DANCE ALL YEAR LONG KOKKOLA is looking for 2 dance projects for 2020

DAYL KLA is offering two residencies during the year 2020 in the city of Kokkola for two dance artists. We encourage artists to apply who are:

• Not from Finland and have never visited Kokkola
• Finnish artists with a connection with Kokkola

DANCE ALL YEAR LONG is a customizable residency program for guest dance artists created by LOCATION X (www.tanelitorma.com). The program can travel to different cities and countries. First edition took place in 24 different venues for 25 professional dance artists in Odense, Denmark, between July 2018 and June 2019. Second edition will happen in 12 different venues for 12 different dance artists in Kokkola, Finland, between January and December 2020, the celebratory year of the city's 400th birthday. Finnish dance artists Taneli Törmä & Eleni Pierides (LOCATION X) are the project leaders and curators for Kokkola 2020 residencies. They will select and connect each individual guest artist with a local collaboration partner/venue.

Project idea

During a period of 12 months, DANCE ALL YEAR LONG KOKKOLA presents versatile dance projects in different kinds of venues for different kinds of audiences. Every month through the whole year, DAYL KLA offers the local community free presentations, workshops and artist talks – thus presenting the diversity of dance & choreography today. The aim is to research through questions and try, how it would feel and what kind of impact there would be if in a city such as Kokkola there would be a professional dance environment the whole year long. Each presentation and related workshops are free of charge for the audience.

DAYL KLA is now looking for two dance projects for 2020

1. Kahvila Saha (a unique arts café) in 18-30th of May 2020
2. Kokkola City Theatre, Katariinan Kamari, in 7-18th of December 2020

Local collaboration partners / venues offer:

• 2 weeks of workspace for rehearsal and public presentation
• Help with marketing through the venue's platforms, network and audience

DAYL KLA will offer for guest artists:

• Accommodation (for max 2 persons)
• 1000€ production support
• Marketing
• DAYL KLA will also connect guest artists with a potential local partner: a dancer, musician, visual artist, group of volunteers

Guest artists will cover:

• Traveling costs
• Rest of possible production costs

As part of their project the artist will offer

• Free work-in-process presentation / sharing session for local community, including artist talk.
  Please be aware that the artists are responsible for their own project (project idea, content, execution, technical needs).

Please send your CV and max. 1 page proposal with subject name ”Proposal DAYL KLA 2020”, before the deadline 30th of September to Taneli Törmä: taneli@danceallyearlong.com

If you have questions, please write to to Eleni Pierides: eleni@danceallyearlong.com

DEADLINE Monday 30th of September at 16:00 (EET/CET+1)

Locations

Kahvila Saha: 18-30th of May 2020

Kahvila Saha offers many options for how and where to conduct the work. Workroom is in public space.

• There are two stages, that are suggested for artists as workspace: a big outdoor tent with a covered stage or a small indoor stage inside the café
• The venue doesn't have a WIFI connection
• DAYL KLA will provide the artists for a simple sound system: if the proposed project requires for a better and bigger sound system or other technical needs, artists need to bring, rent or borrow the equipment themselves, if the venue cannot help in the matter.

Café is open daily 11:00-22:00 and during some evenings, there can be other culture events. With respect to the customers and other artists who are working there, the artists can choose their own working hours.

Travel days 17. & 31. of May
Presentation and artists talk: Saturday, 30th of May at 15:00
​The cafeteria and its many terraces is facing the sea.

Accommodation:

• private bedroom in the house next to Kahvila Saha, where you share kitchen, shower and toilet facilities with other guest artists and house owners. Please notice that inside the apartment there are dogs.

Kokkola City Theater: 7.-18th of December 2020

This residency and dance project will be the final one of the year. Please remember that DAYL KLA will offer the work space, but no technical help.

Katariinan kamari:

• Small and intimate black box setting: max. 58 persons
• The public on two sides of the stage
• Stage area max. 6x5m, Hight at its lowest on 1,90m, otherwise 2,60m
  The stage offers the following technical possibilities, that need to be operated by the artists themselves:
• lighting equipment: 48ch. dimmer + 16-20xRGB&RGBWA Led-lights and 2 video projectors
• lighting run by compulite Vector-PC
• firm sound system, speakers: 6xAlcons TS3, 4xact. +3xsub
• Mixer Behringer X32 compact, computer 15"macbook pro+Qlab
• wireless microphones 4 ch.+tilamic`s
• Please notice the room size before proposing the project!

Travel days: 6th and 19th of December.
​Presentation and talk TBA

Accommodation:

• apartment in the city centre, where with private kitchen, shower and toilet facilities.