Dance Residencies in New York

Here Arts Center

New York, United States

The HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) at HERE Arts Center supports mid-career, cross-genre artists in developing innovative hybrid works in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, visual art, and new media over 1-3 years, providing commissions, developmental support, career planning, and opportunities for full productions. Artists receive substantial support including $50,000-$125,000 in cash, equipment, space, and services, tailored to individual needs within a collaborative peer community. The program emphasizes artist control, ownership of work, and skill-building in areas like grantwriting and audience relations.

New Dance Alliance

New York, United States

The LiftOff Residency takes place at NDA’s Studio in Tribeca and **provides six physical-based performance artists with 30 hours of rehearsal space each**, an introductory meeting, and two feedback sessions. This residency is for artists looking to join a small cohort of artists to share and give feedback on each other's work. Fall/Winter LiftOff artists have access to book the studio from **November 5th, – January 30th, **. Winter/Spring Liftoff artists have access to book the studio from **February 2nd, – April 30th, **. Feedback sessions will be in-person. They are designed to share about creative process, project development, and participate in a community exchange. Feedback sessions are a space to present live work you are creating during the residency. Discussions regarding process, development, and production are also encouraged. LiftOff Artists will have an introductory meeting with NDA Executive and Artistic Director, Karen Bernard, at the beginning of the period to meet each other and schedule the two feedback sessions: one mid-residency and one at the end of the residency. The residency is only available for solo artists, or groups with up to 4 artists. The studio is located inside a personal residence, so studio hours are limited. **The studio is only available Monday – Friday: 10am-6pm. Please make sure this works with your schedule before applying. Weekends are not available to book.** Studio Regulations: * No live or loud music * No dancing with shoes unless approved * Props must be approved in advance * No more than four participants per artist/company Studio hours for Fall/Winter resident artists will start being reserved in October and hours for Winter/Spring resident artists will start being reserved in January , in order to secure priority space booking.

Residency Works & Process

New York, United States

Organizer Information: Works & Process champions performing artists and their creative process from studio to stage. Expanding from their bubble residency program, they now utilize a network of over a dozen partner venues across five states (CT, MA, NJ, NY, VT) to support the incubation of new and developing performances. Title & Description: Applications

Upper Jay Art Center

New York, United States

The Upper Jay Art Center in Upper Jay, New York, hosts the CA+MP (Creative Arts and Multidisciplinary Performance) artist residency program, providing artists across all disciplines with 1-4 weeks of time, space, housing, and creative freedom in a historic Adirondack setting to create, dream, and perform. The program supports working artists by offering stipends to offset costs and aims to share new creative perspectives with the local community through performances and exhibitions. It welcomes musicians, writers, filmmakers, visual artists, dancers, theater practitioners, and others, though applications are not being accepted.