Break the Frame: A Street Dance Choreography Lab

• Mentorship: Residents will get one-on-one guidance from seasoned street dance professionals who will offer tips, feedback, and support as they develop their work.
• Work-in-progress Presentation: Residents will get an opportunity to present their developing work in a session designed for constructive feedback. This is an opportunity for residents to share their creative process, gather insights from peers and mentors.
• Public Showcase: At the end of the lab, residents will present their original work in a public performance.

Individuals

• Aged 18–35
• Singaporean or Permanent Resident
• At least 2 years of dance experience
• Available for the full duration of the residency

“Softer  Systems”

At a time when technology shapes not only how we create, but how we connect, communicate, and dream, COMMA invites young artists to delve beneath the surface of our evolving relationship with tech and humanity.

Framed by the theme “Softer Systems”, this residency asks:

How do we hold onto the essence of what makes us human in an increasingly digitised world?

Can technology become not a barrier, but a bridge — to vulnerability, connection, and reflection?

In our open call, artists are invited to explore how systems — digital, emotional, organic, or social — can be reimagined through creative practice, and how technology can reveal, reshape, and even heal the human experience. Artists are encouraged to experiment with mediums both familiar and emerging — be it digital, sonic, choreographic, interactive — or through entirely new forms.

In “Softer Systems,” we recognise that creativity, like human experience, resists simple solutions. Inspired by ideas from systems thinking, this residency invites artists to navigate, sense, and reshape complexity — treating art itself as a living, adaptive process.

This is a space to pause at the crossroads of innovation and introspection — questioning, rewiring, and reimagining the systems that frame our lives, in search of what it means to be deeply, radically human.

Apply By
23 July – 1 September 2025

Notified By
September 2025

Residency Period
September 2025 – January 2026

Showcase
January 2026

Submit your proposal by 1 Septembet, 23:59hrs, including:

• List of Participating Members: Include the names and roles of all collaborators involved in the project.
• Artistic Vision: Outline the overarching artistic intention and purpose of your project.
• Project Proposal: Provide a detailed description of the work you intend to develop during the residency.
• Experimental Aspect: Describe how your project explores new forms, methods, or concepts, and what makes it experimental.
• Estimated Budget Overview: Share a breakdown of projected expenses (e.g., materials, equipment, honorarium, etc.).
• Monthly Milestones: Present a timeline with key goals and deliverables for each month of the residency.