Bijloke Summer Academy, Belgium

Bijloke Summer Academy – Music Theatre offers residencies to young artists in an inspiring atmosphere. Bijloke Summer Academy – Music Theatre is an initiative by five partners, all physically located at the Bijlokesite in Ghent. The partnership includes:

• LOD music theatre (production house)
• Music Centre De Bijloke (venue)
• SPECTRA (contemporary music ensemble)
• International Opera Academy
• KASK Royal Conservatory Ghent (school of arts)

All partners are involved in the international fields of contemporary music theatre and transmedial performance. Their ways of working within the scene are different yet highly complementary as organisational forces of Bijloke Summer Academy – Music Theatre.

All participants are offered a residency of 10 days in Ghent from 22 until 31 August 2022 and rehearsal space in one of the performance halls at the Bijloke site. According to your needs, the organisers will work out planning, location and coaching.

The application is online with a deadline for applying 19 April 2022. The provided information should include a motivation for participation, a project description or artistic research proposal (video pitch), and a biography of all applicants. You will also have the opportunity to specify or select your practical (travels, accommodation…) as well as artistic expectations (coaches, types of technical and artistic support…).