Per Forma
GRANT
PROGRAM
Kyiv Contemporary Music Days (KCMD) initiated and has been running the Per Forma grant program that provides financial support in the amount of 1,000 to 7,000 EUR for the implementation of projects and professional development of artists and collectives in the field of performing arts in Ukraine.
The open call ran from 23 April to 26 May 2024. 66 projects were selected and received funding totaling €300,000. The projects were implemented from July to November 2024.
In February 2025, the program received additional funding of €85,000. These funds are intended to support projects submitted in 2024 that were shortlisted but did not receive funding at that time. These projects will be implemented by 1 July 2025..
Applications Submitted:
375 applications
Program Objective
We at KCMD believe that culture is an important driver of change. We share this conviction with many cultural actors in Ukraine, who have repeatedly proven that cultural initiatives can indeed be a powerful transformative force in society. For more than eight years, we have been a part of these changes in the field of new music. However, no art form exists in a vacuum. Music, theater, dance, and other performing arts are closely intertwined, and each discipline has the potential to enrich, expand, and deepen the others.
KCMD aims to develop an ecosystem of Ukrainian culture where interdisciplinarity flourishes, new approaches are encouraged and cultural heritage is constantly reactualized. That is why, with the support of the Performing Arts Fund NL and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, we have created a program that promotes the development of the entire performing arts sector in Ukraine, strengthening each discipline and the synergy between them.
What does the program support?
The program provides grants for implementing projects and professional development of actors and collectives in the performing arts in Ukraine.
The following types of activities may be financed within the framework of the program:
Project implementation and accompanying expenses, namely: organization of a stage production, concert, mini-festival, play, performance, educational event, etc.
Creation of new musical, theatrical, dance, performance work, new educational and curatorial programs, exhibitions, choreographic productions, conducting research, etc.
Professional needs, namely: purchase of materials, technical equipment; rental of rehearsal spaces, studios; payment of labor, for example, for creating or updating a personal or a company website, commissioning music for an event, work of stage or costume designers; purchase of props necessary for implementing the project, etc.
What grants are available?
You can apply for one of two types of support:
Small projects: the amount of support is fixed and amounts to 1,000 EUR* in the Ukrainian hryvnia equivalent**:
Support for individuals continuing their existing, long-term practices (e.g. years-long research, creating a complex musical piece, writing a play, etc.) or creating new works. The applicant must state what project stage will be funded by the Per Forma grant program. These individual projects may not have immediate public outcomes.
Large projects: the amount of support is flexible — from 1,000 to 7,000 EUR* in the Ukrainian hryvnia equivalent** (the exact amount is determined based on the estimate submitted by the applicant):
New projects with a clear public presentation as the final goal (e.g. a concert with commissioned works, staging a theater play, etc).
* — Amounts are inclusive of taxes.
** — According to the exchange rate on the day the grant funds are credited to the account of the grant recipient.
Who can apply?
Ukrainian actors and collectives working in the following fields:
music;
dance;
theater, including improv and puppet theater;
spoken word;
performance art;
circus art;
pantomime;
stand-up comedy;
other performing arts.
You can apply individually to support your personal project or submit a group application to implement a collective project. Contracts will be signed with natural persons, private, state organizations, or NGOs, depending on the needs and capabilities of the applicants.
Please note that the applicant’s legal status will affect the amount of taxation of the grant payment under Ukrainian legislation. In the application form, you will find a tax calculation template helping you better understand how much of the grant you can expect to receive after taxes according to your legal status.
What are the conditions for receiving a grant?
Projects must be implemented in Ukraine.
All funds from the received grant must be used for the planned activities specified in the application. Applicants can additionally finance their projects from other sources and scale the projects accordingly.
Winners
2024
Small grants
Roman Trofimenko, Oleksandr Yarmola, Dmytro Husakov, Mariia Bakalo, Maria Kovalenko, Yevheniia Mielkonian, Tetiana Shamshetdinova, Anton Bulanenko, Yevhen Petrychenko, Kseniia Yanus, Dara Vinarska, Yurii Pikush, Nataliia Kravchunovska, Anastasiia Biliaieva, Olena Zhukova, Liliia Kryvets, SALT SALOME x MAX SVITLO, Mariia Usenko, Oleh Bezborodko, Hordiichuk Daria, Iryna Tsypina, Oleksandr Sirous, Yuliia Pivtorak, Iryna Biloborodova, Alina Klymanska
Large grants
Yaroslav Kainar, Nazarii Stets, Artem Vusyk, Svitlana Oleksiuk, Yana Shliabanska, Oleksandr Chornyi, Viktoriia Myroniuk, Nataliia Danshyna, Andrii Barsov, Orest Smovzh, Kharkiv Foundation for Psychological Research NGO, Khrystyna-Mariia Slobodianiuk, Danyil Zenkin, Iryna Polikarchuk, Halyna-Oksana Shchupak, Diana Horban, Olena Avdieieva, Krystyna Shyshkarova, Tetiana Rodionova, Anna Potomkina, Nadiia Kupenko, Yuliia Hrebenovska, Ruslan Kirsh, Olha Anabel Sotelo Ramires, Oleksandr Horoshko, Kateryna Kuznetsova, Kateryna Levytska, Oleksandra Holoborodko, Mariia Yurchak, Maryna Baranova, Yaroslav Dzhus, Ihor Mamus, Nana Biakova, Kateryna Radushynska, Bohdan Polishchuk, Maksym Chukhlib, Hlib Zelhin, Hanna Shestakova, Maryna Prakhova, Hanna Vinohradova, Yuliia Honchar
2025
Small grants
Anton Malynovskyi, Anastasiia Volkova, Oleksandra Horobets, Reizor Zero, Eleonora Kravchenko, Oleksandra Ivanova
Large grants
Volodymyr Baranovskyi, Maria Kvitka, Olena Savchuk, Volodymyr Burkovets, Valentyn Fetisov, Daria Ivanova-Hololobova, Nataliia Kirychuk, Andrii Savinykh, Oleksandra Ivanova, Yevhen Dvorskyi, Volodymyr Davydenko, Mykhailo Bondariev
Per Forma Jury
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Olena Apchel is an independent theater artist and director, performer, activist, playwright, cultural scientist, curator of art projects, PhD in Art History, volunteer, and military servicewoman. Olena was the chief director of the Lesya Ukrainka Theater in Lviv and the director of the Golden Gate Theater in Kyiv; co-author of the main exhibition of the "Territory of Terror" Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes. In 2020–2022, she headed the social projects department at the Warsaw NOWY TEATR. In 2022–2023, Olena worked as a co-director of Theatertreffen, the largest theatre festival in the German-speaking world. In the spring of 2024, she joined the Ukrainian army and is currently serving in the National Guard of Ukraine.
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Yurii Chekan is a musicologist and Doctor of art history. Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv). Laureate of the Mykola Lysenko Prize of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. Author of monographs Intonational Image of the World (Kyiv, 2009), National Symphony Orchestra: 100 Years of Service to Music (Kyiv, 2018); textbook Music Criticism: Theory and Methodology (Chernivtsi, 2007, co-authored with O. Zinkevych).
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Oksana Dmitriieva is one of the leading directors of the Ukrainian puppet theater, chief director of the Kharkiv Puppet Theater, and Associate Professor of Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts. Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (2006). Laureate of the Lesya Ukrainka Award of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2012). Winner of the Women in Arts Award (2024). Oksana Dmitriieva has created performances in the puppet theaters of Kaunas (Lithuania), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Ternopil (Ukraine) and other cities. To date, she has staged more than 45 plays.
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Anna Gadetska is a musicologist, co-founder and program director of Open Opera Ukraine. She studied, defended her PhD thesis, and currently works at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Department of Cultural Theory and History). She is an expert in early music, musical theater, film soundtrack, and other performing arts. She has worked as a lecturer, curator, and moderator with various educational, cultural, and artistic initiatives, including the Cultural Project, the Early Music Festival in Lviv, Kyiv Mohyla Business School, Bouquet Kyiv Stage, KINO42, etc. Since 2023, she has been the program director of the Kyiv Baroque Festival launched by the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.
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Anastasiia Haishenets is a Ukrainian performing arts projects curator and manager, theater critic, and researcher of Ukrainian performing arts history (focused on the late 20th — early 21st century). Formerly, Head of Performing Arts at the Ukrainian Institute; coordinator and curator of the Theater Laboratory of the Mystetskyi Arsenal (Kyiv); editor-in-chief of Ukrainskyi Teatr magazine; grant writer and project manager at proto produkciia agency.
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Liuba Ilnytska is a theater curator and dramaturge, translator. Theater program curator of Jam Factory Art Center in Lviv.
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Maria Kardash is an independent researcher in dance anthropology, a Choreomundus program alumni (International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage), and a former visiting fellow in the OSA Archives (Budapest), IWM (Vienna), and Maly Berlin (Trnava, Slovakia).
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Olga Kebas is a performer, choreographer, researcher, and contemporary dance professor. Curator (GogolFEST, Artil), organizer of cultural events, director and performer of numerous performances at festivals and cultural events in Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Germany (GogolFest, ArtPole, Zelyonka Fest, TEDxKyiv, Night at the Museum PinchukArtCentre, KyivMusicFest, Generator MALTA, MSTT, and others).
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Svitlana Lenchenko is a manager with experience in international project management with a particular focus on development, culture, and diplomacy. She is a Head of Development and Strategic Partnerships at the Ukrainian Institute. Formerly, Head of Music at the Ukrainian Institute (2021–2023), artist manager, and concert producer (2012–2024).
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Olena Lybo is a theater scholar and lecturer at the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts (theatre studies department). Member of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette). Member of the National Union of Theater Workers of Ukraine. Founder of the Open Festival of Non-State Theaters “Kurbalesia” (2003–2015, Kharkiv). Founder of the R. Cherkashyn All-Ukrainian Competition of Professional Readers (2005–2016, Kharkiv). Expert of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (2020–2024). Expert of the All-Ukrainian Theater Festival-Award “GRA” (2020–2021).
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Oleksandr Manshylin is a cultural manager, professor, choreographer, and researcher. Executive Director of the All-Ukrainian association “Contemporary Dance Platform.” Author of publications about contemporary dance for the magazines Tanets v Ukraini i sviti, Proscenium, Dance Studies, and others.
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Viktor Ruban is a performer, dancer, choreographer, researcher, and coach. Founder and director general of Ruban Production ITP; co-founder and program director of CO ICF “Impulse Transformation Platform”; representative of Ukraine in the European Culture Parliament. He has worked with dance and movement over the last twenty years as an artist, curator, educator, and producer
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Mykhailo Shved is a Ukrainian composer, musicologist, and public servant. He is the Director General of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. PhD in Art History, Honored Artist of Ukraine, Laureate of Levko Revutskyi, Borys Lyatoshynskyi, and Mykola Leontovych Prizes of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.
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Veronika Skliarova is a cultural manager, theater producer, and art curator. She is the director of the NGO “ART DOT”, the head and founder of the Art Therapy Force project, and the program director of the Parade-fest festival. She has participated in international residencies and produced performing arts projects such as Crimea, 5 a.m., Ukrainian Odyssey, and Lesya. Herstory. She was the coordinator of the Ukrainian pavilion at the Avignon Off-Theater Festival, several national theater festivals in Europe, a jury member of the AURORA Drama Award of the City of Bydgoszcz (Poland), and the coordinator/producer of the exhibition Kurbas. Workshops dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Berezil Artistic Association.
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Nadia Sokolenko is currently the Performing Arts Program Manager at the Ukrainian Institute. She previously worked as a theater critic, theater & festival manager (Taking the Stage, Kurbas Emerging Ukrainian Theater Directors Festival), curator, editor-in-chief of the Ukrainskyi Teatr magazine, curator of the Scene 6 theater space at Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center, assistant director and dramaturg in theater projects of Yara Arts Group (Dim=Ev=Home, Tychyna Zhadan & Sobaky, Scythian Stones).
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Dartsya Tarkovska is a co-founder of the independent initiative Music Export Ukraine. After working in the music industry for over a decade, she takes care of the sustainable development of Ukrainian music in an international context. Since 2018, she has provided management support for Ukrainian artists at showcase festivals, coordinated exchange programs and music conferences, initiated international collaboration projects, cooperated with state cultural institutions of Ukraine, etc. A graduate of the International Music Marketing course at Berklee College of Music.
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Tetiana Tizenberg is a choreographer, stage director, contemporary dance professor, project manager, and head of the Dance Theater, Zaporizhzhia.
PROJECT TEAM
Kateryna Alymova, Mykhailo Chedryk, Polina Horodyska, Vasyl Lutsyk, Tetiana Melnychenko, Khrystyna Melnyk, Dasha Podoltseva, Albert Saprykin, Mariia Tytova, Daria Vdovina, Les Vynogradov
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