RESIDENCY: Women Identifying BIPOC Dancers and Choreographers (NJ, NY, CT, and PA)

The Collective Thread Residency is an extension of MADC’s annual Collective Thread Dance Festival. This free residency is an incubator for BIPOC women identifying dancers and choreographers ages 18+ to reconnect to themselves and their creative practice through this season’s theme of ‘Self Care is Community Care’ consisting of mindfulness, mobility, contemporary dance class, composition, and round table discussions with writing prompts.

PLEASE NOTE MADC uses the term “women” to encompass all those who self-identify as women including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, or gender non-conforming.

This residency will be held on Saturday January 10, 17, 24, and 31; February 14, 21, & 28 12-4 pm + culminating free public sharing on Saturday, February 28 6-7 pm at Hi-ARTS, 10 Lafayette Avenue, 4th Floor, Studio 1, Brooklyn, NY 11217.

The registration form is open until 11:59 pm Sunday, November 30, 2025, and all applicants will be notified by 11:59 pm on Sunday, December 7, 2025. All registered dance artists will be invited to participate in the residency.

Application Instructions