APPLY
The residency is open to a total of 35 people, it will be entirely in English and you can come with two forms of participation:
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- Participants/Kamikazes: they are dancers that will not teach a workshop. If you are looking for a full week of learning and dancing, if you recently started teaching, if you are involved in the promotion of your balfolk community, if you wan tot be part of a multicultural experience: this is the place for you! You will be asked to have fun, accept the challenges, participate with enthusiasm, dance and dance and dance more. As a participant you will also have the possibility (not the obligation!) to propose topics, teach stuff, prepare a collaborative workshop for the Fénix Festival. You'll be able to involve yourself as much as you wish :)
Applications here: https://forms.gle/tAfKY7yqG5uNEjr29
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- Residents/teachers: they will teach, and they will be asked to submit a workshop proposal. It can be a dance workshop with some super nice exercises you want to share and try, it could be your experience in balfolk promotion, it can be anything else balfolk related. Please, send us your proposals and we will evaluate them.
Please, submit your proposals here: https://forms.gle/25qp6BcCTe6SK1PUA
More info on "How to make a proposal" at the bottom of this page.
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Admission fees:
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Residents: from 260€. That is the minimum we ask to cover your food and accommodation costs for 8 days and nights (Cenizas Residency + Fenix Festival). Anything more you can give will make this event more sustainable. ​
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Kamikazes: we thought about a flexible scheme to allow everyone to come. Please choose based on your situation. Please, also consider that filling all the slots with the reduced fee we wouldn't cover the costs.
Reduced fee: 390€ (only 4 spots)
Standard fee: 480€
Generous fee: 570€
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The fee includes sleeping in a 4-6 people bedroom. Double and single rooms are available for an extra fee (but not if you paid a Reduced fee):
10€ per person/night for the double room.
15€ per person/night for the single room.
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The fee includes the participation to all activities (including the Fenix Festival, which is worth 150€ alone), food and accommodation. If you can, we encourage you to pay for the the Generous fee and be glad about it. If even the reduced fee is too much, we can consider a reduction in exchange of: volunteering, social management, video and pics… Please, don’t be ashamed to ask for a reduction: believe us when we say that we understand what is a precarious living.
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Fénix Festival
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It is open to anyone (maximum 40 participants) willing to enjoy this wonderful experience and learn a lot. It will be included in the participation fee of the residency. If you are interested only in the festival, more info here
The Fénix Festival will be in two languages, English and Spanish, with translators during the workshops.
Participants of the residency will also participate here, so we'll be round 70 people.
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If you have any more doubt, please check the FAQ page.
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HOW DO I MAKE A PROPOSAL?
Slots for residents (8-10) are simply not enough, we know. There will be people among the kamikazes whose dance is just incredible, everyone will learn a lot.
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Proposals will receive an evaluation for their features, the teacher's trayectory and a further overall evaluation will be done to ensure a good fit among all of them, coherency and an overall artistic content.
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Selection criteria:
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- Interest of the proposal (explain clearly your topic, what do you wish to achieve, did you try this workshop somewhere else?) (30%)
- Methodology used (please, describe briefly which exercises or dynamics are you planning) (40%)
- Background of the teacher (30%)
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After the first row of selection, some other criteria that depend on the rest of the proposals will be applied for the final selection.
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- Originality (the topic is not addressed by more than one resident)
- Geographical balance: we wish for a good representation of the overall European system
- Gender balance: we will do our best to keep it balanced
- Minorities inclusion.
- Balance between new faces and Cenizas veterans
So, bear in mind that a rejection may come not from the overall quality of your proposal, but from the artistic fit with the rest.
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DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: April the 22nd. We may accept ideas after that date, but remember that last year we had more than the double of requests than the number of slots during the first row, so better be fast about it.
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Feel free to share your idea, feel free to ask for feedback before submitting. Feedback can't go into the object of your proposition, we will not suggest you what to do, but we can ask you to specify more some aspect, we can clarify what do we mean with methodology and so on.
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Dance Exploration:
This year we don't have a theme as such: this year, if you want some guidance choosing a topic, ask yourself the question "what's my best workshop?".
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Now, a quick guide:
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If you have any doubt, write us: there are no stupid questions and we know that we are often less clear than we think. ​Send it to folquemadrid@gmail.com
For proposals, again, here is the link: https://forms.gle/DTdXTxrn7s8Z89ak9
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