14th September – 2nd October 2026 (duration between 10 and 14 days)
TALA Dance Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 19th April 2026
In the frame of the EU project Life Long Burning Antisezona in Zagreb and Workshop Foundation in Budapest are offering two residencies for professional movement and dance artists – one based in Croatia and one active in Hungary.
With the Artistic Exchange Residency 2026 Antisezona 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 (Zagreb and Budapest). We would like to offer the possibility to research, to exchange with us and to experience the program of Antisezona festival in Zagreb 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
Antisezona is a project which brings an all-year-round program of presentation and contextualization of contemporary dance and related performative practices to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb and TALA PLE(j)S. It is led by dance artists Silvia Marchig, Sonja Pregrad, Iva Nerina Sibila, multimedia artist Sindri Uču and museologist Tea Kantoci.
Antisezona is created through the development of our artistic (authorial, performative, educational) and curatorial practices / interests / intensities / needs and through the productive synergy of the capacities carried by our artistic organizations Divert, Kik Melone and Object of Dance, finding a partner in the central national institution of contemporary art in Croatia – the Museum of Contemporary Art.
We thus create a sustainable ecosystem (a constantly renewing network) of self-organization, partnership, inspiration, and care, affirming dance as a contextually sensitive, feminist, intermedial, inclusive, in every way experimental and open, yet always collaboratively envisioned and realized artistic practice.
Antisezona is recognized by the public as a new international epicenter of performing arts in Zagreb.
Workshop Foundation (WSF) 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. WSF 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.
WSF’s mission is to create a creative environment – within its immediate surroundings, and the contemporary (dance) art scene – that fosters renewal and is inspiring, inclusive, community-oriented, sustainable and predictable in the long term.
THE CALL
Antisezona and Workshop Foundation offer both a residency, for dance artists working with contemporary dance or performance.
The call addresses artists based in Croatia and active in Hungary, interested in working and researching for two weeks in the other country.
The residency in Budapest, addressing Croatia based artists, offers:
- Minimum of 10 days maximum 14 days residency with studio time 4 – 6 hours a day;
- Optional: sharing at the end of the residency (work-in-progress presentation, artist’s talk);
- Connection with the local scene;
- A budget of 2,500.00€ (incl. VAT) (including travel, accommodation, production fee (incl. per diem), against invoice).
WHEN: 31st August – 13th September 2026
WHERE: Workshop Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
The residency is ideal for one artist or small group, the only limitation is the gross 2,500.00€ 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 and active in Croatia.
The residency in Zagreb, addressing artists active in Hungary, offers:
- Minimum of 10 days maximum 14 days residency with studio time 4 – 6 hours a day;
- Optional: sharing at the end of the residency (work-in-progress presentation, artist’s talk);
- Connection with the local scene;
- A budget of 2,500.00€ (incl. VAT) (including travel, accommodation, production fee (incl. per diem), against invoice).
WHEN: 14th September – 2nd October 2026
WHERE: TALA Dance Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
The residency is ideal for one artist or small group, the only limitation is the gross 2,500.00€ lump sum to cover all costs of the residency.
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.
In addition, the artist from the hosting city will receive a 300 € fee for accompanying the other artist as guide in the city and in the local dance field.
The artist from the hosting city must be available during the residency of the incoming artist!
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 Zagreb or Budapest.
For Croatian Artist wanting to visit Workshop Foundation (between 31st August – 13th September 2026), send your application to: antisezona@gmail.com
For Artists active in Hungary, wanting to visit Antisezona (between 14th September – 2nd October 2026), send your application to: https://forms.gle/6yRHTo5uLJSZ4uB88
The selection process will happen in close collaboration of both parties.
All applicants will be informed about the decision by 25th May 2026.
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 Antisezona (Artistic Organization Divert) and Workshop Foundation within the frame of the European Network Project Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found, funded by Creative Europe 2023 – 2026.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.
