Rapport - International Artists' Residency

As part of our charitable aim of supporting a healthy and diverse dance sector, we want to encourage a flow of culture, ideas and practice between UK and international dance artists and institutions. 

Thanks to the generous support of The Leche Trust and The Garrick Charitable Trust, we established RAPPORT in 2022 to help realise this vision by creating an international exchange programme for dance artists. 

RAPPORT sees The Dance Space playing host to international dance artists who teach professional classes and develop dialogues with our communities and partners; and supports UK dance artists to do the same in residence with our international partners overseas. 

Through RAPPORT, during our 2022/23 season, we welcomed Australian Artists Emma Harrison and Amy Flannery, and Sara Sguotti (Italy) to The Dance Space. During our 2023/24 season we are inviting two international dance artists to join us in residence here; while UK artists Jen Irons and Liam Francis are travelling overseas to experience a residency in another country.

The programme is made possible through partnerships with international dance organisations, including Australia’s only collective-led dance company Dance Makers Collective, Sydney; ARTEFICI: ResidenzeCreative, Gorizia Italy, and Festival Quartiers Danses, Montreal, Canada. 

Read more about these residencies via the blocks below.

RAPPORT is generously supported by The Leche Trust, and the British Council Italy.