Applications and Demographic Information Form FY27 must be submitted online by 11:59pm EST on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. 

Criteria for participation in the MR Artist-in-Residence program include:

• Artists must apply as individuals. Movement based artists who are working collaboratively in an ongoing collaborative or collective structure should contact apply@movementresearch.org for eligibility consideration as a collaborative team on a case-by-case basis.
• Applicant must be a resident of New York City. Resident means that your permanent mailing address is in New York City/one of the five Boroughs and have been a resident for at least one year prior to applying for the program.
• Applicant must be working in the field of dance and movement-based forms.
• Applicant must be an early career “generative artist with 2–10 years of experience creating and presenting new, original work. Jerome’s primary consideration around early career status, and eligibility, is timeframe working as a generative artist.” Please visit the provided for further information on what constitutes an early-career, generative artist as defined by the Jerome Foundation. https://www.jeromefdn.org/jerome-eligible-artists 
• Applicant must not be enrolled in any full-time degree-granting programs (K-12, undergraduate, graduate) in any field
• Past Movement Research Artists-in-Residence are not eligible to apply for this opportunity.

Please note:

• At Movement Research, we collect and review submissions via Submittable. The first step of the submission process is to create a Submittable account, or sign into your existing account. When creating an account, you will be asked for your name, your email address, and a password of your choosing.
• Individuals for whom access to an internet or wifi enabled device and/or a reliable Internet connection is not possible should contact Movement Research at (212) 598-0551 (voice only) for guidance.
• For accessibility purposes, the application can be sent as an attachment by email. Acceptable file types: .doc, .docx, .pdf. To receive the full list of application questions send an email to apply@movementresearch.org. Please note that the deadline for submitting the application as an attachment is the same as the deadline for submitting your application.
• If you have questions regarding accessibility, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line "2027-2028 MR Artist-in-Residence Application."

About the Movement Research Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program

• A residency program providing commissioning support, rehearsal space, performance and related opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of early-career dance and movement-based artists.
• Six (6) artists will be selected to participate in the 2027-2028 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence program via this application process. Applications will be reviewed and selected through a peer artist review process.
• Selected artists will be invited to participate in the 18 month long residency which will begin on July 1, 2027 and conclude on December 31, 2028.
• Artists selected through the panel review process will receive residency fees funded, in part, by the Jerome Foundation, the Davis/Dauray Family Fund, the Harkness Foundation for Dance, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
• Through the Artist-in-Residence Program, Movement Research supports rigorous and wide-ranging artistic investigations that are dance and movement-based,, but that may incorporate other disciplines and collaborations, with a focus on experimentation. Artists who reflect a range of directions and approaches to making work such that there is an interesting confluence of artistic ideas being explored over the course of the coming years.
• Movement Research continuously seeks to engage a more diverse and inclusive participant body and strives to recognize individuality and create equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, class, gender, disability, ethnicity, sexuality, immigration status or age. MR is committed to maintaining a strong connection to an existing diverse community of experimental artists and audiences, while at the same time expanding its definition of experimentation to more broadly include working within and pushing the boundaries of all movement-based forms. Movement Research recognizes the incredible need to diversify the range of aesthetics, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds represented on NYC stages and strongly encourages applications from individuals aligned with this vision.