A cross border partnership linking dance organisations in Southern England and Northern France is looking for people to take part in a specialist workshop in 2014.
 are calling for four professional duos made up of either a choreographer, dance artist, lighting designer, videographer, visual artist or dance company  from the field of contemporary dance to take part in the second Dance and Lighting Laboratory.

The Lighting Lab, from June 23 to 27, is one of a series of dance sector development activities offered as part of the DanSCe Dialogues 2 programme – an Interreg Iva-Manche funded French/UK dance and exchange of practice.
The selected professionals will be mentored by French collaborators Christian Rizzo and Caty Olive who will share their artistic experience in the practice of lighting during the laboratory at in Eastleigh.
During the week participants will also be given:

*   Networking time with French and UK artists within the dance sector
*   The opportunity to further their understanding of the technical aspects of lighting design within a professional theatre
*   Time to reflect and gain intelligent, constructive feedback from both mentors
*   Twilight sessions and knowledge exchange on the UK and France dance sector
The successful participants will receive return travel to Eastleigh, accommodation and Per diems of £25 per day.
Candidates must be located within Normandy or Brittany in France or the south of England.
Ideally candidates will have already created and performed two works/installations and must have a reasonable understanding of spoken French.
The candidates must provide an application in English and in French including CV of the two candidates one page each, a covering letter outlining why they wish to attend the laboratory no more than one A4 sheet, a description of the previous work the team have created no more than two A4 pages, a video/YouTube link of the work in progress and lighting ideas and a description of a planned or current project of no more than two A4 pages.

The successful candidates will be required to pay a registration fee of £45, which will be refunded after the successful completion of the laboratory (except in case of cancellation less than a month before the laboratory).
UK applications should be sent to: [email protected] or by post to The Point, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9DE.
French applications should be sent by email to [email protected] or by post to:  ODIA Normandie, Pôle Régional des Savoirs, 115 Boulevard de L’Europe, 76100 ROUEN, France

For more information contact Sacha Lee at The Point by email [email protected].