Organizer Information
RAMDAM, un centre d'art is an artist-run venue in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France, occupying a former carpentry workshop acquired in 1995. The site became the home base of Compagnie Maguy Marin — led by choreographer Maguy Marin, previously director of the National Choreographic Centre in Rillieux-la-Pape — when the company relocated there permanently in 2015, launching RAMDAM as a shared art center alongside three other resident companies and artists (Cie PARC, La Katet Compagnie, and Florence Girardon). The venue has hosted artistic research residencies in dance, theatre, and other disciplines since 1997, positioning itself explicitly as an activist space that treats the relationship between artistic practice and social and political struggle as a matter of institutional stance rather than incidental context.
Title & Description
Extended Possibilities — Residency Call
This is a 45-day, on-site residency at RAMDAM, un centre d'art, aimed at giving artists or teams extended, uninterrupted time to develop a project with technical support, culminating in a public presentation of work in progress. The call prioritizes multidisciplinary and research-driven projects that work across and challenge the boundaries of their own field, with particular attention to how the artistic work engages with a social and/or political context and resonates with present realities. The residency can be split into two separate periods and may combine a writing residency phase with a staging residency phase.
Theme
Breaking down barriers between disciplines: the call is oriented toward multidisciplinary and research-based projects that challenge and cross the boundaries of their own field of practice, with attention to how the work engages a social and/or political context.
Categories
- Residency
- Dance
- Theatre
- Performance
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Drawing
- Video/Film
- Writing
- Screenwriting
- Digital
- Hybrid
- Multiple Disciplines
- Interdisciplinary Arts
- Research
Eligibility
- Open to 1 or 2 artistic teams (RAMDAM can host a maximum of 5 artists across the residency)
- Open to performing artists across all disciplines
- All participating artists must be available for the full 45-day period, from February 1 to March 15, 2027
- All artists must be legal residents of an eligible country: EU countries, EU outermost regions, overseas countries and territories, or certain non-EU countries (the source references a full list via a link that was not provided in the announcement text)
- Artists legally residing in mainland France ("France hexagonale") are not eligible to apply
Program Benefits & Awards
- On-site accommodation for the full residency period (collective housing; note that RAMDAM's housing capacity is limited)
- Access to RAMDAM's technical facilities and equipment
- A grant to support the artistic work (amount not specified in the source)
- Daily allowance of 1,350€ per resident to cover subsistence and other costs
- Travel allowance: 400€ for travel under 5,000 km from the residency location; 800€ for travel of 5,000 km or more
- Green mobility top-up of 400€ per resident, for residents traveling 600 km or more who travel by means other than airplane
- Visa top-up of 120€ per resident, for residents who must obtain a visa to enter France
- Outermost regions / overseas countries and territories top-up of 175€ per resident, for residents legally residing in or traveling from an OCT/OR
- Family top-up of 200€ per child, for residents with children under 18 at the time of the residency
- Additional accessibility support available for selected residents with disabilities, coordinated with Culture Moves Europe's Accessibility officer
Application Fee
None
Application Requirements
- A completed residency project document
- A completed administrative form
- Any additional supporting documents needed to understand the project being submitted
How to Apply?
Applications should be sent by email to contact@ramdamcda.org, with the subject line "extended possibilities - 2027."
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 14 July 2026
- Confirmation of Receipt: sent within 7 working days of application
- Committee Interviews (for shortlisted applicants): mid-August 2026 (exact date to be confirmed by email)
- Residency Period: February 1 – March 15, 2027 (45 days)
Location
RAMDAM, un centre d'art, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France
Additional Details
- The call is capped at the first 40 applications received; as of the announcement's June 16, 2026 update, the call remained open
- Applications may be submitted in English or French
- Applicants must not send WeTransfer links, drive links, or key information in the body of the email; file sizes should be reduced before sending
- The venue's working and living spaces are wheelchair accessible, though the source notes that reaching RAMDAM by public transportation can be difficult for disabled people
- The residency is supported by the European program Culture Moves Europe