Fresh Tracks Performance and Residency Program

Application Deadline Extended!!!

Through Fresh Tracks, Dance Theater Workshop provides an opportunity for new artistic voices to gain professional experience and recognition. The Fresh Tracks Performance and Residency Program engages artists directly with peer artists, arts professionals, and Dance Theater Workshop staff in dialogues about their work within the context of the professional contemporary dance and performance field.

Each fall, Dance Theater Workshop holds auditions to select six choreographers for a yearlong program that begins with nine hours of studio rehearsal time leading up to performances at Dance Theater Workshop’s Bessie Schönberg Theater as part of the Fresh Tracks Series. In the spring, each member of the group receives 50 hours of studio space for research and development, free workshops in grant writing, development, and marketing. Artists also participate in a Dialogue project facilitating open discussion about their creative process with artist/facilitator Levi Gonzalez.

Auditions are held at Dance Theater Workshop in the early fall. Choreographers and their performers interested in being part of the Fresh Tracks Performance and Residency Program need to be available for all audition, technical rehearsal, and performance dates. Choreographers must also be available for the creative residency and all workshops in the spring to be eligible.