LarrEtude II

About the Open Call

LarrEtude returns with an expanded second edition. This residential program offers three months of study and training in dance improvisation, coordinated by Maya Schwartz and Asaf Bachrach. It is structured around two five-week study sessions that combine master classes, research labs, practice sharing, and personal project development. Each session will feature a different guest artist: Peter Pleyer (DE) in March and Laura Doeler (UK) in May. Between the two study sessions, Larretude will host a two-week period open to a broader public, including a dance improvisation workshop and a research gathering facilitated by the program's participants. The program is fully residential, integrating daily collective life at Larret (cooking, gardening, site maintenance) and benefiting from a local artist community, weekly classes (floor work, yoga, BMC, Butoh), contact improvisation jam sessions, and visits from guest artists. While including structured classes and workshops, the program emphasizes horizontal individual and collective research spaces and mutual enrichment. Participants receive individual mentorship for their research and creative process, along with a personal studio space each week. The program is bilingual (French-English). It comprises four modules: March 2 - April 5 (study phase 1), April 6 - April 12 (intensive workshop), April 19 - April 26 (participant-facilitated research week), and April 27 - May 31 (study phase 2). The weekly schedule includes morning practice, group meetings, master classes, morning movement classes, study labs, and specific activities like the École-lieu program on Thursdays and a contact improvisation jam on Sundays. Participants are invited to develop a personal project, with dedicated time, space, and mentorship. Study labs provide opportunities for peer-to-peer sharing, exploration, and feedback. Guest artists Laura Doeler (UK) and Peter Pleyer (DE) will contribute their expertise through weekly master classes, guiding and inspiring participants' individual and collective research.

What is Offered

Three-month residential study and training program, master classes, research labs, practice sharing, personal project development, individual mentorship, personal studio space, workshops, community engagement, and a supportive environment for artistic growth.

Requirements

The program is open to individuals with solid dance experience (e.g., graduates of professional dance training programs, amateur dancers with many years of dance engagement) who are seeking time and space to develop a personal project, process and integrate past experiences, reorient their artistic or professional path, or co-create and co-research with others.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit a 1-page biographical sketch including a video or other samples of artistic work, a 1-page statement explaining interest in the program, and 1 to 3 pages detailing their project and inspirations (images, drawings).