Resolution Festival 2022 | Applications now closed
Applications for Resolution 2022 are now closed.
Resolution 2022 will take place from Fri 6 May – Fri 10 Jun 2022.
We will be holding a Resolution Open Clinic online on Tue 23 Nov 2021, 6-7pm, where you can meet the team, learn more about the application process and the Resolution festival experience. Bring those burning questions!
To sign up, please email resolution@theplace.org.uk
Please note: If you require a BSL interpreter in order to attend this open clinic, please let us know by Mon 8 Nov. If you have any other access needs that we can support with, please let us know by emailing resolution@theplace.org.uk.
WHAT is Resolution Festival 2022?
- Resolution is The Place’s annual festival of new choreography and performance works by emerging artists.
- Resolution exists to support and celebrate work by UK emerging artists. Every year we welcome over 70 UK-based artists to create original work for one of the most exciting and established London performance festivals.
- Artists learn from industry professionals through supportive and practical workshops and present their work at The Place theatre to an audience of up to 288, including industry critics.
- We invite choreographers and companies to propose exciting ideas for new work that they really believe in.
For Resolution 2022, we are trying something new. We are offering you two configurations for how to set up your performance space:
1) Traditional, end-on theatre set up with all audience members in the main seating bank. Audience capacity 288.
2) In-the-round set up with audience sat on chairs on stage on three sides, and the remainder of the audience in the main seating bank. Audience capacity 288.
The in-the-round set-up will be for four nights of Resolution, all the other dates will be the traditional end-on set-up. Please click HERE to see the Resolution Application Toolkit 2022 for more information or download the PDF at the bottom of this webpage.
WHO can apply to take part?
- Any UK-based artists working in live performance can take part.
- Dance, dance theatre, physical theatre, hip hop, South Asian dance, circus and live art are all welcomed at Resolution.
- This is The Place’s biggest open call and the panel read hundreds of applications. What they want to know is who you are and what your idea is.
- We are looking for ideas for works that are 15 - 25 minutes in length and we are interested in choreographers who really want to take part in the journey of Resolution, from learning and refining your skills through the tailored workshops, to promoting and performing your work at the festival.
Who can’t apply?
- Anyone outside the UK
- Anyone who will still be in education at the time of the festival
- Any youth companies or anyone under 18yrs.
Due to the nature of the festival setup, we are unable to support work which is durational, site-specific or limited capacity.
Please note: If your application to Resolution is successful you must agree to not show the work 3 months either side of the Resolution performance date.
WHEN is Resolution Festival 2022?
Resolution 2022 will take place from Fri 6 May – Fri 10 Jun 2022.
All applicants can expect to hear back by mid-Dec 2021.
All* successful applicants will need to be available for compulsory workshops on the following dates:
- Thu 6 Jan 2022: Welcome and Briefing Meeting (online)
- Wed 16 Feb 2022: Marketing and Press workshop (online)
- Thu 10 Mar or Fri 11 Mar 2022: Technical Pre-Production workshop (in person)
*The Welcome and Briefing Meeting is compulsory for ALL Resolution 2022 artists. However, the Marketing and Technical workshops are only compulsory for First Footing companies (i.e., companies who are presenting their work for the first time at Resolution.) Evolution companies (i.e., companies who have presented their work at Resolution before) do not have to attend these two workshops but are encouraged to.
WHERE is Resolution Festival 2022?
Resolution Festival takes place at The Place, London’s creative powerhouse for dance development.
The Place has been leading the way in dance training, creation and performance for over 50 years. In a changing landscape, our mission for the future remains steadfast: we are powering imagination through dance, championing new ideas, embracing risks and creating optimal conditions for dance artists and enthusiasts to realise their full potential.
The Place offers intensive education and training through London Contemporary Dance School; a busy programme of boundary-pushing performances in our theatre supported by innovative audience development activities; an extensive professional artist development programme; a growing producing and touring house; and learning and participation opportunities for all ages and skill levels. The commitment to artistic development underpins a portfolio of residency, workshop, training and commissioning projects for professional artists from the UK and the rest of the world. Our reputation in the field of contemporary dance reaches beyond the borders of the UK.
The Place Theatre is a 288-seat black box theatre.
Click HERE to find out more.
HOW can I apply to take part?
To apply simply complete our online Google form by midday Tue 30 Nov 2021, we just need to know who you are, what you want to make, and how you plan to do it.
Click HERE for the application form.
Please note we cannot accept applications outside of the allocated application period.
At the bottom of this page you can download a practice application form. We advise you to use this form to complete your answers, then copy and paste into the application Google form, which you can find HERE. We will only accept complete applications received through Google forms.
FINANCE
Financially, the festival works as follows:
- The theatre takes the first call of £1605 of the box office income for each night of Resolution.
- Any box office income which exceeds this amount is divided equally between the 3 companies who share the night.
- If you don’t sell enough tickets to cover this £1605, you must pay the theatre the remaining balance which is also divided equally between the 3 companies who share the night.
- There are no upfront costs.
CONTACT
For questions or further information please contact Michael and Jess at resolution@theplace.org.uk