A residency program providing commissioning support, rehearsal space, performance and related opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of movement-based artists.

Six (6) artists will be selected to participate in the 2024/2025 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence program via this application process. Applications will be reviewed and selected through a peer artist review process.

Selected artists will be invited to participate in the 18 month long 2024/2025 residency which will begin on September 1, 2024 and conclude on February 28, 2026.

Artists selected through the panel review process will receive residency fees supported through The Jerome Foundation and additional resources supported by the Davis/Dauray Family Fund, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance; and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Through the Artist-in-Residence Program, Movement Research supports rigorous and wide-ranging artistic investigations that are movement-based, but that may incorporate other disciplines and collaborations, with a focus on experimentation. Artists who reflect a range of directions and approaches to making work such that there is an interesting confluence of artistic ideas being explored over the course of the coming years.

Movement Research continuously seeks to engage a more diverse and inclusive participant body and strives to recognize individuality and create equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, class, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexuality, immigration status or age. MR is committed to maintaining a strong connection to an existing diverse community of experimental artists and audiences, while at the same time expanding its definition of experimentation to more broadly include working within and pushing the boundaries of all movement-based forms. Movement Research recognizes the incredible need to diversify the range of aesthetics, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds represented on NYC stages and strongly encourages applications from individuals aligned with this vision.

Eligibility:

Artists must apply as individuals. Movement based artists who are working collaboratively in an ongoing collaborative or collective structure should contact apply@movementresearch.org for eligibility consideration as a collaborative team on a case-by-case basis.

Applicant must be a resident of New York City. Resident means that your permanent mailing address is in New York City/one of the 5 Boroughs and have been a resident for at least one year prior to applying for the program.

Applicant must be working in the field of dance or other movement-based forms.

Applicant must identify as an early career artist as defined by the Jerome Foundation. Please see below for further information on what constitutes an early career artist for the Jerome Foundation**.

Applicant must not be enrolled full-time or part-time in a school or University program, nor as a low resident student in a degree-granting education program. The Jerome Foundation defines “student” in terms of enrollment/ matriculation status, not contact hours, so low-residency MFA students are not eligible. Artists who are in an MFA or PhD program, must complete the program and have graduated prior to participation in any Jerome-funded programs.

Past Movement Research Artists-in-Residence are not eligible to apply for this opportunity.

Eligible applicants must be considered to be early career — artists with some track record of creating and presenting full work (not beginning artists), and artists who are NOT at a point in their careers where they receive consistent development and production opportunities and significant recognition, awards, and acclaim (not mid-career or established artists).

The Jerome Foundation’s criteria for eligible artists is as follows:

• Are in the early stages of their creative development
• Have a focused direction and are actively creating new work in their chosen artistic discipline(s)
• Have yet to be substantially celebrated within their field, the media, funding circles or the public at large
• Are vocational (as opposed to avocational, academic, amateur or educational) artists
• Are not participating in any degree-granting programs (K-12, undergraduate, graduate) in any field

DEADLINE: March 8th, 2025