Public-in-Residence 26–27

An audience that experiments, an audience that informs us.

Join a group of about twenty people of all backgrounds, ages and walks of life to form the first Public-in-Residencecohort at Danse-Cité!

Public-in-Residence 26–27 offers a group of individuals a stimulating, tailor-made immersion at the heart of a season of dance, including performances, workshops and discussions with artists and Danse-Cité partners, as well as participation in surveys.

Public-in-Residence is based on a principle of mutual engagement: participants discover new artistic practices while becoming active contributors, informing the organization about the relevance of its activities and helping transform the relationship between creation and reception.

The project is built on a simple idea: audiences possess knowledge, experiences and perspectives that are essential. Public-in-Residence aims to bring together and nurture a cohort that reflects our society by gathering diverse audiences, underrepresented audiences, and people who are more or less familiar with, or distant from, dance practices. Danse-Cité seeks to better understand the realities and needs of its audiences.

Objectives

• Foster

  appreciation of the performing arts through active participation, exchange and the recognition of diverse forms of knowledge

• Enrich

  relationships between works, artists and audiences through human and social connection

• Inform and help evolve

  Danse-Cité’s practices

Eligibility criteria

• Curiosity and a desire to fully participate in a human, artistic and social adventure

• A spirit of play and discovery

• Be available for the majority of activities: see the activity calendar [hyperlink]

• The program is primarily in French: a good understanding of spoken and written French is required. Support and/or translation may be provided as needed.

What’s included

Danse-Cité offers a symbolic contribution of $200, provides performance tickets, access to activities, support from a cultural worker, and guidance from a dedicated team.

Our invitation is for...

• Those of you who think you don’t understand dance at all;

• Those of you who have never attended a performance, let alone a dance performance;

• Those of you who don’t have the budget for cultural outings;

• Those of you who stage theatre, work with puppets, paint, sculpt, sing, and more;

• Emerging artists and student-researchers;

• Those of you who want to meet new people;

• Those of you who are curious to get inside creative processes;

• Those of you who want to tell us what you think;