L’Agora de la danse is once again launching a call for projects for three creative residency periods for professional dance artists from Quebec who have never received support and/or dissemination within its walls. Each residency consists of two weeks’ work in the Espace blanc, accompanied by $5,000 in financial support.
By offering these two residencies, Agora de la danse wishes to:
Give professional dance artists from Quebec the opportunity to receive their first creative support from Agora de la danse.s from Quebec the opportunity to receive initial creative support from the Agora de la danse
Discover and support new artistic approaches
Encourage encounters between artists and the Agora de la danse team by scheduling a time for exchange during the residency period
Strengthen its commitment to the community
Give voice to a diversity of current practices around the body
Stimulate the plurality of practices
Any Quebec-based professional dance artist who has never received or benefited from support from Agora de la danse.
Residency periods Weeks
of September 30 and October 7, 2024
Second residency period
Weeks of January 13 and January 20, 2025
Third residency period
Weeks of February 10 and February 17, 2025
An artist-in-residence period
5000 / residence
Access to the Espace blancu rehearsal studio (4th floor studio used for “dry” residencies).
Dimensions (empty column to column): 46’7” x 30’11” (14.20m x 9.42m);
Resilient dance floor in varnished light maple ;
2 glazed walls, 1 white wall, fitted with german blinds;
Four-corner suspended sound system of the same generation and professional quality;
57-inch LG TV screen;
Suspended worklight studio lighting (neon), with dimmers – No hanging points – No total black ;
No dressing rooms – Access to the communal kitchen on the 1st floor;
Studio capacity: 12 people; Opening hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gather the following information (2 pages or 500 words maximum):
Presentation of the artist, his or her approach and artistic team
What do you intend to explore in the context of this residency and what can this experience at the Agora bring to you?
A web link to a video excerpt of the work in progress (rehearsal excerpt) or of a previous creation
Send the application to Vanessa
Bousquet logistique@agoradanse.com no later than May 24, 2024 at 5 p.m. (Eastern time).
Selections will be announced no later than June 14, 2024.
The selection committee will consist of the Agora de la danse artistic team.
We will not be able to provide comments or feedback.
Time and space to create
A veritable incubator for contemporary dance creation, Agora de la danse welcomes artists to its Montreal studios for one, two or more weeks a year, to carry out their initial choreographic research, their creative work with collaborators and the more technical fine-tuning of their works. This support is the cornerstone of an increasingly fertile and innovative choreographic milieu.
