Oxygen 2024-2025
Through our Oxygen programme for emerging South Asian Dance Artists, Pagrav Dance Company Pagrav Dance will support and enable a new generation of South Asian artists and creatives to be aware of, explore, understand and improve their own practice. We will also support professionals currently working in this space through residencies, shadowing and mentoring opportunities. In turn, this will encourage them to consider expanding their portfolio as performers, teachers and more importantly makers.
Over a 6-month period, we will undertake a series of interventions that will embed this way of working across our organisation. Activities will include:
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October 2024 – March 2025 |
2 x One-to-one coaching sessions (online) 1 x One-to-one choreographic mentoring sessions (in person or online) 1 x One-to-one producing mentoring session (online) Marketing, Tech shadowing opportunities (online) Equivalent of 2 weeks studio space (in person) 2 x theatre/cultural group visits (in person) |
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9 October 2023 |
Introduction and welcome day (in person) |
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28 October 2024 |
Intensive 1 (in person) |
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24 January 2025 |
Intensive 2 (in person) |
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30 & 31 January 2021 |
Intensive 3 (30th online – 31st in person) |
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6 & 7 February 2025 |
Intensive 4 (online) |
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27 & 28 February 2025 |
Intensive 5 (online) |
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10 & 11 March 2025 |
Intensive 6 (in person) |
Oxygen will build on the existing work that Pagrav Dance Company already provides to individual artists and creatives. For the last ten years we have informally supported South Asian creatives with discrete, sensitive and confidential support through ongoing mentoring and coaching. Oxygen enables PDC to both codify and structure this area of our work, as well as expand the offer to more South Asian creatives.
Artists are eligible who:
- Have been working in a professional setting for a minimum of 3 years (occasionally less experienced artists are included)
- Are based in the UK
- Are working with South Asian Dance at the core of their practice
- Can demonstrate how Oxygen will benefit them as an artist
- Are ambitious to challenge themselves, their peers and us
- Undergraduates
- Those based outside the UK
- Artists with less than 3 years professional experience
- Travel costs
We are looking for emerging South Asian Artists with new choreographic ideas from any SA dance background.
This selection is carried out by:
- Urja Desai Thakore, Pagrav Artistic Director
- Lia Prentaki, Pagrav Creative Producer
- Eva Martinez, Member of Pagrav Board
- Sri Sarkar, Coach
The panel will prioritise applicants who are available for all the programme dates.
Deadline 12 August 2024
How to apply
Please fill in an expression of interest here
Please note that the form also requires applicants to submit their CV, as well as supporting documents on their current practice and/or what they are currently interested in researching.
Please find here a CV template in case this is helpful. Applicants are also welcome to use their own template.
If you prefer to complete a word version of the application form, please email giulia@pagravdance.com. If you prefer to answer the application form questions verbally, please record an audio file and send via WeTransfer to giulia@pagravdance.com. Please cover all of the questions in the form (CV and supporting documents included) in no longer than 15 minutes.
Please submit your application by 12pm on Monday 12 August 2024. You will be notified about the outcome of your application by Friday 30 August.
For more clarity about the application process and to answer any questions you have about the programme please join us on either of these online sessions:
Mon 22 July (12-1pm)
Thurs 8 August (12-1pm)
If you have any questions or need support from a member of the Pagrav Dance team please contact Giulia via email giulia@pagravdance.com or via telephone 07845 615062.
