
Davvi Centre for Performing Arts
Davvi - Centre for Performing Arts is offering professional performing artists the possibility to apply for the Artist in Residency program.
In the residency they accept all project within contemporary performing art. Both laboratory projects as well as nearly finished performances can be accepted. In your application it is important to write how a residence at Davvi will gain the artistic development of your project.
They select artists in residence by a few criterias:
Norwegian applicants have priority
The project must have a need for a residency
Professional partners and collaborators
All genres within contemporary performing arts can apply
Implementation capacity
In selecting groups, they aim to give residency to a vast variety of artists and projects. We will be looking at why you apply for a residency at Davvi - Centre for performing arts and what you want to gain from working here.
They ask all the artists in residence to open up for an audience viewing or some other public presentation during their stay: a public showing of a work in progress.
During a residency you will have access to our fully equipped dance studio 24-7. The studio measures 16 x 10 x 4 meters. There is a PA, working and stage lights, mirror wall, dance floor, and a large window wall towards the harbour and city center. The windows may be blinded.
The residency house is close to the city center, approximately five minutes walk from the Arctic Cultural Center. There are four bedrooms and all modern facilities including free WIFI connection. The house has a beautiful view of the harbour.
Hammerfest is Norways northernmost town and covers an area of about 844 km2. Hammerfest is situated north of the Arctic Circle. Trade and industry is charaterised by fishing, fish prosessing, the Snøhvit field (LNG), service industries and tourism.