Residency Reflections
An intimate look into artistic process
Each season, with generous partnership from the Roundhouse Community Centre, New Works supports 1 - 3 artists in a Theatre Residency; dedicated time in a fully-equipped theatre setting to develop a new piece or facet of their practice without the pressure of a pending performance. These artist-led residencies provide essential space, time, and theatrical resources, supporting artists as they bridge their work from the studio to the stage.
At the culmination of each residency, artists welcome the public into a shared moment of curiosity and reflection; this is Residency Reflections. The artist chooses the format of the reflection - maybe an artist talk, open rehearsal, workshop, performance, or installation - as best serves their work and process.
By bringing our focus to creative practice, not creation, Residency Reflections centers artist-audience exchange and celebrates the often unseen moments of creation — the questions, experiments, and relationships that shape new choreographic work.
Residency reflections with:
Summer Residencies 2025-26
Over the summer, New Works often partners with Out Innerspace to offer in-studio residency time at Q7. This intensive period allows artists space to focus in on their craft with no pressure to pressure to show or share a final product.
Summer Studio Residency
JL² | Juolin Lee & Jia Yi (Judy) Luo
“JL²: Formation” is the research and development of a collective dance practice between its members. This project looks at witnessing each other with rigorous focus and compassion. As artists shaped by hybrid identities, JL² explores how cultural upbringing, physical training, and geographic location influence the body’s expression.
Emerging Artist Studio Support
Perelandra Waddle
During this Emerging Artist Studio Support we are working on crafting the third stage of The Perelandra Project. This show is a rough feminist/decolonial adaptation of CS Lewis's novel Perelandra. This piece grapples with questions about Christian Aesthetics and Theology and how they have impacted settler-colonialism and Indigenous women's identity today.
What is a New Works Residency?
New Works supports dance artists through a diversity of residency opportunities each season.
A New Works residency is a safe space for creative risk taking. Opportunities are built as process-focused artist-lead residency spaces which are responsive to the creative’s needs. This may look like time in the studio, in the theatre, or a mix of the two, and may or may not include a public sharing.
Past Artists in Residence
Foolish Operations (Winter 2025)
danielle Mackenzie Long (Fall 2024
Tin Gamboa (Summer 2024)
Oh Augustine (Winter 2024)
Carol Mendes (Summer 2023)
The Biting School
Kay Huang
Ana Sosa
The Falling Company
TWObigsteps collective
Erika Mitsuhashi
Avery Smith
Alexis Fletcher
Mahaila Patterson-O'Brien
Josh Ongol
OURO Collective
Anya Saugstad