Job Description
FABRIC, in collaboration with Corpo Rastreado(Brazil), is seeking three fat professional dancers for a paid two-week residency in Nottingham, Monday 7 to Friday 18 July 2025.
Of the two-week residency in Nottingham, Jussara and Gillie will each lead one week of research with the same UK-based dancers, fostering creative exchange between the choreographers and dancers. Fat screendance specialist Magdalena Hutter will accompany the process to produce a documentary video on the project.
The project is seeking dancers who:
- are fat/living in larger bodies
- have demonstrable experience working in contemporary dance research processes
- are comfortable with one of the weeks focusing largely on physical contact between the dancers
- is willing to be photographed and filmed as part of the process, where these images will be shared publicly
- are available for full-time work in Nottingham, Thursday 7 Friday 18 July 2025
Fatphobia appears in different ways to people with intersecting experiences of marginalisation; thinking about this carefully is key to the work of this project. As such, we are particularly keen to hear from Global Majority artists and trans artists. We will use answers in the related section of the application form to help us make as thoughtful a selection as we can. Please contact us if you have questions about this.
We will assume all applicants are fat. We know that the ideals around body size in dance mean that even people who are not considered fat in the world might consider themselves fat in dance environments. We are most interested in hearing from people who would be fat in any and every context, not just in dance. Please do not apply if you are not fat. If you are not sure, this might be a helpful resource.
Key Details
Deadline to apply: Friday 6 June 2025
Residency dates: Thursday 7 to Friday 18 July 2025
Selected artists notified: Week commencing Monday 9 June 2025
Find out more and apply here: https://fabric.dance/jobs/fat-dance-danca-gorda-call-out-for-collaborators/