Southeast Asian Choreolab 2016

Southeast Asian Choreolab 2016: Call for Applications
Deadline: 15 Feb 2016
Time of program: 28 May – 5 Jun 2016

From the open call:

Emerging contemporary dance choreographers from Southeast Asia are invited to apply for this international choreographic laboratory, facilitated by Japanese choreographer Akiko Kitamura, at Rimbun Dahan (Malaysia), from 28 May to 5 June 2016.

Project Format
14 chosen choreographers will live, work and explore together in the arts community of Rimbun Dahan for 9 days, with guidance from our international facilitator, Japanese choreographer Akiko Kitamura.

The program will consist of 7 work days with 2 days of study-tour. Work days will take place in the dance studio at Rimbun Dahan and will consist of sessions exploring choreographic methods, analysis and movement techniques led by Akiko Kitamura and the participants themselves.

Other activities include artists talks by invited guest artists, live performance viewing, and informal socialising and discussions.

Who we’re looking for
– Emerging contemporary dance choreographers, aged 35 or under, or who began creating contemporary work within the last five years.
– You should have established a professional or semi-professional practice, and have created at least 3 short works or 1 full-length work.
– Citizen of and resident in an ASEAN country (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) or Papua New Guinea or East Timor.
– Able to communicate functionally in English.
– Excited to increase your knowledge base, share your practice and establish networks with your international peers.

For more information and application form please visit the organizer’s website.

*NOTE: Hanoi Grapevine merely announces the open calls and cannot help in the application process. For further inquiries, please direct to the organizers.