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Artistic Residencies

Oriente Occidente Studio is a great space for artist residencies and each year we host artists and companies who come here to study and unleash their creative talents.

Oriente Occidente Studio is part of the broader Regional residency centre of Trentino Alto Adige/Südtirol, PASSO NORD together with Centrale Fies, Compagnia Abbondanza/Bertoni, Cooperativa Teatrale Prometeo and Teatro Cristallo.

Many artists have come and gone over the years, making the most of their artist residency experience and time at Oriente Occidente Studio to rehearse, study and work.

Some of them have been for a while or still are our associate artists.

If you’re a choreographer looking to apply for an artist residency at Oriente Occidente Studio, keep reading to find out more!

How to apply for our residency programme

Oriente Occidente aims at the promotion and development of the system of artistic residencies, as a method of contemporary art production and development of innovative and unpublished works through an accompaniment in the different stages of creation able to stimulate and foster the growth of a professional and artistic path.

The call for creative residencies 2025 aims to support artists, collectives and companies. Preferential requirements will be:

  • research processes that can find connections with the territory, cultivate relationships and a sense of community

  • research processes that enhance the culture of diversity and accessibility.

To whom is it addressed?

The call is open to artists, collectives and dance companies of any geographical origin, with any physical condition (the accessibility of the workplaces will be guaranteed within the limits of our possibilities), working in the performing arts, whose research focuses on the body and movement, and provides for the selection of original projects to be accompanied and supported in the process of development through:

  • a residency period of a minimum of 15 days (even if not continuous) in the spaces of Oriente Occidente Studio

  • an economic contribution clarified during the interview with the artistic direction

  • tutoring and accompaniment to creation by experts both from the performing arts sector and from other sectors, according to the needs of the individual projects

  • training or consultancy on organisation, production, communication, design, administration thanks to the skills of Oriente Occidente's staff

How to participate?

To participate in the call for applications, you must complete the ONLINE FORM no later than 12 noon on Monday 18 November 2024.

How will the projects be selected?

The projects will be evaluated by a commission composed as follows:

The commission reserves the right to an online interview before the final selection.

The results of the selection will be communicated by December 20th.