Apply for our RAPPORT Australia residency 2025

We are offering the opportunity for a South East based dance artist, currently developing a new performance work, to travel to Australia and undertake a three-week residency with our Australian partner Dance Makers Collective at their studios in Parramatta, western Sydney.

There is also the possibility for one of those weeks to be based ‘in country ‘at Bundanon, a two and a half hour drive south west of Sydney, quite close to the famous Hanging Rock, of classic movie Picnic at Hanging Rock fame.

Key information:

• Application deadline: midday Friday 14 February, 2025
• Residency dates: three weeks in June 2025 (tbc)
• Location: two weeks in LOT7 studios in Parramatta, western Sydney and one week in Bundanon
• Offer for artists: Return economy flights to Sydney, internal economy travel from Sydney to Bundanon, inclusive fee of £1500, plus all accommodation provided

Eligibility: 

• Artists must be based in the South East region, and must not previously have been supported by South East Dance for international opportunities
• Artists must have a specific dance project in mind or already in development (but not complete) and use this residency to further support this work and their creative process
• Artists must be developing a work that has movement at its heart, be keen to engage with DMC, local dance communities and are open and able to exchange their artistic practice
• Artists must be eligible to travel to Australia on a Business Visitor stream visa
• Artists must have a passport with at least six months validity from June 2025

Please note, we can only offer this opportunity to a solo artists (ie we are unable to support collaborators to take part in this residency). 

To apply, complete this simple google form by midday Friday 14 February. 

Any questions, don’t hesitate to contact our Programming team at: programming@southeastdance.org.uk

Additional Information  
You are very welcome (in fact, we encourage you) to visit Australia for longer (if resources allow) - to make the most of the opportunity to connect with local and regional organisations; and from a development and sustainability perspective. 

Dance Makers Collective would be happy to talk to you about how to make the most of this opportunity via their connections.  However, please note we would be unable to offer you additional fee, accommodation / expenses for any additional time.

We'd love to talk to the successful artist/s about how you might share what you have been doing, with your local community back in the South East of England (respectfully, and according to the customs and protocols of the community and country you have worked with in Australia.) 

Access and Inclusion 
If you require support with access requirements, visible or invisible conditions or lived experience, which influence being away from home and taking part in the residency, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the South East Dance team via programming@southeastdance.org.uk to chat about how we can best meet your needs.  

We value and promote diversity and are committed to equitable opportunities for all, so we welcome applications from a diverse range of choreographers who work in a broad range of styles. 

Dance Makers Collective acknowledge the Darug peoples, the traditional custodians of the land of Western Sydney, whose land we have the privilege to dance and work on. We acknowledge their survival and resilience, and pay respect to Darug Elders past and present, and recognise their continuing connection to the land, water and community for over 65,000 years.