Applications for the 2027 Experimental Choreographic Program are now open!
2027 PROGRAM DATES
- 15–27 February 2027: Experimental Choreographic Residency
- 1–13 March 2027: Experimental Choreographic Lab
APPLICATION DATES
- 1 October 2026: Applications Open
- 2 October 2026: Online Information Session
- 6 November 2026: Applications Close
- Week commencing 7 December 2026: Artists Notified
INFORMATION
Presented by Performance Space and Critical Path, the Experimental Choreographic Program (ECP) is dedicated to advancing bold, innovative, and interdisciplinary approaches to choreography and movement practice. Comprising the Experimental Choreographic Residency and the Experimental Choreographic Lab, the program offers artists and collectives time, space, resources, and mentorship to take creative risks, refine their practice, and develop new work in a supportive professional environment.
The two-week Residency, open to artists from across Australia and Aotearoa, provides $8,000 in project funding, rehearsal space at Critical Path’s Drill Hall, and extensive creative, technical, and producing support. The Lab, open to NSW-based artists, offers a two-week facilitated collaborative environment, a bursary for participation, and the opportunity to connect with peers, mentors, and industry leaders.
Both streams culminate in a public showing, allowing artists to share their work-in-progress with audiences and sector stakeholders. Since its inception in 2016, the program has been a vital platform for choreographers working experimentally, fostering rigorous artistic inquiry and strengthening connections within the Australian and Asia-Pacific experimental arts ecology.
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PAST RESIDENCY ARTISTS
2026: Tamara Elkins
2025: Juliet Widyasari Burnett and Ishvara Devati
2024: Jessie McCall
2023: Devika Bilimoria
2022: Brooke Stamp
2021: Rebecca Jensen
2020: Nat Randall and Anna Breckon
2019: Ivey Wawn
2018: Rajni Shah
2017: Atlanta Eke
2016: Justin Shoulder and Vic Hunt
PAST LAB ARTISTS
2026: Phaedra Brown, Agustin Elaskar, Ryuichi Fujimura, Nasim Patel, and MaggZ.
2025: Emma Maye Gibson, Sarah Kalule, Keila Terencio de Paula, Kino McHugh, and Mitchell Christie.
2024 (inaugural year): Lian Loke, Lorcan Power, Lucy Doherty, Natalie Quan Yao Tso, and Rhiannon Newton.
This program is proudly supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW and the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
IMAGE CREDIT: Tamara Elkins and Louie Wisby perform at Performance Space and Critical Path’s 2026 Experimental Choreographic Residency. Photo credit: Liz Ham.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Image of two people dancing in front of a mysterious oval-shaped object that is glowing. Both people are wearing beautiful coloured fabric hats, shaped like witches hats.
