Center for Performance Research (CPR), the Brooklyn dance and performance venue, has its 2027 Artist-in-Residence open call live, with applications due Monday, August 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST — a little over a week out. It’s a narrower call than most open calls covered here: NYC-based artists only, and it’s built for performance and dance practice specifically, not visual art or media installations. But the terms are concrete and verified directly on CPR’s own site, which is worth flagging for anyone working in interactive or technology-driven performance in the city.
What’s actually provided
Six artists (or companies, collaboratives, and collectives) are selected for a year-long residency running January through December 2027. Each gets a $2,000 stipend, 20 free hours of rehearsal space, and access to up to 150 additional subsidized rehearsal hours across the residency year, plus early access to CPR’s rehearsal booking calendar. CPR also provides technical support and production resources for public presentations, along with curatorial feedback and peer dialogue with the rest of the cohort — the kind of infrastructure that matters more than a cash number for artists building technically involved live work.
Who’s eligible
Applicants must be NYC-based and must have previously had work publicly presented — this isn’t a call for a first showing. Artists selected as a CPR resident within the last five years aren’t eligible to reapply, which keeps the program cycling toward new names rather than the same cohort. Current undergraduate students can’t apply. There’s no application fee, and the application itself is a Google Form linked from CPR’s open call page.
Why it’s relevant here
CPR’s programming leans toward experimental and technology-integrated performance — the kind of practice that overlaps with interactive art and live-coded or sensor-driven work as often as it does traditional dance. For an artist already building toward an installation-scale or tech-driven performance piece, a year of subsidized rehearsal time in a dedicated Brooklyn space is a meaningfully different kind of support than a short-term residency abroad, even if the stipend itself is modest.