11th annual

DANCING FUTURES RESIDENCY 2025

Applicants notified in late April 2025.

Selected artists receive:

  • $4000 artist honorarium

  • mentorship

  • performance opportunities and other professional support

Applications & Guidelines link:

https://rb.gy/ens5i2

Begun in 2014, Pepatián’s Dancing Futures Residency, produced in partnership with our wonderful partner BAAD!, offers emerging Bronx-based and/or dance artists of color with resources, performance opportunities, mentorship, and documentation to strengthen and shine a spotlight on The Bronx as a creative incubator of new dance and performance work.

RESIDENCY ARTIST ALUMNI, 2020-2024

2020-21 

Alicia Raquel Morales

Kayla Hamilton

Rourou Ye

 

2021-22

Dare Ayorinde

Alexander Diaz

Rebecca Gual

2022

Megan Curet

Janice Tomlinson

Babacar Top 

 

2023

CoCo Motion Presents NuTribe Dance Company

Mai Lê Hô

Queerly Femmetastic

2024

Imani Gaudin / gaudanse

Maima The Water Spirit aka Mai'yah Kau

Babou Sanneh, RareBreed productions 

RESIDENCY ARTIST ALUMNI, 2014-2019

2014

Awilda Rodríguez-Lora

 

2015 

Milteri Tucker Concepción / Bombazo Dance Co

Rebecca Lloyd-Jones

Richard Rivera/Physual Dance Company

 

2016 

Fana Fraser

Jasmine Hearn

Alethea Pace

 

2017 

Beatrice Capote and Miguel Aparicio / The Sabrosura Effect

Tatiana Desardouin, Mai Lê Hô, Lauriane Ogay /Passion Fruit Dance Company

Maleek Washington

 

2018 

Cain A. Coleman and Matthew Perez / ColemanCollective

Kayla Farrish / Decent Structures Arts

Ebony Noelle Golden / Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative (BDAC)

2019 

Joan Bradford

Nile Harris

Candace Tabbs