Poster of 2 dancers lying parallel with one another with a table in between them. Wearing casual pink and burgundy tops, one dancer above holds onto the ankle of the dancer below. Text reads "Call for Artists with Exquisite Pressure and All Bodies Dance". Text is in white boxes against black background.
Exquisite Pressure x All Bodies Dance Project
Deadline to apply: November 20th at 11:59pm
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Description:
What Lab’s Exquisite Pressure is a platform for artists working in performance to try something new—and have community support in celebrating ideas that aren’t yet fully formed, but still worthy of exploration. We’re now accepting submissions for an upcoming ExP, happening March 14 - 15, 2025.
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ExP is a performance residency culminating in a public showcase. Each artist, company, or collective is given 30 hours of studio time and a paid stipend to create a 15 minute work-in-progress piece, to share at a public showing. Each round of ExP is hosted by a different local company or collective, and we’re excited to announce our next program is hosted by All Bodies Dance Project! All Bodies Dance will provide artistic support and help shape the process with each selected artist, bolstering community and care in a creative process.
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Curatorial Note:
At All Bodies Dance Project, we don’t tend to begin with an exact vision for a work. For us, pieces emerge from curiosity: What does each new combination of unique moving bodies have to offer the creation of a dance? What artistic possibility is in this or that mobility tool or access need? In what ways might our audiences perceive or interact with our creations beyond the typical conventions of performance?
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Curated by All Bodies Dance Project, this iteration of Exquisite Pressure invites artists and groups interested in reaching past the default assumptions in performance making: who does it, what it looks like and how it can be shared with an audience.
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Venue Space:
What Lab is located at 1814 Pandora Street. There is no dedicated parking, only street parking. The venue is located on the second floor up one flight of stairs, but there is a ground level accessible entrance through the back of the building. Seating is typically informal, and will include some combination of chairs, floor seating, couches, and cushions. There is one single-occupancy, gender-inclusive washroom. The washroom is not big enough for larger style wheelchairs to completely turn around in while the door is open. We are a trans-inclusive space.
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Applications close November 20th at 11:59pm.
Intrigued? Read more in our guidelines and apply using the form below.​​