An overview of the Responsive Program

Each year, Critical Path responds to choreographers’ proposals to conduct practice-based research through a competitive peer-assessed program. Research proposals reflect each applicant’s interest and are individually devised to support the pursuit of the project goals and dimensions.

The Responsive Program includes multiple opportunities for practice-led research:

• for choreographers from culturally diverse practices;

• to support mid-career and senior choreographers;

• to offer younger choreographers new experiences and;

• to create initiatives that promote a playful relationship between audiences and research. Critical Path’s Responsive Program provides substantial financial support, as well as space, equipment, technology and advice. Space and funding is available for projects at the Drill Hall, or it could be offsite if you wish to devise your project that way, or at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) through our partnership with the Creative Practice Lab (CPL) at the School of Arts and Media (SAM), UNSW.

We also offer Research Room Residencies at Critical Path’s Research Room. Supported by Woollahra Municipal Council, the residencies offer up to three months of office space and facilities including video editing equipment. Research Room Residencies are unfunded.

Occasionally Critical Path will advertise other Responsive opportunities such as travel grants and other types of professional development residencies, and there are also many other opportunities available through Critical Path’s Facilitated Program (which consists of workshops, laboratories, master classes and forums). The best way to stay up-to-date is by subscribing to our enews which you can do via the Critical Path website.

Hiding in Plain Sight . Choreographer: Narelle Benjamin. Photo: James Brown. Kristina Chan in