Dance Omi is now accepting applications for the 2017 Residency

Residency Dates: July 18 - August 7, 2017
Application Deadline: January 2, 2017 (11:59pm PST)
Results Announced: March 2, 2017

About Dance Omi

Dance Omi is a unique opportunity for a collection of international dance artists to explore the process of collaboration through dance. The Residency consists of three weeks of artistic process and sharing. Uninterrupted by the constraints of lack of space, time, or other artists with whom to work, the richness of this residency is that it is an exploration. Residents are encouraged to collaborate with each other, without the pressure of having to create a performance product. It is a model for artistic process and international community building.

Who Should Apply
Applicants active as both dancers AND choreographers, who work within any style of dance, are encouraged to apply. It is recommended that applicants do not come with specific projects in mind, but that they are open to working with others on jointly conceived projects. Applicants must have a genuine openness to collaborating with multi-national artists of diverse cultural, socio-political, linguistic and dance backgrounds.

All awarded fellows must commit to staying for the entire residency and receive full room and board during their stay at Omi. Please note that Dance Omi is unable to provide travel funds

To begin your application, click HERE. (https://fs23.formsite.com/cmorgan/form11/form_login.html)

Applicants can create a user ID and login in order to begin applications and return to finish them at a later date.

 

In order to apply, you will need to:

1. Fill in your contact information.
2. Submit a statement on what working collectively means to you and how you feel you can contribute to the collective experience (no more than 200 words).
3. Upload a headshot photo (jpg format).
4. Fill in a resume form that asks for choreographic works and presentations, performance experience, education, languages spoken and additional dance related experience.
5. Upload one letter of recommendation from an established professional in the dance field relative to your career progress and/or your collaborative experience (Maximum 2 pages, acceptable upload formats: .doc, .docx, .pdf).
6. Upload or attach links* for two, but no more than three representative samples of your work as a performer, improviser, and/or choreographer. Acceptable formats for uploading your video samples are: .mov, .mp4, .wmv, .avi.
Your uploaded video should not exceed 50MB and each excerpt should be no longer than three minutes. The applicant MUST appear in at least one of the samples. It is suggested, but not required, that one of the submitted work samples be an in studio improvisation or rehearsal footage of the applicant artist. 

 

* PLEASE NOTE, uploading the videos or utilizing Vimeo are the only acceptable means of sharing video files.Youtube links will not be accepted as we must be able to download the files for the panel review process.