O Rumo do Fumo - Residency Programme
This annual programme supports the contemporary artistic creation, stimulating its research and development by hosting two residencies for EMERGING ARTISTS. It provides to the selected projects conditions for its development during one month. O Rumo do Fumo offers: rehearsal studio during 4 weeks, 1.000€ grant, partial reimbursement of logistics expenses, artistic counselling and organization of a work-in-progress presentation at Espaço da Penha.
Artist Residency Periods 2026
- 3 to 28 August 2026, with an informal public presentation on 28 August;
- 31 August to 25 September 2026, with an informal public presentation on 25 September.
General Requirements
- The project must be an original work, in creation phase and yet to premiere, in the field of Dance and/or Performance;
- Each author of the project must have created a maximum of 3 works with presentation in a professional context;
- Presentation of the project, including identification, description, objectives to be achieved, biographies of the interveners, planned calendar and mention of other existing supports;
- Submission of videos from previous projects;
- Accepted application languages: Portuguese and English;
Applications: Open soon
Timeline
2025
as you see or don't by Marusya Byzova & Masha Shalagina: artistic residency 4 - 29 August 2025, informal public presentation 29 August 2025
The beauty of the lover by dai ida: artistic residency 6 - 31 October 2025, informal public presentation 31 October 2025
2024
A Past Present by Carlota Matos: artistic residency 5 - 30 August 2024, informal public presentation 30 August 2024
The Islands by Francisca Mantas Pinto: artistic residency 30 September - 11 October, 2 - 13 December 2024, informal public presentation 12 December 2024
2023
Dances of Desire de Katarina Lanier:artistic residency 7 August - 1 September 2023, informal presentation 8 Setptember 2023
URRO de Andrei Bessa: artistic residency 9 October - 3 November 2023, informal presentation 3 November 2023
2022
Raw eggs by Artemis Chrysostomidou: artistic residency 8 August to 2 September 2022, informal presentation 2 September 2022
BAqUE by Gaya de Medeiros: artistic residency 3 to 28 October 2022, informal presentation 28 October 2022
2021
Apocalypse Among Friends or Simply the Day by Julián Pacomio: artistic residency 8 - 27 November 2021, informal presentation 27 November 2021
KDEIRAZ by Natália Mendonça: artistic residency 13 September - 9 October 2021, informal presentations 8 and 9 October 2021
2020
La Burla by Bruno Brandolino and Bibi Dória: artistic residency 26 October - 21 November 2020, informal presentation 20 November 2020
Pink Noise by Alina Folini: artistic residency 7 September - 3 October 2020, informal presentation 3 October 2020
2019
Self with mistake by Henrique Furtado Vieira: artistic residency 5 - 31 August 2019, informal presentation 29 August 2019
TOUCH by Emilie Gregersen: artistic residency30 September - 26 October 2019, informal presentation on 25 October 2019
2018
Molto bene, molto male - le canzoni del Paradiso by Polina Akhmetzyanova: artistic residency 12 November - 8 December 2018, informal presentation 7 December 2018
FrontMan by Juliana Oliveira: artistic residency 8 October - 3 November 2018, workshop 11 October 2018, informal presentation 2 November 2018
