Cross-residency –
Bassano del Grappa (Italy)
The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, in collaboration with Bassano del Grappa, the Centro per la Scena Contemporanea and Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique, offers a cross-residency in contemporary dance between Québec and Italy.
Open to Québec choreographers with at least two years of professional experience and a minimum of two works presented in recognized presentation contexts, this residency fosters collaboration between a Québec and an Italian choreographer.
What’s offered
➜ Grant of $8,000 (covers travel, insurance, accommodation, per diem, and project-related expenses)
➜ Dramaturgical and professional support
➜ Opportunity for international visibility and artistic development
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Residency dates
August ➜ October 2026
This two-month residency encourages collaboration between a Québec choreographer and an Italian choreographer:
- 5 weeks in Bassano del Grappa (Italy)
- 3 weeks in Montréal (Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique)
The selected artists in 2025
Frédérique presents a choreographed solo that explores the inner transformation of the body and consciousness. Her work turns the body into a laboratory and the stage into a psychic space.
Cycles of transformation unfold through repetition, dissolution, and reintegration, revealing new forms and relationships to time and space.
She is interested in the mechanisms that shape identity and in the dialogues between archetypes, the imagination, and sensory experiences, opening a space where the multiplicity of possibilities can unfold.
Giorgia presents BODY SWEATS, a choreographic exploration of the body as a space of exertion, pleasure, and radicalism. The project blends dance, poetry, and physical routines, inspired by Baroness Elsa von
Freytag-Loringhoven.
On stage, references intersect—from ballet to pop, from Italian Dadaumpa to fitness—to rewrite the codes of movement from a feminist and queer perspective.
She is also interested in transmission and collective forms, inventing ways to create and share where physicality, experimentation, and joy converge.
Project Partners
Frédérique RODIER (QC)
Accompagnée par
Sophie MICHAUD
Giorgia LOLLI (IT)
Accompagnée par
Chiara FRIGO
