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Internationellt danslabb i Bodø, Norge

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Dansnätverket Keðja utlyser en plats för danskonstnär verksam i Västra Götaland att delta i ett kreativt labb på temat Dance as Resistance. Sista ansökningsdag är den 28 mars.

30 September–4 October, Bodø, Norway

The partners of keðja Stretch are inviting professional dance artists to join us for this lab in Bodø at the beginning of October 2024.

The Dance as Resistance lab is a response to the current precarious and uncertain times. It will be a space for performing artists to gather, reflect and explore their creative practices for political and social change.

Hosted by Davvi – Centre for Performing Arts, the lab is taking place in the Norwegian city of Bodø during the Cultural Capital City of 2024. The lab will bring together artists from across each of Keðja network partner organisations.

Who is the lab for?

The Dance as Resistance lab is for artists who are engaged with how their political concerns can be reflected in their art-making. During the lab, the artists will develop strategies for how art can be an agent for change.

The lab is targeted at dance artists with an established artistic practice and an interest in exploring this in collaboration with peers in an international context.

Dates

30 sep: Travel day
1–3 okt: Lab
4 okt: Travelday 

The lab facilitator is Nina Ossavy

Nina Ossavy is an award-winning performer, writer and artist. She holds an MA in Theater Practices from Rose Bruford College/Manchester University. In 2013 she started the interdisciplinary artist network CAN (Concerned Artists Norway) where she has curated numerous exhibitions, produced festivals and symposiums and also edited a book called On decolonizing nature.

Ossavy writes about art and ecology in Ny Tid/Modern and has contributed to several anthologies. She has received several scholarships and holds the State Scholarship for established artists for 10 years from 2016. She is a member of the Norwegian Dramatists' Association and the Norwegian Actors' Association.

Each partner organization will cover the fee (for artists from Västra Götaland, Sweden the fee will be 10 000 SEK, exkl. VAT), travel and accommodation for one artist and we ask artists to apply for their participation through the partner of their country.

The selection criteria across the lab panels will be:

  • Demonstration of the arist’s motivation
  • Connection to the theme of the lab
  • Demonstration of their previous experience in a collaborative working context
  • All participants have to be present during the whole lab
  • Swedish applicants must be active dance artists in Västra Götaland

The deadline for applying is March 28th 2024.

How to apply

For applicants from Västra Götaland, Sweden please apply by sending an e-mail to: eyrun.thorhallsdottir@vgregion.se with the following information:

  • Your name:
  • E-mail:
  • Are you able to participate the whole week, starting from Monday September 30th to Friday October 4th 2024 in Bodø? Yes/No.
  • Please describe your motivation to participate in this lab.
  • Do you have any previous experience in a collaborative working context? If so: please shortly describe this experience?
  • Do you have any requirements or needs we need to accomodate for during the lab? Yes/No

About Keðja Stretch

Keðja is a network for international dance collaboration working toward a more sustainable dance sector. Together we create open-access and non-hierarchical meetings for artists and organisations to get together, share ideas, knowledge and to learn together.

For Open calls from the other partners please see list below.

Partners

Contemporary Dance Association (LT)
Dansverkstæðið (IS)
Estonian Dance Art and Dance Education Union (EE)
Västra Götalandsregionens kulturförvaltning (SE)
Latvian Dance Information Centre (LV)
PTL Dance Theatre Ljubljana (SL)
Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland (FI)
The Work Room (GB)
Davvi – Centre for Performing Arts (NO)
Brancherådet for Scenedans (DK)