We movers and shakers know that the art of making dances requires SPACE, and while there seems to be plenty of it out there, it doesn’t always feel accessible. DISCO RIOT’s S P A C E Alliance Studio Residency program is promoting the cooperation of local spaces and movement-artists. This unique program not only connects dance makers to rehearsal space, but also offers an organized and mindful experience for creative inquiry, artistic development, networking, creative and cultural exchange, and a platform to share work. DISCO RIOT’s community partners provide 40 hours of rehearsal space over the course of the residency period to selected resident artists. In the spirit of community, collaboration and exchange, the residency program also includes master classes taught by the resident artists for their home studio communities, showings of each artist’s work-in-progress, and culminates in a final presentation of artists’ work.
S P A C E Alliance Studio Residency
2023 Residency
Residency Dates:
July 16 – Sept 23, 2023
Be a part of DISCO RIOT’s fifth edition of S P A C E Alliance, a studio residency program promoting the cooperation of local spaces and movement-artists. This unique program not only connects dance makers to rehearsal space, but also offers an organized and mindful experience for creative inquiry, artistic development, networking, creative and cultural exchange, and a platform to share work. In alignment with DISCO RIOT’s mission, we seek to promote interdisciplinary movement-based art with themes of social change and storytelling.
The program offers:
- 4 hours a week of rehearsal space in a local studio that will serve as home base for the artist.
- Opportunities for works-in-progress showings with feedback sessions from other artists.
- A culminating presentation of the work developed during the residency in a shared production with other S P A C E Alliance artists-in-residence between September 29 & 30.
- Support for collaborative projects.
- A $1000 choreographic stipend + performance fees for collaborators.
- Photo and video documentation of the process and culminating presentation.
In the spirit of exchange, the selected artists will:
- Teach one master classes or workshops in their preferred discipline at their home studio for members of the studio community.
- Offer one work-in progress showing for their home studio community with the intention of sharing about artistic process.
- Participate in artist feedback sessions with other S P A C E Alliance artists-in-residence.
- Develop approximately 20 minutes of “work” to be shown at the culminating presentation. (This work does not necessarily have to be a “completed” product, but it might be. The work can be shared in any format approved by the DISCO RIOT S P A C E Alliance directors and can include but is not limited to: live performance, video, movement + discussion, an audience participation experience, durational practice, site-specific work). Clear descriptions of your collaborations and intended format for presentation should be presented in the application.
Applicant Guidelines
Applicant must be over the age of 18. Artists currently enrolled as full-time students in a dance program or with considerable rehearsal space will not be considered. Artist must be able to work around the schedule of the studios which might require daytime rehearsals.
Applications for 2023 are now closed.
If you are a local space interested in becoming part of DISCO RIOT’s S P A C E Alliance, please contact us.