EOIs are now open for 6 Designers to attend Out of Bounds Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 May 2025 at Dancehouse

Designers — would you like to see and meet local dance artists and see their works in development? And in turn, share your practice?

Out of Bounds (3-4 May 2025) is an exciting choreographic platform for artists to share works in progress with audiences, fellow artists, and peers over a weekend 12-6pm each day.  

As an annual event, it is an excellent way to connect and meet local dance artists, and to see the kinds of works, projects, and research in progress from choreographers. 

For Out of Bounds 2025, we invite up to 6 designers (composers, set and costume, lighting, AV) to attend and participate across the Out of Bounds weekend. Each designer will be given one short 5 minute presentation to present who they are, their works, interest and research areas, and practices. 

This opportunity has been created to invite designers into early choreographic processes and ideas, and to find informal and gentle ways for designers and dance artists to connect, network, and potentially form future collaborations. 

EOIs for artists to propose Out of Bounds sharings close 12 noon, Wednesday 19 March (deadline extended).

About Out of Bounds

Originally devised by Lucy Guerin Inc and Temperance Hall, premiering at Temperance Hall in March 2021. Dancehouse will co-present Out of Bounds 2025 iteration with Lucy Guerin Inc.

Curated by Lucy Guerin, Dr Phillip Adams, and Josh Wright, Out of Bounds invites dance artists to share excerpts of up to 10 minutes duration of recent choreographic investigations, experiments, or works-in-progress. Following the sharing, each work will be given space for creative feedback with discussions facilitated by experienced dance practitioners and peers. 

Out of Bounds aims to show new work in a raw state—providing a generous, open space for artists to take risks and try out their ideas. Victorian dance artists across all forms, practices, cultures, histories, lineages, styles, disciplines, aesthetics and experimentations are welcome at Out of Bounds.

EOIs for artists to propose Out of Bounds sharings close 9am, Wednesday 12 March 2025.

Out of Bounds was originally devised by Lucy Guerin Inc and Temperance Hall, the Out of Bounds program premiered at Temperance Hall in March 2021.

Submissions are strongly encouraged and warmly welcomed from artists identifying as First Nations, Culturally and Linguistically diverse, Deaf or Disabled, and LGBTIQA+.

Questions

If you have any questions or wish to receive this information in a large print, text-only or alternative format, or would like to submit an application in an alternative format, please contact either: 

Estelle Conley, Producer at Lucy Guerin Inc 

[email protected] / 03 9329 4213

Efren Pamilican, Program Manager at Dancehouse

[email protected] / 03 9347 2860

What we’re offering

• Tickets to the whole Out of Bounds weekend
• A short design presentation sharing (up to 5 minutes) to the Out of Bounds audience;
• A $200 honorarium to support your attendance;
• Basic sound equipment and technical assistance to support your presentation. The program is a daytime program in a studio style environment, with a standard lighting wash across all works. AV/ projection is possible;
• Promotion of your participation to the Out of Bounds artists, and through both LGI and Dancehouse marketing channels;

Key Dates

EOIs close / 12 noon, Wednesday 19 March (deadline extended)

Designers’ briefing session / 12-1pm (Online), Tuesday 15 April

Out of Bounds /  12-6pm, Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 May

Eligibility, additional notes and requirements

• Applicants must be residents of Victoria;
• Designers must attend all Out of Bounds sessions;
• Financial support is not provided for travel to/from the rehearsal and presentation venues;
• Successful Designers will be required to agree to, sign, and adhere to a code of conduct;
• The programming of the presentation weekend is at the sole discretion of LGI and Dancehouse. Timings of the presentations are non-negotiable.
• Designers for Out of Bounds will be selected to provide a diversity of practices/ disciplines and approaches

Due to the anticipated volume of submissions, please note that Dancehouse and LGI will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Accessibility Information – Dancehouse

Out of Bounds will be held in the Sylvia Staehli Theatre which is fully accessible. Access to Dancehouse includes:

• A wheelchair accessible foyer and main theatre with a ramp from entrance on Princes St;
• Automated front door and accessible bathroom;
• An accessible water fountain and entry keypad at the Princes Street entrance;
• An accessible all gendered bathroom with RH toilet, handrail, lever-handled tap, adjustable showerhead and shower bench. Entrance via the foyer.

Please note: Sylvia Staehli Theatre is wheelchair accessible. Unfortunately the Upstairs Studio and Skylab Studio are only accessible via staircase.

If you have any questions or requests please don’t hesitate to contact Dancehouse on 03 9347 2860 or email [email protected]

Submit your EOI

Please submit an Expression of Interest using the Airtable form at the link below. 

We recommend drafting your responses in a separate document before submitting to ensure your work is not lost if the webpage refreshes. 

You will be asked to provide:

• Name of you / your artist/s
• Contact information
• 150 words on your artistic practice
• 250 words on the work you’d like to share at Out of Bounds
• A headshot or image of the work/ artists
• A 200 word short bio per artist
• A link to 2 minutes of video material showing your past choreographic work
• How many people will be involved in the work 

EOI Form