Call for applications: Conversations on Performance

Conversations on Performance

Conversations on Performance 
May 27 to June 3, 2025

Seeking :

Theatre and dance artists based in Germany : directors, playwrights, choreographers, performers, designers and anyone with a performing arts practice.

Conversations on Performance

Conversations on Performance is an international 8-day seminar taking place from May 27 to June 3, 2025 as part of the 19th edition of Festival TransAmériques (May 21 to June 5, 2025).

Gathering around twenty emerging professional artists aged 25 to 35 from Quebec, Canada and abroad, Conversations on Performance takes the form of a seminar held in English and includes workshops and conversations with the Festival’s artists and the wider arts community in Montreal / Tio'tia:ke. Participants are encouraged to expand their ideas about contemporary theatre and dance, to share their experiences with different artistic realities and their critical thinking. A cultural mediator will follow the group throughout the project.

Objectives

• Encouraging emerging artistic practices by circulating ideas and intermingling disciplines and diverse creative contexts;
• Enriching the professional and artistic approach of participants by giving them the opportunity to discover other artists’ practices and attend contemporary dance and theatre performances from Quebec and abroad;
• Stimulating conversations and exchange with other artists and critics.

Eligibility Criteria

• At least two years of professional experience as a theatre or dance artist, or a critic in the performing arts
• Good spoken English
• Being within the age range of 25-35

Activities

• Attending a selection of FTA shows
• Discussions and critical analysis related to the shows
• Conversations with FTA artists
• Workshops and round tables with guest critics and artists

Conversations on Performance is a demanding seminar that runs on an intense daily schedule. Participants must commit to the entirety of the programme. The ideal candidates should demonstrate open-mindedness, strong intellectual curiosity, and a willingness to engage fully in enriching exchanges.

Grant

• Flight Germany – Montreal - Germany
• Accommodation in an aparthotel in Montreal
• Tickets for the selected FTA shows

Per diem non-included

Application process
Please provide:

• A letter of motiviation (1 page) presenting relevant professional experience. The letter must answer to the following questions:
  • What is your motivation to participate in Conversations on Performance?
  • What will you bring to the programme, and how will you benefit from it?
  • How is your work influenced by the privileges you have or by the artistic, social or political issues you want bring forward?
• Resume – please include your age

Please send your application at the latest on December 1, 2024 to caroline.gagnon@goethe.de
Participants will be selected by December 18, 2024.

Information :

Caroline Gagnon
Goethe-Institut
Tél. : 514-499-0159 poste 107
caroline.gagnon@goethe.de