Free Choreography Residencies

Art Omi

Ghent, United States

Art Omi offers five distinct residency programs for international artists, writers, architects, musicians, and dancers. Located in Columbia County, New York, the residency provides artists with time, space, and resources to create, experiment, and collaborate in a rural setting. The residency programs are fully funded, covering accommodations, meals, and studio space. Each program has its own application process and focuses on different creative fields, encouraging a diverse range of artists from around the world. Art Omi is committed to cultural exchange and professional development, offering participants opportunities to engage with peers and visiting professionals from various creative industries. The residency fosters an environment of collaboration, community, and artistic exploration in an inspiring, natural setting.

Callie’s

Berlin, Germany

Callie’s is a non-profit experimental institution in Berlin dedicated to fostering creativity and cultural exchange through its residency program, exhibitions, and public programs. Housed in a former machine factory in the Wedding district, Callie’s offers private studio spaces, a movement studio with a sprung floor, a cooperative sound studio, and a dedicated writing room. The residency is self-guided, allowing artists at any stage of their careers to explore new ideas without production requirements. Artists-in-residence can also request on-site accommodation in micro-apartments, designed with handmade and custom elements. Callie’s fosters an open and interdisciplinary environment, with periodic informal gatherings, networking opportunities, and access to Berlin’s rich cultural landscape. While the residency covers workspace and resources, it does not provide direct funding for travel or materials. The program is open to visual artists, musicians, choreographers, writers, poets, and researchers, supporting a wide range of creative practices. Residencies typically last six months, with some flexibility for shorter stays.

Surel’s Place

Garden City, United States

Surel’s Place offers month-long residencies to professional visual, literary, and performance artists, providing a supportive environment to focus on their work. Located in Garden City, Idaho, the residency includes a well-equipped studio and comfortable living quarters. Residents receive free rent, utilities, Wi-Fi, a modest living stipend, and a travel stipend. The program encourages artists to engage with the community through workshops and public events, fostering a deep connection with local audiences. Surel’s Place values technically advanced and conceptually valuable artwork and supports artists who seek to connect with an audience. One of the five residencies each cycle includes outreach to local schools, enhancing community involvement. The facility includes amenities such as garden spaces, a library, and bicycles for transportation. Surel’s Place emphasizes a non-smoking environment and welcomes partners but cannot accommodate children or pets.

Atelier Mondial

Basel, Switzerland

Atelier Mondial is an international and interdisciplinary artist residency program in Basel, Switzerland, hosting guest artists from partner institutions worldwide in its seven studios for stays typically lasting three to six months. It provides live-in studios, stipends for living expenses, and opportunities for open studios and exhibitions at Salon Mondial. The program also offers grants to regional artists from Basel, South Baden, and Alsace for residencies abroad in fields like visual arts, literature, fashion & textiles, dance & performing arts, and curation.

Beppu Project

Beppu City, Japan

Beppu Project is a non-profit art organization founded in April that operates artist residency programs in Beppu City, a renowned hot spring area in southern Japan. The organization hosts the KASHIMA Artist in Residence program (since ) and short-term residencies at Kiyoshima Apartment, welcoming artists across multiple disciplines to create work while engaging with the local community.

Bora Bora

Århus, Denmark

Bora Bora Residency Centre in Aarhus, Denmark, offers international residencies for professional dance artists and choreographers to research and develop projects, typically lasting 2-3 weeks with fees, travel, and accommodation provided. Residencies may occur at Bora Bora or partner venues across Denmark, selected via annual open calls prioritizing artistic quality and Danish involvement. Artists must deliver workshops, engage locally, and acknowledge the centre in future work.

Breck Create

Breckenridge, United States

Breck Create’s Artist-in-Residence program offers regional, national, and international artists across all disciplines an opportunity to focus on process rather than product while engaging meaningfully with the local community. The program provides a live/work studio in the Breckenridge Arts District for 2-4 months, nestled in downtown Breckenridge, Colorado. Artists are expected to facilitate open studios, teach lessons, and collaborate with community partners. The residency includes a biweekly stipend of $600 and access to classes and open studios. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and artists with teaching experience are prioritized.

Casa Taller El Boga Mompox

Mompox, Colombia

Cultural foundation and artist residency in a restored colonial house, offering accommodation, community exchange, workshops, and access to shared creative spaces.

Centrale Fies

Dro, Italy

Centrale Fies is an independent art residency and production center for contemporary performing arts, located in a repurposed 19th-century hydroelectric power plant in Dro, Italy. It supports artists worldwide through residencies, equipped spaces, curatorial guidance, technical assistance, and networking, with a focus on experimental performance, live practices, and interdisciplinary projects like the LIVE WORKS Free School of Performance. Programs include stipends, accommodation, meals, and public presentations at events such as the Live Works Summit.

Cove Park

Helensburgh, United Kingdom

Cove Park is an international artist residency centre on a 50-acre rural site overlooking Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland, near Helensburgh, hosting national and international artists, writers, researchers, and creative practitioners across all art forms and career stages. The program supports research, experimentation, development, and production of new work in a supportive environment with communal facilities and events. Residencies vary from funded opportunities with stipends and housing to self-funded stays, typically lasting 2-4 weeks.

Culture Moves Europe Residency

O Savinao, Spain

Culture Moves Europe residency support in Spain for legal entities hosting artists and cultural professionals; projects can include accommodation, workspaces, mentoring, and cross-border collaboration.

DANCE BOX

Shin-Nagata, Japan

DANCE BOX is an artist residency program based in Shin-Nagata, Kobe, Japan, focused on contemporary dance and performing arts, welcoming international artists, scholars, and curators for experimentation and research often tied to local contexts like Shin-Nagata and Japanese society. Residencies typically last around 35 days or up to 8 months, providing housing, stipends, airfare support, and facilities for creation and public presentations in Kobe and partner locations. The program emphasizes collaboration with locals, rehearsal processes over final products, and themes such as transformations in arts and folk performing arts.

Davvi Centre for Performing Arts

Hammerfest, Norway

Davvi Centre for Performing Arts in Hammerfest, Norway, offers an Artist in Residence program for professional performing artists working on contemporary performing arts projects, including laboratory work and nearly finished performances, typically lasting about 20 days with access to a fully equipped dance studio.

Djerassi Resident Artists

Woodside, United States

The Djerassi Resident Artists Program offers fully funded 4-5 week residencies on a 583-acre ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Woodside, California, providing artists with uninterrupted time, private studios, housing, meals, and a natural environment for creative work and collegial exchange.

Espace Darja

Casablanca, Morocco

Independent space founded in by choreographer Meryem Jazouli. Dedicated to contemporary dance, artistic creation, choreographic experimentation, innovative educational projects, and artistic research.

Institut français Cité Arts Residency

Paris, France

Organizer Information This programme is jointly run by the Institut français and the Cité internationale des arts. The Institut français supports French culture internationally, helping to promote the French language, the circulation of works and ideas, and the mobility of artists throughout the world, while working to promote cultural diversity and contribute to the hosting

Jårrh! Artist Residency for Indigenous Choreographers and Movement Artists

Dearna (Tärnaby), Sweden

Jårrh! Artist Residency for Indigenous Choreographers and Movement Artists Description Jårrh! is an artist residency designed for Indigenous artists worldwide who work with choreography and movement. Hosted in Dearna (Tärnaby), Sweden, the residency offers a secure Indigenous environment for artistic exploration, collaboration, and engagement with the Sámi cultural landscape. The program runs for 2–4 weeks

Keshet Makers Space Experience (MSE)

Albuquerque, United States

The Keshet Makers Space Experience (MSE) is a 10-day cohort-based residency program located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This program provides choreographers and dance-makers from around the world with access to rehearsal spaces, peer movement classes, and arts business workshops. Participants benefit from the supportive environment, engaging with other artists, and the inspirational New Mexico skies. Keshet offers housing for the duration of the residency, ensuring a focused and immersive experience. The residency emphasizes community engagement, with opportunities for participants to teach peer-led classes and showcase their work. This residency supports artists at any stage of their creative process, from initial ideas to final production development.

La MaMa Umbria International

Spoleto, Italy

La MaMa Umbria International is a non-profit cultural center and artist residence founded in 1990 by legendary theatre pioneer Ellen Stewart, housed in a restored 700-year-old monastery in Spoleto, Italy. For over 25 years, it has fostered cross-cultural and international exchanges through residency programs, intensive workshops, and symposiums led by internationally renowned theatre professionals. The center welcomes artists from around the world to create, collaborate, and experiment in a spiritually enriching environment.

Les Récollets

Paris, France

Les Récollets is an 80-unit furnished international residence in Paris's 10th arrondissement dedicated to hosting established researchers, scientists, and artists from around the world. The center provides accommodation with hotel-like services and fosters interdisciplinary creative exchange among residents from diverse fields. It serves as a space for artists and researchers to develop specific projects while engaging with Paris's cultural institutions and community.

LIBITUM

Brussels, Belgium

A Belgian non-profit residency network supporting research, experimentation, and artistic creation across disciplines, including writing residencies in Brussels.

Martin Roth Initiative Temporary relocation for Artists and cultural actors at risk

Berlin, Germany

Organizer Information The Martin Roth-Initiative is a joint project of ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen and the Goethe-Institut, founded in response to the global shrinking of civic spaces. It was established in in response to the global decline in pre-political freedoms, named after Martin Roth, the museum director and cultural scientist who served as

North Carolina Choreographic

Winston-Salem, United States

Two-week residency supporting emerging choreographers developing new work at UNCSA, with room, board, and stipends for selected artists.

Pavillon K

Vordingborg, Denmark

Pavillon K is a performing arts center and residency program in Vordingborg, Denmark, offering two-week residencies for companies and collectives in fields like physical theatre, performance, dance, circus, and mixed media, primarily for artists aged 35 or under developing new projects. It provides studio space, accommodation for up to three residents, a symbolic stipend, travel support, and opportunities for public presentations or workshops. The program fosters exchange with local professionals and hosts events as a production house and venue.

PimOff Spazio Scenico

Milan, Italy

PimOff Spazio Scenico is a cultural association in Milan, Italy, founded in , that promotes theatre and dance research through residencies, workshops, and performances via its annual 'Citofonare PimOff' open call. It supports national and international contemporary dance and performance projects in their creation phase, providing up to 10 days of residency, theatre space, accommodation for up to four people, financial support up to €3,000, and technical/promotional assistance. Residencies culminate in public previews or studies and educational activities to foster artist-audience exchange.

Platform

Vasa, Finland

Platform is an artist-run initiative in Vasa, Finland, dedicated to promoting and producing international contemporary art. Founded in 2000, it hosts exhibitions and projects primarily resulting from its residency program. The residency emphasizes local interaction through curated projects, artist talks, and seminars. Artists are invited to explore various themes, producing site-specific and community-engaged works. Platform provides accommodation, travel expenses, a working grant, and a production budget. The residency fosters a conducive environment for creative development and intercultural exchange. Artists benefit from private apartments, project spaces, and essential tools and equipment. The program aims to connect artists with the local community and broader artistic discussions.

Organizer Information Platform Dalí is a new international art-and-science programme launched by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, based in Barcelona and anchored in the city's scientific ecosystem, established through collaborations with five leading science centers: the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC), the Institute for High

Prairie Residency

Vicksburg, United States

Organizer Information Prairie is an artist‑centered residency program based in rural Advance, North Carolina (USA), designed to support creative development through focused, uninterrupted studio time close to nature. Set on one acre of land and housed within a historic 1870 country home surrounded by oak trees, Prairie fosters a slow, contemplative environment that encourages sustained

Pro Helvetia

Zürich, Switzerland

Pro Helvetia's residency programme enables artists from Switzerland and regions covered by its liaison offices to spend up to three months immersed in a different daily context, offering possibilities for artistic exchange, reflection, and the emergence of new work, collaborations, and ideas.

Residency Skagen AiR - (Denmark)

Skagen, Denmark

Organizer Information: Skagen’s Museum focuses on the Scandinavian artists’ colony, the Skagen painters, active since the late 19th century. Skagen AiR revitalizes the historical studios located in the museum's beautiful gardens, aiming to build new relations between resident artists and the cultural history, community, and people of Skagen. Title & Description: Applications are open for

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

Riga Circus Residency

Riga, Latvia

The Riga Circus Residency Program, run by Rīgas cirks in Riga, Latvia, serves as a laboratory for new forms of artistic research and practices, primarily focused on contemporary circus arts, while also welcoming interdisciplinary artists for site-specific projects related to the circus or the city. It supports up to 4 artists or groups, providing working spaces, accommodation, and for , a daily stipend of 40 EUR per person plus travel for Baltic applicants, with residencies typically lasting 2-3 weeks. The program promotes circus development in Latvia and the Baltic region through experimentation, collaboration, and community engagement.

Sacatar Foundation

Itaparica, Brazil

Instituto Sacatar is the longest continuously-operating artist residency in Brazil, founded in 2001 on the island of Itaparica across the bay from Salvador, Bahia. The residency provides fully-funded fellowships to artists of all disciplines from around the world, hosting up to eight artists at a time across five annual sessions. Since its inception, Sacatar has awarded residencies to over 550 artists from more than 75 countries.

Shinehouse Artist-In-Residence

Wanhua District, Taiwan

Shinehouse Arts Village, established in and located in Tangbu Cultural Park (a former Taipei Sugar Refinery), is Taiwan's first experimental art residency base focused on dance and physical creation. The Artist-In-Residence Program provides professional residential and creative space for domestic and international artists, facilitating dialogue between performing arts and local communities in Wanhua District.

Stalker Teatro officine CAOS

Turin, Italy

Stalker Teatro officine CAOS in Turin, Italy, is an international cultural hub and residency program operated by Stalker Teatro since , focusing on interdisciplinary performing arts, urban regeneration, and social inclusion in peripheral areas. It hosts emerging artists in contemporary theatre, dance, performance, and multimedia through open calls like Differenti Sensazioni, providing performance space, technical equipment, accommodation for up to 4 people, and travel reimbursements of 1000€ (Italy) or 1500€ (abroad) for works around 40 minutes long. The multi-functional 2000m² facility includes a large performance space, guest house, workshop areas, and more, supporting cross-disciplinary innovation.

Teatro del Lemming

Rovigo, Italy

The Veneto Residency Centre – Vene.Re is a network of performing arts venues in Italy that supports artistic research through 15-day residencies across multiple locations in Rovigo, Vicenza, and Bassano del Grappa. The program offers experimental laboratory spaces for multidisciplinary artists at regional, national, and international levels, with each residency including at least two public sharings in different locations.

The Saison Foundation

Tokyo, Japan

The Saison Foundation's Artist in Residence program, based at Morishita Studio in Tokyo, supports international artists and arts managers in researching Japan's contemporary performing arts scene through residencies focused on theater, dance, and performance. It provides grants including travel, daily living expenses up to 5,000 JPY, research costs, accommodation, and studio access, with typical durations of 1-3 months such as November-December and January-March periods. The program fosters international networks and collaborations by selecting fellows expected to influence the global performing arts field.

The Yard

Martha's Vineyard, United States

The Yard in Chilmark, MA, is a residency program focused on contemporary dance, offering paid creation residencies for choreographers, dance artists, and companies from diverse backgrounds, with on-campus housing, stipends, and studio access. It emphasizes collaborative group residencies, public performances in a rustic barn, and community engagement on Martha's Vineyard. Artists receive weekly stipends ($1,000 for choreographers, $800 for collaborators), food support, travel coverage, and facilities like studios and theaters.

Villa Medici – French Academy in Rome

Rome, Italy

The Villa Medici – French Academy in Rome offers residency programs for French-speaking artists, authors, researchers, and craftsmen from all disciplines, including visual arts, music, literature, architecture, design, choreography, theater, and art history. Residents and fellows stay for periods ranging from two weeks to one year, focusing on creative, experimental, or research projects in a supportive environment that encourages interdisciplinary exchanges. Fellows receive grants covering room, board, workspace, and artistic support, while shorter residencies are available through thematic calls and partnerships.

Volland Residency

Alma, United States

A rural residency offering quiet time, living and studio space, and exchange for creatives across many disciplines in Kansas’s Flint Hills.

White Buffalo Land Trust's Artist in Residence

Lompoc, United States

Artists live and work at Jalama Canyon Ranch, creating place-based work that engages ecology, regenerative agriculture, and community through educational and participatory offerings.