Residency
Now in its 16th cycle, The Studio 210 Residency is a vehicle for Bay Area artists to hone their skills, experiment, and dive into making performance. The residency makes the rare offer of professional mentorship from Deborah Slater, financial support, and peer feedback, in addition to weekly rehearsal space and a culminating performance.
About the Studio 210 Residency
Each artist in residence receives:
- Six hours of free rehearsal space a week for eight weeks (48 hours total) in Studio 210 located at 3435 Cesar Chavez in San Francisco;
- Weekly one-on-one mentorship with Deborah Slater, Artistic Director of Deborah Slater Dance Theater. Slater will periodically attend rehearsals as desired by the Resident;
- Two performances of 20 minutes or fewer per Resident with audience discussion and feedback. The final presentation does not have to be a completed piece. These performances can be explorations of ideas, a work-in-progress, or a showing of fragments of work. This is not a space for polishing existing work;
- High quality photos + edited 2-camera video documentation of the culminating performance
- An artist stipend provided by DSDT.
Winer 2024 Residency Dates
Application Due: October 6, 2023 by 11:59pm PT
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Former Studio 210 Residents:
2023 Summer Residency: Jesse Escalante & Ky Frances
2023 Winter Residency: Alyssa Mitchel & Moscelyne ParkeHarrison +Anthony Pucci
2022 Summer Residency: Xochipilli Dance Company/Héctor Jaime & Surabhi Bharadwaj
2022 Winter Residency: Isabel Umali & Preethi Ramaprasad
2021 Summer Residency: Alyssandra Katherine Dance & Angela Arteritano
2021 Winter Residency: Cynthia Ling Lee & Bahiya Movement/Afia & Nafi Thomson
2020 Residency: Evan Johnson/Cosmic Elders Theatre Ensemble & Bhumi B. Patel/pateldanceworks
2019 Residency: Emelia (Jubilee July) MartínezBrumbaugh & Nol Simonse with Miche Wong
2018 Residency: Julie Crothers & Kuan-Hsuan Lee
2017 Residency: 13th Floor & Sarah Cecilia
2016 Residency: Tammy Johnson & Larry / Laura Arrington
2015 Residency: Marina Fukushima & Beth Wilmurt
2014 Residency: Emma Jaster, Erin Malley
2013 Residency: Chris Black, Megan Finlay
2012 Residency: Rosemary Hannon, Nol Simonse


The Studio 210 Residency is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.