LAUNCH:LA Artist Residency

LAUNCH:LA - L.A. Dance Project’s artist residency program is accepting applications. Founded in 2021, LAUNCH:LA is a residency program aimed at supporting Los Angeles’s emerging dance makers by lifting the economic burden that goes into the creation of a new work. Our selected artists are provided the space, time, monetary support, and platform to have their work seen and celebrated by a wider audience. Designed for early-career, L.A.-based dance-centered artists applicants from all backgrounds and abilities are encouraged to apply, particularly those from groups historically underrepresented in the space.

Each LAUNCH:LA artist receives three weeks of rehearsal space to create new dance-centered work that is presented to audiences in LADP’s performance theater at the culmination of the residency.

Please visit https://ladanceproject.org/local/#launch-la for more details!

Residency Components:
• Applicants must be early-career, dance-centered artists who spend the majority of their time living and creating work in Los Angeles. Applicants from all backgrounds and abilities are encouraged to apply, particularly those from groups historically underrepresented in the space. Those currently enrolled full-time in college or university dance programs are not eligible to apply.

• Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for multi-disciplinary collaborative projects that combine dance with technology, visual art, music, or other mediums of artistic expression. Proposals that include work intended to be viewed in the round are highly encouraged.

• The program supports 2 projects in their early stages of development. Proposed projects should not have been previously premiered.

• The program provides selected artists with 3 weeks to dive into a generative process that will culminate in the premiere and presentation of the new work in 4 public performances at 2245.

• The residency period is October 7, 2024 - October 27, 2024. Residency hours will take place Mon-Fri from 9:30am-5:30pm, except during the third week where the schedule will shift in preparation for the performances.

Selected Participants Receive:
• Selected artists will receive 3 weeks of rehearsal space in LADP’s studios.

• A stipend of $3,000 for the artist plus a $2,750 production stipend, which includes the use of LAUNCH:LA’s lighting designer, to be used at the artist’s discretion to aid in compensating dancers and collaborators and/or production needs such as scenic, sound, and costume design.

• The opportunity to share and discuss the works-in-progress through open rehearsals with Q&As and the chance to get feedback from a creator(s) in LADP’s network of artists.

• The opportunity to present their new work in 4 fully produced, shared-bill performances that will be hosted and promoted by L.A. Dance Project.

Requirements

Artists must be in the early-stage of their career and spend the majority of their time living and creating work in Los Angeles. Those currently enrolled in a full-time college or university dance program are not eligible to apply.