Organizer Information
Raw Matters is a non-profit organization founded in Vienna in 2010, offering artists in dance and performance a platform to share new ideas and unfinished working processes on stage in front of an audience. Deborah Hazler and Nanina Kotlowski lead the organization and runs an "Unpolished Dance and Performance Evening" as a recurring event, using this open call format to select participating artists for each edition. Its stated aim is to create a supportive framework that values artistic process, encouraging artists to make and show work at various stages of development, including risk-taking and experimentation rather than only polished, finished pieces.
Brunnenpassage, this call's co-organizer, is a Vienna-based art and social space that has operated since 2007 as a laboratory and venue for transcultural and participatory art in a former market hall in the city's 16th district. It hosts over 400 events annually across theatre, dance, music, exhibitions, and film, and works to give a broad cross-section of Vienna's population — including groups often underrepresented in the traditional arts scene — access to and active participation in contemporary art.
Title & Description
Open Call: RAW MATTERS x Brunnenpassage
Raw Matters and Brunnenpassage are jointly inviting submissions from dance and performance artists for an upcoming edition of their recurring performance evening at Brunnenpassage in Vienna. The call is for short live-performance experiments rather than completed works, giving artists a public stage to test and share research or works in progress in the field of dance and performance art.
Categories
- Performance
- Dance
- Choreography
- Research
Eligibility
- Applicants must have their center of life in Austria
- Open to artists wanting to realize and share research or an experiment in the field of dance and performance art
- Only one application per artist is permitted
- All performers, choreographers/directors, and live musicians/sound designers involved must be present at the performance evening without exception
- Technicians, costume designers, production assistants, or other non-performing team members are not eligible for participation or the expense contribution (except artistic directors, who must be present at rehearsals and performances)
- Work that is racist, homophobic, misogynistic, or otherwise violates basic human rights will not be tolerated; organizers reserve the right to exclude such work from the performance evening
Program Benefits & Awards
- A contribution towards expenses of €250 per performer
- A rehearsal opportunity one week before the performance evening, in the Raw Matters studios (Hainburger Straße 68–70/45/6, 1030 Vienna)
Application Fee
None
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 12 October 2026
Location
Brunnenpassage, Vienna, Austria
Additional Details
- Submissions must be experiments in the form of live performance, 15–20 minutes long, with low technical effort; finished works will not be considered
- Raw Matters reserves the right not to increase the expense contribution if the number of participating artists is not clearly definable
- Travel and accommodation costs cannot be covered
- Selected works will be viewed and chosen through a joint process between Brunnenpassage (Elisabeth Bernroitner & Annamária Kemethofer-Waliczky) and Raw Matters (Deborah Hazler & Nanina Kotlowski)
- Questions can be directed to office@rawmatters.at