In the frame of the EU project Life Long Burning, Moving in November in Helsinki and Agora Cité Internationale de la Danse in Montpellier are offering a residency for an individual professional artist or a small team (max. 3 persons) from the field of choreography and dance, based in Finland. The residency is ideal for small projects or a research period. Application deadline is 1st of February, 2026!

What’s the offer?

  • 2 weeks residency for 1-3 persons
  • Accommodation for 1-3 persons in an apartment
  • A production fee of 4.000€ (including fee, travel costs and per diems)
  • 3 technical shifts (12 hours for the set up or technical support, depending on your needs)

Agora Cité Internationale de la Danse offers a studio for the residency period, 1st to 16th of October, 2026. Possibility of end-of-residency presentation.

How to apply?

Please send your bio and a brief motivation letter (max. 1 A4 page) in English, describing what you would like to work on and how you envision the residency, as well as how your stay in Montpellier would help to develop your project. Send your application to: 

Applicants must be available during the whole duration of the mentioned period.

Who we are

Moving in November is a contemporary dance festival organised yearly in the Helsinki area. The festival is an invitation to come together. To experience artistic works from the local scene and abroad. Artists voicing their critical thinking, their visions, their experiences, their dreams, opening small windows to the world we are living in. www.movinginnovember.fi

Agora Cité Internationale de la Danse is the only Choreographic Centre in the newly established region Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée – there are 19 Choreographic Centres in France. They are the cross-roads between a wide-reaching artistic movement and a cultural policy for spatial planning, between the French government and local authorities.
Since autumn 2025, CCN Occitanie and the Festival Montpellier Danse are merged to form Agora – Cité Internationale de la Danse.

We are looking forward to your applications and wishing you a lovely end of the year!

Your Moving in November team

Photo © Agora – Denise Oliver