Juilliard Risk Lab Residency:
January 5-11, 2025
The Creative Enterprise team at Juilliard invites you to apply for a weeklong residency at an off-campus location soon to be announced. All individuals, groups, and ensembles are welcome to submit an application.
Who should apply?
We encourage students to apply who meet any of the following criteria:
- You are an artist eager to explore creative processes in a supportive, community-centered environment
- You have an idea that you have been nurturing for a while but need time and support to bring it to life
- You thrive on collaboration and seek advice from professionals on how to advance your creative ideas.
- You are interested in engaging with artistic disciplines beyond your primary craft to push the boundaries of your creative work
- You are passionate about collaborating with your peers to create a project of your own design
How to Apply
This opportunity is open to all students except first-year bachelor’s students. All participating students must be in good academic standing to be selected.
To participate, submit an application including a project description, artist statement, and work samples no later than 11:59pm on Sunday, October 6.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the application process.
About Juilliard’s Risk Lab Residency Experience
The Juilliard Risk Lab Residency was established to provide students the opportunity to incubate work entirely of their own creation while cultivating skills essential for a multifaceted, 21st-century artist. This residency encourages students to collaborate with peers across artistic disciplines, and to embrace “risk taking” in a supportive, community-centered environment.
From January 5 to 11, 2025, the Juilliard Risk Lab will offer a unique opportunity for participants to explore and create interdisciplinary work alongside their peers. Participants will structure their own rehearsal processes and engage in regular process showings to refine their innovative projects. This residency will culminate in a showcase on January 10, 2025, where participants will present their work to their peers.
Throughout the week, participants will benefit from creative guidance, career insights, and collaborative workshops led by Arnhold Creative Associates and Juilliard faculty members. Transportation, lodging, and meals will be provided, allowing participants to focus fully on their projects.
What does “risk” mean for this residency?
Risk is the act of venturing beyond familiar boundaries by taking chances, embracing interdisciplinary collaboration, and exploring uncharted opportunities for creative expression. It embraces a willingness to confront the possibility of failure as a natural part of growth and innovation, pushing the limits of one's artistic capabilities to discover new forms, ideas, and expressions.
Meet Your Mentors
Caili Quan is a New York-based choreographer who danced with BalletX from 2013 to 2020. She has created works for BalletX, Owen/Cox Dance Group, UC Santa Barbara, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, and Ballet Academy East. She was an Artistic Partnership Initiative Fellow and a Toulmin Creator at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU. While with BalletX, she performed new works by Matthew Neenan, Nicolo Fonte, Gabrielle Lamb, Penny Saunders, and Trey McIntyre, and danced at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Vail Dance Festival, Belgrade Dance Festival, and the Kennedy Center’s DEMO by Damian Woetzel. Mahalang, a short documentary that wove familial conversations of her Chamorro Filipino upbringing in Guam with scenes from BalletX’s Love Letter, was featured at the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF44) and Center for Asian American Media Festival (CAAMFest 2021). Caili Quan has been an Arnhold Creative Associate at Juilliard since 2021.
