Summer residency
Dansverkstæðið offers an annual studio residency in July for artists aged 20 - 35 years. The goal of the residency is to provide two applicants with time, space and some funding to work on a new project. The project can be in the form of research, development or creation of a new work. You can apply as an individual or a group. At the end of the residency period, the studio will be opened to the public to present the artistic results. Professional advice and support both during and after the residency will be offered by internal staff of Dansverkstæðið.
Each individual/group receives:
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Up to 200 hours in a studio and desk facilities at Dansverkstæðið.
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A grant that can be used for material costs and/or fees.
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Advice from Dansverkstæðið staff and other experts/artists.
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Photography and recording from the event when the results are presented.
2026
Dansverkstæðið summer residency artists 2026: Marta Ákadóttir and Lísandra Týra Jónsdóttir.
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Ljósmyndir úr sýningu: Owen Fiene
Ljósmyndir úr sýningu: Owen Fiene
Marta Ákadóttir worked on her new creation Water Pistol War (Vatnsbyssustríð) with dancers and co-workers Bertine Bertelsen Fadness and Leevi Mettinen. Together they dived into children's games, the internet, water pistols and conflict.
Lísandra Týra Jónsdóttir continued her solo project Op. 5: The Body Living. Through transformative repetitive gestures, abstracted postures, and evolving states of embodiment, she examined how the human form can move beyond anthropocentric expression. Three core elements are in dialogue: movement, voice, and a live video feed.
2025
Dansverkstæðið summer residency artists 2025: Birta Ásmundsdóttir og Anouk Jouanne.
Birta Ásmundsdóttir took an artistic look at football in her project The League (Deildin).
Dancers in photo: Cristina Agueda, Inga María Olsen, María Kristín Jóhannsdóttir, Bjartey Elín Hauksdóttir, Karítas Lotta Tulinius, Lena Margrét Jónsdóttir.
Anouk Jouanne (IS) and Synne Lundesgaard (NO) worked on Tender Unit, researching how theories on the self's protection mechanisms might translate through movement and staging. Dancers: Anouk Jouanne, Eydís Rose Vilmundardóttir, Marta Hlín Þorsteinsdóttir and Vár Bech Árting.
2024
Listamenn í sumarvinnustofu Dansverkstæðisins 2024: Alice Romberg & Olivia Teresa Due Pyszko and Linde Hanna Rongen.
Alice Romberg & Olivia Teresa Due Pyszko unnu að verkinu Restling. Getur hvíld verið einhvers konar andóf?
"We’ve explored our potential, when resting is actually included in practice and what resting and resistance can mean in a performative context."
Linde Hanna Rongen hélt áfram með verkefnið Project HOFIE:
To be swallowed accidentally.
"A world where darkness surrounds, and everything falls quiet, one might end up running. Speed is another light, speed makes things smaller, quicker to pass. So run if you will, maybe you can be the one who swallows the sun."
Dansarar: Inga María Olsen, Íris Ásmundardóttir, Júlía Kolbrún Sigurðardóttir, Sóley Ólafsdóttir
2023
Listamenn í sumarvinnustofu Dansvserkstæðisins 2023: Sóley Frostadóttir og Sóley Ólafsdóttir & Leevi Mettinen.
Ljósmynd úr sýningu: Nicolas Ipina
Sóley Frostadóttir vann rannsókn og undirbúning á verkinu TIF, verk fyrir 3 taktmæla og 3 dansara, Erlu Rut Mathiesen, Ingu Maríu Olsen og Söru Margréti Ragnarsdóttur.
Sóley Ólafsdóttir og Leevi Mettinen unnu að barna- og fjölskyldusýningunni Kanlínudans (Rabbit Erosion).