Deadline: 20-Feb-23
In an attempt to widen its reach to explore possibilities of intercultural exchange and comparative understanding of experiences across the south globe, Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction invites applications from the broader locations of South Asia and Southeast Asia through an open call process.
Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction seeks to explore the hidden choreography of conflict and friction and, in doing so, considers movement practice as a means of producing counter-movements and choreographies. This objective will be explored during a three-week residency that will be held at the Conflictorium in Ahmedabad, India, in between 10-30 April 2023. The Conflictorium is a museum that enables different sections of society to engage with conflict through a range of disciplines.
Benefits
- Each of the selected residents will receive:
- Flight tickets, visa costs, food allowance and lodging
- Remuneration of 450 euros for their participation at the residency
- Artistic research support
- Comparative and intercultural artistic exchange
- Opportunity for local, national, and international networking
- Live research outcomes/work-in-progress presentations
- Publication of the documentation of the process and presentations.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following artists are eligible to apply for the residency:
- Artists who are interested in socio-political engagement through dance, choreography and/or movement research.
- Choreographers and interdisciplinary performance artists with an experience of working with movement for at least three years.
- Citizens or residents of Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- Artists from communities that are historically and structurally marginalized on account of their social and geographical location. Those working in peripheral locations, satellite cities, rural and coastal areas will be given priority.
- English will be the residency’s communication language. Since the residents are expected to actively engage in the exchange process during the residency, basic comfort in spoken English will be required.
- The applicants must hold the required documents for international travel (passport, Covid vaccine certificates, etc).
Expectations and Deliverables
- The selected residents are expected to:
- Attend and actively contribute to the residency program in person that will take place in Ahmedabad, India, from 10-30 April 2023. The series of workshops will be facilitated by Mandeep Raikhy and Garasi Performance Institute.
- Create individual or collaborative performances that stem from the workshops at the residency and engage with the space at the Conflictorium. The presentation will be documented and made accessible through different media, e.g. via public broadcast, web radio and websites.
- Participate in the documentation of the process and the public performances in the form of photo essays and video documentaries that will be published on social media, websites and will potentially be included in future exhibitions.
For more information, visit Goethe-Institut.