Residencies
Artist residencies move our theatre, our artists, and our community and audiences forward.
OPEN CALL Residency program 2025
Divadlo Štúdio Tanca announces the 3rd year of the residency program. We offer an appropriate space for the creation of artists in the field of contemporary dance. As in previous editions, this year’s program will seek to provide a space for projects at various stages of the creative process, from initial idea to premiere performance in the theatre. For individuals, companies or other projects we want to provide adequate working conditions and also the professional support needed to cultivate their own creative work. Open call is open to female dancers and performers, but also to auxiliary professions in this field (production, lighting design, sound, camera, management, etc.).
In 2025, we have decided to focus on projects related to our theatre’s vision.
Important to us are:
1. Artistic exchange. Those that will help us to establish long-term relationships and collaborations. Especially those that explore innovative forms or relevant social issues.
2. The process: we will strongly emphasize the sustainability of the applications and the applicants’ approaches to the process of artistic creation and movement material in the selection of residents.
Residency applications will be reviewed by a dramaturgical board specifically created for this residency program and will also be consulted with other experts and the fellowship if necessary.
The condition for participation in the residency is a public output from the creative process and the minimum length of the residency is 14 days.
Call publication: 11 November 2024
Deadline for applications: 11 December 2024
Publication of results: 31 January 2025
Only selected applicants will be informed of their selection via email, others will be contacted in case of any uncertainties and additional questions.
Subprograms of residency program 2025
Final step
A section for co-production projects in the advanced or final stages of the process before premiere.
The residency lasts 14 – 21 days in a theatre hall with technical equipment. The residency results in a premiere performance or a public presentation of the final stage of the project in the form of a work in progress (WIP). The aim of these residencies is to provide artists with a residency fee that allows them to fully focus on their work.
Duration: 14 days
Honorarium: We allocate a lump sum of 1500 euros for this residency,
Accommodation: yes
Travel expenses: no
Education and research
This section provides space for intensive artistic research without the need to focus on
the outcome in the form of a work of art. It is a time for experimentation and deep immersion in the subject, methodology, artistic or educational practices being explored. The outcome of the residency may be a text, reflection, video or other material capturing the content of the research. During the residency, the artist undertakes to conduct a workshop or public discussion on the topic they are working with. We provide a rehearsal room and other spaces for the residency without technical equipment. The duration of the residency is 14 – 21 days. Individual selected artists can work in parallel with other selected artists during the residency, deepening the possibility of reflecting on their work with other professionals, colleagues… The residency does not provide work with professional technical equipment of the theatre (except for sound)
Duration: 14 – 21 dní
Honorarium: each of the artists (groups) will receive an honorarium of 800 euros for their work during the residency
Accommodation: yes
Travel expenses: no
Dream Box
Year-round open space primarily for testing, movement research, studying projects in the initial phase. Artists, creatives have a dance rehearsal room, studio, working hours 14- 21 days ( throughout the year). DST pays part of the running costs associated with running the rehearsal room, offers accommodation. DST does not cover travel costs. We also provide the possibility to work with a mentor: by agreement with the artists (selection after discussion with them).
In this sub-programme we do not accept foreign applications (the applicant must be based in Slovakia)
Duration: 14 – 21 days
No fee
Accommodation: yes
Travel: no
Destination: creation
Artist residency for advanced part of the creation, with the possibility to work for several days in theatre conditions with the possibility to use technical equipment (max. 3 days). For us, it is an opportunity to get to know the artists and their particular approach to creation, which may lead to further collaboration with DST.
A selection of projects from Slovakia or abroad with a duration of 14 – 21 days. DST provides a rehearsal room. For the public demonstration of the work in progress we provide a theatre hall and work with technical staff and equipment (max. 3 days), we pay honorarium of 800 euros group/project, travel is paid by the artist. Accommodation is provided by DST.
Duration: 14 – 21 days
Honorarium: we pay an honorarium of 800 euros group/project,
Accommodation: yes
Travel: no
Dance Incubator
This residency model is designed to build a long-term relationship between Divadlo Štúdio tanca and external artists*women interested in developing future or long-term collaborative projects. In this residency, the curatorial team does not utilize an open-call model, but instead approaches artists based on ongoing experience, proximity to the values, artistic mission, and vision of DST. The theatre offers the time, resources and space to host artists and develop the shared interest outlined above. The length of the residency is 14 – 30 days and we intend to reach out to 2 artistic bodies/individuals during 2025. In order for the selected artist to be able to put as much of their time and energy as possible into working with us, we provide an honorarium of 1000 euros. DST provides accommodation, the artist pays for his/her own travel expenses.
Duration: 14 – 30 days
Fee: 1000 euros
Accommodation: yes
Travel expenses: no
List of supported artists
2024
Radical Empathy / projekt: Flux 2 (SK)
Colectivo Priekopník Veverička / projekt: Camille (Laboratórium v tieni) (SK)
Yuri Korec & Co. / projekt: Príbeh (SK)
Lukas Blaha Bliss, Andrej Štepita / projekt: Conversations of a haptic nature //: throw-dance. (SK, CZ)
SVUNG Research Group / projekt: Journeying (the weight we carry) (AT)
Soňa Kúdeľová / projekt: intensive tense (SK)
DARLINGBUDS / projekt: My Body Is Made Out Of Glass (IT)
Roberta Ceginskaite in collaboration with Kemelo Sehlapelo / projekt: for the world we’re after (IRL)
Sofiia Onishchenko / projekt: sweet and sour (UA)
Jakob Schall, Jakob Jautz / projekt: We are not as innocent as we thought (DE)
Jessica Schmidtová a kolektív / projekt: N I (c) K (SK)
Nezávislé zoskupenie Odivo / projekt: Lost in translation (SK)
Antoinette Helbing / projekt: On/Crying – The Gravity of Tears (DK)
Andrej Kalinka, Milan Kozánek / projekt: complementary art (SK)
2023
Cola Ho Lok Yee / projekt: Emma’s Jaw (Hong Kong)
Nezávislé divadelné zoskupenie Odivo / projekt: Kozmos (SK)
SOMALAB Katarína Trulíková / projekt: SOMALAB (SK)
Isabel Paladin / projekt: COME VERDE ongoing (Taliansko)
Natália Benková / projekt: Looking for myself (SK)
Colectivo Priekopník Veverička / projekt: EU.GENUS (SK)
Jonas Frey / projekt: Third Place (Nemecko)
Charlie Brittain | Milan Tomášik / projekt: Arms that never knew me (Veľká Británia / SK)
Zuzana Hanzušová, Alexandra Mireková, Barbora Michaligová / projekt: hraj_hru_hraj (SK)
Katherina Vasiliadis / projekt: International Cultural Management (Izrael)
COMPAGNIE LA TENEUR / Chloé Beillevaire / projekt: SCHLASS (Francúzsko)
2022
Lukáš Bobalík, Maja Hriešik, Dana Tomečková, Lukáš Kubičina
/ projekt: Light work (SK) // Eddie Oroyan a Jessica Eirado Enes (My Homeless Lover) / projekt: IVY (USA a Taliansko) // Lior Lazarof / projekt: Until Midnight (Izrael)