Residency program for performers from V4 countries REGISTRATION OPEN
International Visegrad Fund in cooperation with Stanica open sixth year of the program named Visegrad Artist Residency Program – Performing Arts.
VARP—Performing Arts pro vides oppor tu ni ties to host per form ing artists or com pa nies from and in all V4 mem ber states and to sup port con certed work of tal ented artists to cre ate a plat form for infor ma tion exchange and to sup port the con tem po rary the atre and dance in Central Europe.
The pro gram aim at sup port ing inno va tion, exper i ment and cre ativ ity in the per form ing arts—new drama, con tem po rary dance, new cir cus, phys i cal the atre, visual the ater, alter na tive the ater, per for mance art. The pro gram is not suit able for established the aters, already devel oped per for mances, or the ater fes ti vals. The pro gram sup ports exchanges and con tributes toward more inten sive col lab o ra tion among free lance artists and per form ing arts insti tu tions in V4 countries.
Selection cri te ria:
• Pro fes sional and inno v a tive approach in the per form ing arts as demon strated in the appli ca tion form and port fo lio (attached doc u men ta tion of pre vi ous work/projects)
• Appli cants must be cit i zens of V4 coun tries who are at least 18 years old
• Appli cants can be both indi vid ual artists or artis tic groups (members of a group shall be from the same country)
Additional con di tions:
• Each appli cant may be granted sup port only once in each V4 mem ber state other than the applicant’s cit i zen ship and res i dence;
• Each appli cant may be granted sup port only once per cal en dar year;
• Residencies are intended as 3-month projects with a min i mum 2-week stay at given host institution
• All applicant’s pre vi ous projects sup ported by the Fund must be fin ished and closed at the time of applying;
• The finan cial sup port is given to both the artists or artistic organisation and the host insti tu tions in the fol low ing format:
- €4,000 for indi vid ual res i dency (1–2 artists): €1,500 for the host institution/€2,500 for the artist(s);
- €8,000 for group res i dency (3 artists and more): €2,500 for the host institution/€5,500 for the artis tic group.
Registration HERE
Deadline: 12 o’clock (noon) on October 1, 2016
Signed application printouts and the compulsory enclosures need to be postmarked with the deadline date (or delivered personally to the Fund on the deadline date between 8.30–16.30). Documents sent after this date cannot be accepted.
Contact per sons:
Barbora Uríková, barbora@stanica.sk, +421 902 152 109, Coordnator of the Program
Dana Pekaríková, pekarikova@visegradfund.org, +421 259 203 804, Manager of the Program
Partners:
Hungary: L1 Association, Márta Ladjánszki, l1dancelab@gmail.com,
Poland: Stary Browar Nowy Taniec, Joanna Leśnierowska, j.lesnierowska@artstationsfoundation5050.com
Czech Republic: Nová síť, Adriana Světlíková, adrianasvetlikova@novasit.cz
www.visegradfund.org/residencies/performing-arts
