letter, preferably less than three pages long, by the above deadline.
The letter may be submitted either by email, facsimile, post/courier, or in person (appointments must be made beforehand by telephone or by email). For contact information, please see below section of this page.

Details on the Application Form Request Letter can be found in our website. Please bear in mind that applicants will need to submit the following information within the letter:
1 )
Brief descriptions of the past and present works and achievements by the main artists/companies involved in the project.
2 )
A concise summary of the proposed project, including its concept, the names of the participants, and when and where it will take place.

An application form will be given to the applicant as soon as we confirm the proposed project falls within the goals of the program.
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2. Submitting the Application Package
[Deadline: Friday, Dec. 11, 2009]


In order to make a full application, applicants must submit a package including a completed application form and a set of supplementary materials listed below. Details on the application package are also listed in Japanese here.

Application Form

Applicants may submit an application form prepared on their own PC/typewriter as long as it uses the precise headings and order of the original form and is printed out on exactly two pages of A4 size paper (8-1/2 inch by 11 inch, or 21cm by 29cm).
Applicants who submit an application form exceeding the two-page limit or paper size will be asked to rewrite their form.


Supplementary Materials
Applicants to the International Project Support Program are requested to attach the following supplementary materials.
Documents (excluding booklets and/or pamphlets) must be prepared in Japanese and/or in English with a PC and printed on A4 size pages.
Please do not use staples, nor submit double-sided pages.
Please note that we cannot return any of the following materials due to the volume received by our Foundation.

Required supplementary materials:
  1. An outline of the project.
  2. Timetable/schedule of the project in 2010
  3. A detailed financial estimate (income and expenditure) of the proposed project in 2010 in Japanese yen.
  4. Brief descriptions of the past and present works and achievements by the main participants in the project.
  5. Copy of a letter of agreement from the collaborating artist/company, stating their acknowledgement and wish to participate in the proposed project.
  6. Details on using Morishita Studio (for those requesting to use the studio).
    * Dates (within the period from June 2, 2010 to May 31,2011)
    * Studio of preference (Small or Large)
    * Objectives for using the studio (applicants wishing to hold public events should state whether admission/participation fees will be charged)
  7. Essay by the project's principal playwright/director/choreographer or producer from both applicant and from Japanese partner on the objective of the proposed project (1,000 to 2,000 Japanese letters/ approximately 300 to 650 words with Japanese translation attached).
  8. One VHS videocassette or DVD of the applicant’s recent work or visual image that describes the outline of the project.
    * Video tapes should be labeled on their spine and DVDs should be labeled on both their case spine and front side of the disc with the following information:
    (a) Name of the applying artist/company
    (a) Title of the recorded work/content
    * Applicants submitting a DVD are required to insert chapters for easy navigation and also check if the disc can be played not only on PCs but also on standard DVD players.
  9. Applicants must also attach an outline of the above visual material in the following manner -
    * Theater artists/companies: A synopsis of more than 200 Japanese letters and explanatory notes (details, background information, etc.) of more than 400 Japanese letters.
    * Dance artists/companies: Explanatory notes (details, background information, etc.) of more than 200 Japanese letters.
  10. Additionally, following materials are required:
    * Stage photograph of applicant's representative work.
    * Photograph (portrait) of each applicant and of Representative(s) of artistic partners. (If a photo credit is necessary, please let us know.)

The application package must reach The Saison Foundation no later than Friday, December 11, 2009.

Application forms sent by fax will not be accepted unless approved in advance by the Foundation; in any event, a completed original hardcopy of the application form with the seal or signature of the person in charge of the proposed project (artistic director, etc.) must be sent to the Foundation in due course.

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Contact information

The Saison Foundation
Toka Building 8th Floor
16-1, Ginza 1 Chome, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0061
Japan
TEL: +81 3-3535-5566
FAX: +81 3-3535-5565
http://www.saison.or.jp/english/
apply10@saison.or.jp
Notes:
・ The above email address will be effective from October 2009.
・Applicants are requested to include the word “ Application ” at the beginning of the subject line of the email message.

Office hours (JST=GMT+9 hours)
Monday through Friday, from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, plus the following days in October to Janualy.
2009-2010: October 12th, November 3rd, November 23rd, December 23rd and from 26th to January 5th.
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Deadline Reminder
Deadline for submitting a letter of request for an application form:
Friday, December 4, 2009 [via website, email, facsimile, post/courier, or in-person]

Deadline for submitting the application form:
Friday, December 11, 2009 [by post/courier or in-person only]
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