CPR - Center for Performance Research invites applications for the 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program. Click here to apply.
Application deadline: Monday, September 22, 2025 at 5:00 P.M. EST.
Email applications@cprnyc.org with questions.
ABOUT CPR'S ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
CPR – Center for Performance Research’s year-long Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Program seeks to support NYC-based artists working within various perspectives of contemporary dance, performance, and time-based art. In selecting its AiRs, CPR values experimental approaches to content, form, and aesthetic, and encourages risk-taking, interdisciplinarity, and the unexpected.
The year-long residency creates an open environment for experimentation, exploration, embodiment, and exchange, and will provide a cohort of eight (8) artists with research and presentation opportunities, subsidized rehearsal space, curatorial and project support, and peer dialogue. The program is intended to nurture the individualized creative process, and prioritizes artists for whom the opportunity will make a major impact on the growth and evolution of their work and career.
Applications are solicited through an OPEN CALL, and AiRs are selected by an independent panel of artists, curators, and arts leaders. With this approach, CPR aspires to create a more accessible and equitable selection process, and to increase visibility, opportunities, and resources for a more diverse range of artists in the field.
CPR is committed to supporting artists from every background and maintains an expansive approach to performance practice. We strongly encourage BIPOC artists, LGBTQ+ artists, immigrant artists, artists with disabilities, and artists across generations to apply.
RESIDENCY DETAILS
Eight NYC-based artists will be selected for a year-long residency from January to December 2026. AiRs will have opportunities for presentation, community engagement, and creative exchange through CPR’s curated Public Programs, and will receive curatorial support and feedback from CPR staff and fellow artists throughout the year. In addition, AiRs receive advance access to CPR’s rehearsal booking calendar, and may book up to 150 subsidized rehearsal hours ($6-$10/hr) in either of CPR’s studios for the residency year, with priority booking March 2026 through . Each AiR receives a $1,500 stipend, and participation in CPR Public Programs comes with additional artist fees and resources, including access to technical equipment and production support.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligible applicants have previously had their work publicly presented, and have not been selected as a CPR Artist-in-Residence in the last 5 years.
Individual artists, companies, collaboratives, or collectives may apply, but each applicant/application will be considered as a single residency.
The residency is exclusively for New York City-based artists. CPR cannot provide US visas, travel, accommodations, or other living expenses in connection with the residency.
Current undergraduate students are not eligible to apply.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION:
Demonstrating a strong understanding and commitment to CPR's core values, including artistic practices which prioritize play, risk, experimentation, curiosity, new forms, modes of embodiment and presence, and urgency.
Understanding the scope of CPR's resources.
Artistic approaches which include classical or traditional artforms that are not subverted or disrupted through modes of experimentation will not be considered.
THE SPACE
CPR occupies a 4,000 sq. ft. ground floor facility in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and has two flexible studio spaces. The Large Studio is an 1,875 sq. ft., flexible rehearsal and performance space, outfitted with an LED theatrical lighting system, full-range sound, projection capabilities, and a sprung wood dance floor with white marley, and can seat up to 68 people. The Small Studio functions as a rehearsal studio, gallery, and meeting space, and features floor-to-ceiling storefront windows looking out onto the street, track lighting, and a sprung wood dance floor. CPR is a fully ADA-compliant and accessible venue with two all gender restrooms, one being wheelchair-accessible. A floor plan, images, and technical specifications can be found here.
SUPPORT
CPR's 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program is directly supported by Dance/NYC’s NYC Dance Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Howard Gilman Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
APPLICATION TIMELINE
Applications will be accepted until Monday, September 22, 2025 at 5:00pm EST. Late submissions will not be accepted. Notifications will be made in December 2025.
The panelists look forward to reviewing your application!
Email us at applications@cprnyc.org with any questions.