Common LAB 2023 - One shared artistic journey Bobigny, France | Stockholm, Sweden | Cairo, Egypt | Lisbon, Portugal Deadline - April 3rd, 2023
Before submitting your application, please read all the information about the Common Lab 2023 and this Call in one of the following languages: Portuguese, English, French, German, Swedish, Polish
If at any point you have any questions about the call, feel free to reach out to:
- Ionara Silva (ionara@alkantara.pt) for inquiries in English/Portuguese
- Virginie Dupray (vddupray@gmail.com) for inquiries in French
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We are looking for 8 theatre directors, playwrights, choreographers and performance makers to take part in Common LAB 2023, an itinerant 8-week laboratory to experiment with collective and individual devices for knowledge sharing, and the development of artistic research, broadening European narratives.
Throughout the programme of Common Lab, we will be paying particular attention to the following issues: - Artistic practices and stories that are underrepresented or absent from our institutions. The relevance of diversity in language, aesthetics and representation. - Public space and visibility. How cities’ architecture and urban policies shape what is valued, made visible and invisible.
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Here is where and when Common LAB 2023 will take place:
Bobigny, France | September 4-17 | hosted by MC93 Stockholm, Sweden | October 6-20 | hosted by Riksteatern Cairo, Egypt | October 21- November 4 | hosted by Orient Productions, during the DCAF festival Lisbon, Portugal | November 5-20 | Alkantara, during the Alkantara Festival
Common LAB will provide opportunities for selected artists to:
1. Exchange, share and learn, through a programme of activities that includes:
- Lectures and talks by guest speakers
- Workshops and masterclasses - on techniques/practices, in relation to a specific context or to the work of the selected artists
- Practical sessions on author status and professional environment - on copyright, project financing, contracts, access to international networks
- Encounters, city visits and meetings - with the teams of the host organisation; with guest artistic mentors; with local communities, including artistic communities, activists, partners, mediators; with other artists in residency; with different working contexts
- Artistic events taking place in host venue and/or host city
2. Research their own projects, through individual and collective working sessions with guest mentors. In addition to group activities, the Lab will allow time for artists to research with full autonomy.
3. Pitch their projects During the last module of the Common LAB, the selected artists will be encouraged to share their projects with the partners’ artistic directors and professional guests. The pitch session will be prepared with the support and feedback of the Common LAB guest mentors throughout the programme.
Contents will be shaped according to profiles and interests of selected artists.
What we offer:
- A programme of activities - Stipend (80€/day) - Travel and accommodation
Most activities will be in English. Translation from/to English may be offered for some activities, according to the needs of the participants.
Who can apply?
- Artists addressing the dynamic notions of identity and diversity in a changing European society, both at a professional and personal level - Artists who have a professional practice in the performing arts - Dance, Theatre, Performance or other - Artists who are interested in researching and pitching a project (regardless of the number of people needed to execute the project - could be solo works, group pieces or other formats) - Artists living and working in Europe - Artists who have a good command of English - Artists who are available to fully participate in the four scheduled modules
Only the artist/author leading the project may apply. Group applications cannot be accommodated as Common Lab will only support the costs of one person per project.
We strongly encourage applications from artists of all ethnicities, cultures, religions, nationalities, abilities and disabilities, sexes, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, ages, and socioeconomic statuses.
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Common LAB is a programme of Common stories, developed by Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, MC93, Bobigny (FR), Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Brussels (BEL), Alkantara, Culturgest, Lisbon (PT), africologneFESTIVAL, Cologne (GER), Riksteatern, Stockholm (SWE), in association with TR Warszawa, Warsaw (PL), Orient Productions – DCAF Festival, Cairo (EG), CulturArte, Maputo (MOZ), Les Récréâtrales, Ouagadougou (BF), cofunded by the Creative Europe Programme.
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In this section you may choose to self-identify as a member of any systematically marginalised group in the cultural field in Europe (including, but not limited to, groups on the basis of gender — including identity / expression —, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and ability), and you can also choose to describe that identity.
This section is intended to help us accurately estimate the diversity of our applicant pool as part of our commitment to increase the diversity of artists and projects present in our cultural institutions.
14. Do you self-identify as a member of any systematically marginalised group?
14. Do you self-identify as a member of any systematically marginalised group?