Choreography Residencies in Spain

AZALA Space for Creation

Lasierra (Álava, Basque Country), Spain

AZALA is a space for artistic creation and residencies in rural Lasierra (Álava, Basque Country), focusing on dance, performing arts, and interdisciplinary practices. Offers 5 houses with accommodation, studios, and facilities for artists, thinkers, and groups.

Casa de Velázquez

Madrid, Spain

Casa de Velázquez, the Académie de France in Madrid, is a public institution offering artist residencies for stays of 2 to 11 months, welcoming around 30 artists annually across disciplines like visual arts, architecture, music, choreography, film, and photography. Residents receive dedicated studios, accommodation, and support through calls for applications and partnerships, fostering creation, research, and professional development linked to the Iberian Peninsula. Programs include long-term 11-month residencies for 13-15 artists and shorter collaborative grants.

Casa de Velázquez (Casa de Velazquez)

Madrid, Spain

Casa de Velázquez, part of the Académie de France in Madrid, offers various artist-in-residence programs throughout the year, hosting between 25 and 30 artists. The residencies range from long-term (11 months) to short-term (2 to 6 months) and are open to artists of various disciplines including architecture, visual arts, video art, choreography, film, music composition, and photography. These programs are designed to support artists in developing their work related to the Iberian Peninsula. Additionally, Casa de Velázquez provides a 3-year practice-led research artistic doctoral contract for PhD candidates registered at French universities. Various partner-funded grants are also available through collaborations with public and private institutions.

Espacio Único

Cuacos De Yuste, Spain

Espacio Único is an international performing arts center located on a 1.5-hectare property in La Vera, northern Cáceres, Extremadura. It provides workspace and artist-in-residence programs for artists, musicians, and companies working in theatre, dance, circus, performance, and audiovisual arts, with facilities including a 55m² wooden-floored performance space and accommodation for up to 11 people.

La Central del Circ

Barcelona, Spain

La Central del Circ is a space for creation, research, training, rehearsal and ongoing education intended for professional artists in the circus arts of all backgrounds and disciplines. Part of Barcelona City Council's Creation Factories network, it supports artistic projects in creation, management, production and diffusion while promoting interrelationship through local, national and international networks.

Nau Ivanow

Barcelona, Spain

Nau Ivanow is a performing arts residency space housed in a former paint factory in Barcelona, offering creators production spaces, accompaniment, and resources for research, trial, and development without pressure to produce final products. It supports young and emerging artists through flexible rehearsal residencies focused on the creative process, international collaboration, and synergies among performing arts companies. The program emphasizes a welcoming environment that fosters trust, dialogue, and knowledge-sharing in performing arts projects.

Taula de Cultura

St Esteve de Palautordera, Spain

Taula de Cultura is a non-profit cultural association in Sant Esteve de Palautordera that promotes participation, creation, and dissemination of culture in the Baix Montseny territory. The organization offers artist residencies in research, creation, and production across various creative disciplines, providing workspace for periods of time (minimum 2 days) and connecting creators' activities with other spaces of creation and production.

ZAWP LAb

Bilbao, Spain

ZAWP LAb is a space for research, artistic creation, and production located in a post-industrial area of Bilbao that operates as part of the Zorrotzaurre Art Work in Progress project. The residency welcomes artists for stays ranging from one week to three months, providing workspace, accommodation, and opportunities for experimentation and knowledge sharing within a converted warehouse complex.