OPEN CALL Life Long Burning

2 residencies—application deadline: 13.04.2025

In the frame of the EU project “Life Long Burning” Moving in November in Helsinki and Workshop Foundation in Budapest are offering two different shaped residencies for professional movement and dance artists based in Finland and active in Hungary.

With the Artistic Exchange Residency 2025 Moving in November and Workshop Foundation offer the possibility to work and research embedded in two artist driven structures, working and thinking in close connection with the local artistic scenes of the two cities (Helsinki and Budapest). We would like to offer the possibility to research, to exchange with us and to experience the program of Moving in November festival in Helsinki and the local scene in Budapest. 

The residency will be an exchange between the two artists selected by the two partners. Both the partner and the artist from the hosting party will introduce the guest artist to the city and the local field. The artist from the hosting city will be asked to also accompany the other artist as guide in the city and in the local dance field.

WHO WE ARE

Moving in November is a contemporary dance festival organised yearly in the Helsinki area. The festival is an invitation to come together. To experience artistic works from the local scene and abroad. Artists voicing their critical thinking, their visions, their experiences, their dreams, opening small windows to the world we are living in. www.movinginnovember.fi

Workshop Foundation was founded in 1992 in Budapest with the aim of providing support for independent artists in the contemporary dance scene, encouraging their artistic development. Its main strategic objective is the encouragement of border-crossing – both geographically and among artistic disciplines. Workshop Foundation is known abroad for its international co-productions, educational and residency programmes (both production and research residencies) as well as its active role in professional networks, such as Aerowaves, Life Long Burning, Global Practice Sharing. http://wsf.hu

THE CALL

Moving in November and Workshop Foundation offer both a residency, for dance artists working with contemporary dance or performance.

The call addresses artists based in Finland and active in Hungary, interested in working and researching for two weeks in the other country. 

The residency in Budapest, addressing Finland based artists, offers:

  • Minimum of 10 days maximum 14 days residency with studio time 4-6 hours a day
  • Optional: sharing in the end of the residency (work-in-progress presentation, artist’s talk)
  • Connection with local scene

A budget of EUR 2 500 (inc. VAT) (including travel, accommodation, production fee (incl. per diem), against invoice)

When: between July 1st -October 17th 2025  (concrete days specified in consultation with the artist)

Where: Workshop Foundation, Budapest, Hungary

The residency is ideal for one artist or small group, the only limitation is the gross 2500 EUR lump sum to cover all costs of the residency. 

Eligibility:

have an established professional background and experience, as well as a long-term commitment as a creative artist in the field of contemporary dance;

be based (=registered) in Finland.

The residency in Helsinki, addressing artists active in Hungary, offers: 

  • Accommodation, travel expenses, per diem, fee (1000€), studio time for 1 person (5 days) and free access to all Moving in November events.
  • When: Nov 1st – Nov 16th, 2025 (Studio time: Nov 1st – Nov 5th, 2025, Festival period: Nov 6th – 16th, 2025) 
  • Where: Helsinki, Moving in November 

With the Artistic Exchange Residency 2025 Moving in November offers the participant the possibility to experience the whole festival program and all discursive events. Via this the participant gets to know and exchange with the local artistic community and the invited international artists. 

Moving in November furthermore gives the possibility to research and experiment in the studio, to think about a new creation, to try out first ideas with the possibility of mentorship or any other close collaboration wished for. A final studio showing is possible but not requested. 

Eligibility:

  • have a professional background and experience, as well as a long-term commitment as a creative artist in the field of contemporary dance in Hungary;
  • be actively working and present in the contemporary dance scene in Hungary.

APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR BOTH RESIDENCIES: 13.04.2025

TO APPLY:

Please send your biography and a short motivation letter in English describing what you want to work on and how you imagine profiting from the residency and your stay in Helsinki or Budapest.

For Finnish Artist wanting to visit Workshop Foundation( between July 1st -October 17th 2025, concrete days specified in consultation with the artist): send your application to: project@liikkeellamarraskuussa.fi

For Artists active in Hungary, wanting to visit Moving in November (Residency period: Nov 1st – Nov 16th, 2025): upload your application at: https://forms.gle/dVyCwnv3KD9sBeVQ8 

The selection process will happen in close collaboration of both parties. 

All applicants will be informed about the decision by 30th April 2025.

All benefitting artist(s) write an evaluation report on their experience that is then published on the website  of LLB thus promoting both their own work but also the services of the hosting institution.

The residencies are organized by Moving in November and Workshop Foundation within the frame of the European Network Project Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found, funded by Creative Europe 2023-2026.

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