Artistic Residencies
Oriente Occidente Studio is a great space for artist residencies and each year we host artists and companies who come here to study and unleash their creative talents.
Oriente Occidente Studio is part of the broader Regional residency centre of Trentino Alto Adige/Südtirol, PASSO NORD together with Centrale Fies, Compagnia Abbondanza/Bertoni, Cooperativa Teatrale Prometeo and Teatro Cristallo.
Many artists have come and gone over the years, making the most of their artist residency experience and time at Oriente Occidente Studio to rehearse, study and work.
Some of them have been for a while or still are our associate artists.
If you’re a choreographer looking to apply for an artist residency at Oriente Occidente Studio, keep reading to find out more!
D.Arte: Choreography and Visual Arts
In 2024, we launched the D.Arte project in collaboration with Mart, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto to explore the dialogue between dance and visual arts. The initiative includes choreographic interventions in museum spaces, creating unprecedented connections between the body, architecture, and artworks.
For the 2025/2026 biennium, we are launching an open call for the selection of two performers, choreographers, collectives, or companies interested in working in museum spaces to develop a performative project through two artistic residencies (2025 and 2026).
The call is open to artists, collectives, and companies from any geographical background, with any physical characteristic, working in the field of performing arts and focusing their research on the body and movement.
The theme of the call is the relationship between the body and the museum experience, understood in its complexity as an interaction with architecture, exhibited artworks, and, more specifically, the relationship between visitors and the museum environment.
Artists will be supported by a joint curatorial mentorship provided by Oriente Occidente and Mart throughout the different phases of the creative process. Additionally, visitor behavior data will be made available to support their research. During the residencies, artists will have access to our Studio and the museum.
Two public showings are planned: the first, a studio presentation, will take place at the end of the first residency phase on October 4, 2025, as part of the Giornata del Contemporaneo (Contemporary Art Day). The second, a final performance, will be held in 2026 at the end of the project.
Each selected project will receive €8,000.00 gross + VAT, covering transfer and accommodation costs. The compensation will be disbursed by Oriente Occidente in two installments: the first upon the studio presentation and the second upon the final performance. The organization will cover the basic technical equipment and any required SIAE fees.
04/04/2025 – Open call launch
04/05/2025 – Application deadline
21/05/2025 – Announcement of selected artists
27/09/2025 – 03/10/2025 – 2025 residency
04/10/2025 – Studio presentation
2026 – Second residency (date to be determined)
2026 – Final performance presentation
The schedule is subject to change.
Applications must be submitted by 2:00 PM on 4 May 2025, by filling out the form available at this link. No other application methods will be accepted.
The projects will be selected by a Committee composed of:
Lanfranco Cis – Artistic Director, Oriente Occidente
Cecilia Canziani – Curator and Professor, Rome
Linda Dipietro – Artistic Director, Base Milano
Denis Isaia – Deputy Director, Collections Office, Mart
The commission may conduct a pre-selection and online interviews before making the final selection.
Click here to read the full call.
For further information: lucrezia.stenico@orienteoccidente.it
The call is open to artists, collectives and dance companies of any geographical origin, with any physical condition (the accessibility of the workplaces will be guaranteed within the limits of our possibilities), working in the performing arts, whose research focuses on the body and movement, and provides for the selection of original projects to be accompanied and supported in the process of development through:
a residency period of a minimum of 15 days (even if not continuous) in the spaces of Oriente Occidente Studio
an economic contribution clarified during the interview with the artistic direction
tutoring and accompaniment to creation by experts both from the performing arts sector and from other sectors, according to the needs of the individual projects
training or consultancy on organisation, production, communication, design, administration thanks to the skills of Oriente Occidente's staff
To participate in the call for applications, you must complete the ONLINE FORM no later than 12 noon on Monday 18 November 2024.
The projects will be evaluated by a commission composed as follows:
Lanfranco Cis, artistic director Oriente Occidente
Linda Dipietro, artistic director Base Milano
Pier Giacomo Cirella, General Secretary Fondazione Teatro Comunale Città di Vicenza
Peter Paul Kainrath, festival director Transart
The commission reserves the right to an online interview before the final selection.
The results of the selection will be communicated by December 20th.