Artist Residencies — ReMo Studio

Artist Opportunities &

Development Programmes

‘Devising Performance’: for solos/duos and groups

(1 or 2-week options)

Where: Amsterdam based (visitation possible)
When: Open, all year round
Deadline for applications: Participants can choose their dates according to our availability

'Devising Performance' is a laboratory that offers choreographers, movers, performers, visual artists and anyone working with somatic/visual or textile research the time and space to create performance work in the full breadth of its multiple meanings and possibilities, regardless of their level of experience. We will welcome and facilitate your proposal to share a 7-day / 14-day investigative journey; working as a cooperative to strengthen and nurture each individual process.

We are aware of the challenges and constraints inherent in researching and creating as an artist or performer; 'Devising Performance' offers an intimate and focused research framework and artistic accompaniment in which we create common references, lines of action and collaborative ideas within contemporary performance practices.

Facilitation Options:

1st modality (dependent): One or two weeks of coaching and training with the artist/s to develop a piece, individual work time and final presentation at the end of the process.

Costs: €600 for Solo creation / €700 for duo.

2nd modality (independent): The artists work autonomously and independently, have ample ‘homework’ hours, with optional meetings for daily dialogue and feedback. Presentation at the end of the process.

Costs: €300 for Solo creation / €500 for duo.

3rd modality (online): Coaching available through personal online meetings. We will define a work strategy based on the artist's needs. The costs of this modality will be previously discussed according to the time needed to carry out the process.

4th modality (visiting Facilitator): In this modality, as we've done on many some occasions, we travel to the place chosen by the artist to accompany him/her, stay together (if required) and spend 1 or 2 weeks deep within the creative process. The costs of this modality will also be discussed prior to the beginning of the process.

Itinerary:

The practice will take the form of joint morning training sessions with the artist(s) and choreographers/facilitators. They will include body weather, yoga, dance tools, movement and voice research with the intention of fully preparing the body for the creative process. Subsequently, based on the artist(s) needs, we will define lines of work to create the material. This could include: conceptual exploration, improvisation, composition, voice/text research, visual language and other physical/movement sessions; complemented with group classes, film, readings and continuous feedback.

There will be ample opportunities to also experiment with a wide range of stage possibilities, including lighting, photography, video, sound, costume research and set design. Participants will be offered plenty of studio and atelier options to develop their ideas during the week.

Artists will be required to commit to the process and are encouraged to participate fully. Residencies longer than 1 or 2 weeks are also possible. Let us know what you need and we will find a way to help you.

The final works will be presented in an intimate format on the last day of the residency, and further tasks (for after the retreat) can also be assigned based on individual needs, if an ongoing collaboration is desired.

Inquiry:

-How do we encourage the performance material to manifest itself?
-How do we develop a practice?
-How can we translate and integrate different disciplines into a concrete form?
-How might we emancipate our ideas through the body?

Choreographers/facilitators

This laboratory is facilitated by Javier Murugarren and Daniel Eagles (multidisciplinary artists working with movement, performance, textile and choreographic experimentation)

Javier Murugarren is a multidisciplinary artist working with choreographic experimentation, bringing movement together with textiles, sound and language. Besides numerous collaborations, his performances pieces have been presented in venues such as Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Saatchi gallery and V&A museum (London), and Casa Encendida (Madrid) among others. He has facilitated creative processes and workshops worldwide. He is a founding member of the Amsterdam Instant collective (2006), and curates ReMo Studio (since 2018), a Movement Research studio in Amsterdam Noord.

Daniel Eagles is a movement coach, writer, philosopher and ultra runner. He is a dedicated student of Marcello Palozzo and the Ido Portal Method, and the creator of the Tao Of Movement, combining multiple movement disciplines into a unique and integrated weekly practice, as well as other ‘Taoist’ Rituals and Public Performances. Daniel also leads (barefoot) running rituals and adventures, and writes and publishes his own modern take on Taoism, Zen Buddhism and Sufism in the form of blogs, philosophy collections, poetry and novellas. He also recently began training (and creating) as a shoe-maker.