Mophradat / BUDA / NEXT: Performance residency 2027
Three-week residency and NEXT premiere for one performing artist from the Arab world, with up to three collaborators. Not an unrestricted award for all African artists.
Kortrijk · Belgium
Before you apply
Check residence and nationality requirements separately, confirm what costs you would cover, and allow time to prepare every required document. This listing is a guide; the organiser makes the eligibility decision.
- Status
- Open
- Organizer
- Mophradat / Kunstencentrum BUDA / NEXT Festival
- Who can apply
- Prior presented work; new contemporary performance nearing completion by September 2027, with confirmed co-producers and/or financing plan. Concerts, classical/community theatre and ballet excluded. Non-commercial contemporary activity must meet Mophradat’s general criteria.
- Funding & support
- €10,000 all-inclusive budget covering travel, visas, per diems, partial production and presentation fee.
- Application fees
- Application fee not stated.
- Travel support
- Within total award; visa assistance and refusal compensation stated.
- Accommodation
- Not separately specified.
- Disciplines
- Contemporary performance
- Deadline
- 4 January 2027; time and timezone not published.Closing time / timezone not confirmed
- Programme dates
- Three weeks in October/November 2027, culminating in premiere.
- What to prepare
- Production only partially funded.
- How to apply
- Online form in one sitting; no emailed materials or AI-generated answers. Information in English/Arabic; confirm permitted form language.
- Selection process
- One selection, jointly assessed; results by 1 March 2027.
- Admission & access
- Direct application; Arab-world origin scope, no finer citizenship/residence definition published.