Weathering Grounds Residency 2026

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Weathering Grounds invites choreographers, dancers, movement artists, performance artists, and physical theatre practitioners based in Sri Lanka / Ilankai to participate in a free hybrid choreographic research residency.

This residency places creativity, embodied practice, and community at its core - exploring how artistic movement can respond to, and actively shape, conversations around climate change, care, and justice.

Through physical practice, collaborative research, and creative experimentation, participants will explore how choreography and performance can offer embodied responses and innovative approaches to the urgent environmental and social challenges of our time.

Presented by: MeshGround (Sri Lanka), Alleyne Dance (UK) & ClimArts (UK)

Supported by: British Council

This two-part residency supports deep inquiry and creative experimentation through both online and in-person components:

Jan 9th, 10th & 12th

• Tools for creative climate storytelling
   
• Thematic frameworks for exploration
   
• Shared learning and discussion spaces
   

Jan 24th – 31st

• Physical practices that build embodied resilience
   
• Mentorship and guidance to develop your artistic voice
   
• Space for choreographic research: solo and/or group movement sketches
   

We welcome artists of all stages and ages (18+) working with a wide range of disciplines, movement forms, and performance practices.

We especially encourage applications from artists belonging to historically marginalised or structurally excluded communities, including (but not limited to):

• Tamil, Muslim, Indigenous, caste-oppressed communities
   
• Queer, trans, disabled, and rural artists
   
• Artists whose work addresses climate justice, social equity, or post-conflict realities
   

Applicants must be currently based in Sri Lanka / Ilankai.

• Accommodation will be provided for artists travelling from outside Colombo.
   
• We accept video or audio applications to support varied access needs and modes of expression.
   

This is a space to ask urgent questions, explore new choreographic languages, and connect with a wider community of artists committed to justice and care.

Let’s move together toward change — through movement.

Presented by MeshGround (Sri Lanka), Alleyne Dance (UK) & ClimArts (UK)
Supported by the British Council