Behind the Scene is a brand new series from Bradford Producing Hub that provides performance makers of Bradford the opportunity to observe rehearsals and R&D processes.
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall and see how other performance companies undertake their rehearsal and R&D process? This is your opportunity to take a peek behind the scenes and see how other directors, choreographers and performance-makers bring their ideas to reality and embed quality into their making processes.
Behind the Scene is a rolling series of rehearsal and R&D observations. We’ll update this page with our latest opportunities.
Who is Behind the Scene is for
Behind the Scene is for:
- Directors, choreographers and performance-makers who are working professionally (this is not a student opportunity)
- Artists who are living or working in Bradford, or have a strong creative connection to the Bradford district
- You can be at any stage of your career. You might be just starting your journey and wanting to develop your experience around directing or choreography. Or you may be much further along in your professional career and want to see how other people approach the making process
- Artists who are happy to quietly observe and not interfere in the process; who can be proactive in thinking about what is useful to their practice and what they can take away from the experience
What you'll get
During your placement, you will:
- Spend 3 days either in rehearsal sessions or observing R&D processes. This will either be 3 consecutive days or the same day on 3 consecutive weeks, depending on the host
- At least an hour of your host’s time to chat about their processes and the motivations behind how they work
- We will pay you a bursary of £75 per day for your development time (£225 in total), as well as your travel costs
- We can also contribute towards any other access costs you might have, such as childcare, caring, interpretation etc.
Upcoming Behind the Scene placements
Wrongsemble
Applications close:
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Observation dates:
Any 3 days between Monday 4 and Friday 22 November 2024
DeNada Dance Theatre
Applications close:
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Observation dates:
Any 3 days between Monday 16 September to Friday 4 October 2024
Displace Yourself Theatre
Applications close:
Sunday 15 September 2024
Observation dates:
Any 3 days between Monday 30 September to Friday 4 October 2024
FAQs
To make the registration simple and the selection process fair, we will be allocating places through a ballot.
How the ballot process works:
- You enter the ballot via a simple form hosted on the individual placement page
- After the deadline, we enter all eligible registrations into a ballot
- We select a participant through a random selection process
- We inform all applicants of the outcome the week following the closing date
We will pay everyone a bursary of £75 per day to participate in this placement, a total of £225 for the 3 days.
We will also reimburse any travel costs so please keep your receipts. For placements outside of Bradford, we can pre-book trains in advance on your behalf.
If you require financial support towards access costs, we will send you a form to detail these requirements on your offer of a place. Access costs might include childcare or other caring costs, interpretation costs such as BSL or other language support, access worker costs, or other access costs.
If you have an access rider, you’re welcome to send this to us when you apply – you can email this to hello@bdproducinghub.co.uk.
