ArtistNe(s)t Residency Programme 2012
Call for proposals

[Romania - Ireland - Latvia - Cyprus - United Kingdom - Turkey]


Established in early summer 2011, the two-year mobility and artistic exchange dance programme E-MOTIONAL Bodies & Cities is currently launching a new strand of activities - the international ArtistNe(s)t Residencies. The programme aims to offer support to the development of new work by young and mid-career choreographers and is addressed to artists based in the 6 participating countries of the project: Romania, Cyprus, Ireland, Latvia, United Kingdom, and Turkey. The residency programme is inspired from and plans to continue and expand the work started by the ArtistNe(s)t artist-in-residence network in Romania set up by Gabriela Tudor and the Swiss Cultural Program in Romania in 2006, a unique international residency programme for contemporary arts in the region.

What we are looking for, how the residency will proceed
The choreographers, either alone or together with a collaborator of their choice (dancer, visual artist, manager, etc.), will be granted a four-week residency to work on an ongoing project, start a new project or collaborate with local artists. Special attention will be given to projects matching the theme of the project and to collaborations and exchanges with local artistic communities. Travel costs, per diem, accommodation and rehearsal space for the entire residency period are provided, together with a fee per project awarded.
The host organisation will facilitate contacts with the local artistic community, informal presentations and meetings, or the organisation of workshops open to local artists. In exchange, the invited artists will give warm-up classes for local dancers, lead dance workshops for professionals or interested audiences, or hold video-lectures on their own artistic work. Each residency will close with an informal presentation held by participating artists.

DEADLINES: December 16, 2011 (for February residency in Ireland) &
February 29, 2012 (for all other residencies)


To apply, please fill out the attached application form avaialble below for download. Please send the application by email to motionfund@e-motional.eu according to the announced deadlines. Successful candidates will be notified early January 2012 (for February residency in Ireland) and mid-March 2012 (all other residencies).

DOWNLOADS
E-MOTIONAL residencies application form

For more information write to contact@e-motional.eu, to the contacts indicated above in each country, or visit www.e-motional.eu.


E-MOTIONAL Bodies & Cities is a co-operation between Gabriela Tudor Foundation (RO, initiator & lead organiser), Dublin Dance Festival (IE), The Association of the Professional Dance Choreographers of Latvia (LV), Dance House Lemesos (CY), and body > data > space (UK), as co-organisers, developed with support from the Culture 2007-2013 Programme of the European Union. Associated partners are ArtistNe(s)t Network of Artists-in-Residence Centres / "George Apostu" Cultural Centre in Bacau, and the National Dance Centre in Bucharest (RO), Dance Ireland, The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, and the University of Limerick (IE), Rialto Theatre, Limassol (CY), and CATI Dans - Contemporary Dance Artists Association, Istanbul (TR).

The project plans to identify, nurture, attract and sustain talent and creativity at the European level, by connecting artists and dance managers from countries participating in the project through mobility grants, residencies, fellowships, artistic research and performance co-production and exchange. Professional development and artistic experiment represent pillars of the project.

The project is co-funded in Romania by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Gabriela Tudor Foundation
3-5 Jules Michelet St., 010461 Bucharest, Romania
contact@e-motional.eu
www.gabrielatudor.ro