Call for applications
young choreographers from Région Sud
Parallèle is developing a new program of workshops and professional integration for 6 young choreographers from Marseille, the South of France, Morocco and Tunisia. This support cycle is dedicated to artists who are choreographers in their own right, and who have produced 1 to 3 choreographic works to their credit. This professionalization program will offer a complete set of complementary actions - from tools to professional visibility, including residencies, artistic mentoring and co-production.
It will promote professional structuring, encounters with industry professionals and artistic reinforcement through mentoring by 3 artists: Maud Blandel, Katerina Andreou and Dorothée Munyaneza. The Mediterranean dimension will link artists from the South in a shared vision of solidarity.
The resources deployed will be human (information and support workshops, mentoring, communication), financial (co-production) and physical (studio residencies).
Calendar
Year 1, September 2024 to June 2025 :
- selection of candidates based on parity criteria (through a call for applications and a jury of professionals) ;
- November: meeting of all selected candidates with the various project stakeholders;
- Late January - early February immersion in the Festival Parallèle 15 + first "project production" training session (2 days);
- March to June - 4 two-day training sessions: administration, presenting your show, strategy and networks, presenting and communicating your artistic work;
- 4000€ co-production fee per artist.
Year 2, October 2025 to February 2026:
- October: establishment of artist-mentor pairs and start of artistic support;
- December - November: targeted meetings with regional choreographers. These meetings are intended to create lasting links between the artists and the region, and to generate broader relationships.
- A one-week studio residency for each artist, according to a schedule to be defined together;
- Late January - early February: presentation of artistic projects as part of a professional platform at the Festival Parallèle 16.
You are a
- a choreographic artist living in Marseille, Région Sud, Morocco or Tunisia* ;
- are the author of 1 to 3 pieces maximum and have a project in development;
- in need of structuring your professional career, entering into a collective dynamic and being accompanied by an artist in exchanges on the project;
- curious, open to others, involved and available.
* For choreographers based in Morocco or Tunisia, selection will be made directly with the local operators.
How to apply
Please send us :
- a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) outlining your requirements, the reasons for your application and the artistic project you wish to develop within this framework (deadline January 2026);
- a curriculum vitae detailing your professional experience in the field of choreography.
Please send your application to the following address
candidature@plateformeparallele.com,
with "Jeunes chorégraphe de la région Sud - candidature" in the subject line.
Deadline for applications: midnight, September 6, 2024.
Jury composition
Entries will be examined by the following artists and managers:
- Catherine Tsekenis (Centre national de la Danse, Pantin) ;
- Dorothée Munyaneza (choreographer) ;
- Francesca Poloniato (Le Zef, Scène nationale de Marseille) ;
- Isabelle Martin-Bridot (Les Hivernales, CDCN Avignon) ;
- Jasmine Lebert (3 bis f Centre d'arts contemporains d'interêt national, Aix-en-Provence) ;
- Kader Attou (choreographer) ;
- Katerina Andreou (choreographer) ;
- (La) Horde (Ballet national de Marseille, CCN) ;
- Lou Colombani (Parallèle, Marseille) ;
- Marie Didier (Festival de Marseille) ;
- Marion Colleter (CNDC d'Angers) ;
- Maud Blandel (choreographer) ;
- Michel Kelemenis (KLAP, Maison pour la danse, Marseille) ;
- Tiago Guedes (Maison de la Danse, Lyon).
- Frank Micheletti (choreographer and director of the Constellation(s) festival, Toulon)