Rapport - International Artists' Residency

About RAPPORT

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 develop dialogues and share their practice with our local communities, artists and partners and embed themselves into our programmes at South East Dance. RAPPORT supports UK dance artists to do the same in residence with our international partners overseas. 

The programme is made possible through partnerships with international dance organisations, including:

• Dance Makers Collective, Sydney, Australia (Australia’s only collective-led dance company)
• ARTEFICI: Residenze Creative, Gorizia, Italy
• Festival Quartiers Danses, Montreal, Canada

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

Residencies by Year

2022/23

Emma Harrison (Australia) – residency at The Dance Space

• Amy Flannery (Australia) – residency at The Dance Space
• Sara Sguotti (Italy) – residency at The Dance Space

2023/24

• Jennifer Irons (UK) – three-week residency with Dance Makers Collective, Sydney
• Liam Francis (UK) – residency with ARTEFICI, Italy

2024/25

• Eliza Cooper (Australia) – residency at The Dance Space
• Mitchell Christie (Australia) – residency at The Dance Space

2025/26

• Thomas Page (UK) – three-week residency with Dance Makers Collective, Sydney