Overview

Dancehouse and Punctum are delighted to announce Tim Darbyshire as the 2024-25 PunctumXDancehouse On Residence recipient.

First piloted in 2021, On Residence offers Australian independent dance artists time, space and cash to create and connect with Dancehouse’s network of dance-loving organisations and their communities in outer-metropolitan and regional Victoria and NSW.

This On Residence opportunity offers 4-weeks over two parts: Part 1 in 2024, is hosted by Punctum in association with Bendigo Venues and Events; Part 2 in 2025 is hosted by Dancehouse. 

2024/25 PunctumXDancehouse On Residence Recipient

Tim Darbyshire —

Tim Darbyshire is a performance based artist who creates nuanced and multifaceted work. His projects examine intersections between thought and action. He engages with specific people and place, drawing on bodies and expansive materials as sites for experimentation. His process wrestles between deconstructive and intuitive approaches, circling around questions of existence and encountering, listening to what’s there and not there.

Tim has presented his works in a range of contexts including Dance Massive (AU), Keir Choreographic Award (AU), Lucy Guerin Inc. (AU), Campbelltown Arts Centre (AU), Théâtre de la Cité internationale (FR), Dansenhus (NO), Teatro São João (PT), Noorderzon Festival (NL), Zodiak Centre for New Dance (FI), Tanzhaus Zürich (CH) and Reykjavík Dance Festival/Everybody’s Spectacular (IS).

In recent years Tim has focused on writing projects, such as Tilda Indigo’s ‘Muffled Anthems for Tomorrow’, and producing an experimental exercise video series ‘It’s Time to Move Now’. This series will be used as a point of reference, enveloping into a new participatory performance work supported by Punctum and Dancehouse for On Residence.

2021/22 Host Partners

On Residence host partners and opportunities in 2021–22 (in order of distance from Dancehouse, North Carlton):

Garambi Baan / Laughing Waters | Eltham, Vic
Burrinja Cultural Centre | Upwey, Vic
Punctum | Castlemaine, Vic
Orbost Studio for Dance Research | Orbost, Vic
FLING Physical Theatre | Bega, NSW
Bundanon | Illaroo, NSW

Click through to view information about each partner’s On Residence opportunity.

2021/22 Recipients

Bundanon — Nithya Nagarajan and Samara Hersch with Vishakanyas: Poison Maidens
Burrinja Cultural Centre — Callum Mooney: COSMOS
FLING Physical Theatre — Rebecca Jensen: The Effect
Garambi Baan/ Laughing Waters (1) — Deanne Butterworth: Open Effort
Garambi Baan/ Laughing Waters (2) — Harrison Hall, Yuiko Masukawa, Sam Mcgilp, Makoto Uemura and Kazuhiko Hiwa: Running Machine
Orbost Studio for Dance Research — Alice Dixon and William McBride: Alice and Will
Punctum — Amaara Raheem: The Missing Perfume

On top of On Residence, Dancehouse also supports some host partners and residencies for independent artists including:

Dancehouse & The Mill — Thomas Fonua: FAFA (MAMA)
Orbost Studio for Dance Research — Tony Osborne: In the Room (at last)
Orbost Studio for Dance Research — Lizzie Thomson: Extant / Extent