Performing Arts

Dutch festival Dancing on the Edge are calling a new generation of contemporary dancers from West Asia (a.k.a. Middle East) and North Africa (WANA) for the Dancing on the Edge Scholarship Program 2020. Dancing on the Edge (DOTE) offers scholarships to young talent (no older than 27 years) from the MENA region to attend a three-week summer dance workshop program in Amsterdam, taking place from 10-28 July 2023.

In the framework of the residency programme Frankfurt Moves! the foundation KfW Stiftung and the Frankfurt LAB invite you to develop artistic productions in the fields of the performing arts during a residency from 15 September – 19 October 2023. Applicants must have been trained in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the MENA region. Individuals or duos are eligible, or larger groups can apply but without extra support.

The Performing Arts Centre Finland (ESKUS) and New Performance Turku Biennale are looking for international curators for an Emerging Curators Residency in Turku on 3-10 September 2023. 3-5 curators from the field of live and performance art will be selected for the residency.

Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava in Estonia and Davvi - Center for the Performing Arts in Norway are looking for 4 Estonian artists and 4 Norwegian artists for a collaborative project to develop choreographic interventions in public space. The project consists of 3 parts: 2-week research residency in Tartu in August 2023; 3-week research residency with a public presentation in Bodø in June 2024; 3-week residency and rehearsal period with 3 public performances in Tartu in July 2024.

Invisible Dance: The Body in Friction seeks to explore the hidden choreography of conflict and friction with a three-week residency that will be held at the Conflictorium in Ahmedabad, India, between 10-30 April 2023. Choreographers and interdisciplinary performance artists who are citizens or residents of Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam can apply.

The Hartwig Art Foundation Fellowships at Performa in New York City will provide a training programme for the next generation of curators, producers and archivists. One fellowship will foster curatorial and production acumen, and will engage curators directly in the Performa commissioning process from concept to presentation. A second fellowship will be focused on the Performa Archive and will include research and scholarship, as well as curating of archival material for online and IRL exhibitions. The two positions begin in March 2023 and run for approximately 18 months.

Led by one of the leading researchers in the field, the funded PhD opportunity Evidencing Value in Theatre for Young Audiences will engage with existing external partnerships (both local and international) to: a) generate evidence to develop, test and refine frameworks for understanding the value of TYA; and, b) close the gaps in the evidence for this value. The preferred start date is 18 September 2023.

On 5 and 6 October 2022, the Where to land Forum brought together 130+ European performing arts professionals at the Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne, with the aim to engage into a new series of measures for the performing arts sector that would tackle the climate emergency.

The International Radio Playwriting Competition, hosted by BBC World Service and the British Council, offers the unique opportunity for playwrights to have their radio play heard across the world by the BBC World Service’s millions of listeners. Winners receive a cash prize, travel to London to attend an award ceremony, and see their plays recorded before they’re broadcast on the BBC World Service.