Stories That Move is able to support projects at various stages of development; our resources are flexible so that we may best serve the creative team’s needs and goals. Workshops and Residencies will take place during our Summer Season in Poughkeepsie, where artists receive project support and an opportunity to engage in the larger community of creatives that NYSAF brings together. Regardless of where your project is at in terms of development, if you are a choreographer with a creative team and a project or idea that would benefit from time and space, please consider applying. 

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Residencies are intended for projects earlier on in the creative process. Perhaps there is an early draft of the book and score that needs revising or expansion. These are the most individualized forms of support, intended to specifically meet the current needs of the project’s process. Residencies do not have a public performance, and are more geared towards launching a process.

Workshops are intended for projects that are further along in the developmental process (i.e. some or a majority of the content already exists). Creative teams will be well suited for a workshop opportunity if the project will benefit from time, space, and resources to reach the next stage in its development process. Workshops will include a company of actor/dancers for a one or two-week rehearsal process, and may also feature other creative collaborators (i.e. designers, etc) that will serve the project’s specific developmental needs. Projects in the workshop stage will also be provided with support from the NYSAF community to further the life of the piece (in the form of video reels, consulting on the future of the piece, etc.). Workshops culminate in multiple in-process public performances.