Explore movement, scent, voice and darkness with artist and choreographer Elena Bajo in a free, compensated research laboratory culminating in a performance at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris.
Where: Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France
When: Four two-hour laboratory sessions between 9 November and 1 December 2026, plus a dress rehearsal.
Public performance on 4 December 2026 at dusk.
Deadline for applications: 1 November, Sunday, 2026.
What happens when darkness, scent and botanical memory become choreographic materials?
Interdisciplinary artist and choreographer Elena Bajo invites dancers, movement practitioners and other interested participants to join a collaborative eco-movement research laboratory in Paris.
The laboratory forms part of Artemisia Noctis: A Grammar of Darkness (Arianrhod’s Threshold), developed for Sans Réserve at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature.
Working through Bajo’s Anarchoreographic Method, participants will explore choreographic structures that question hierarchy and cultivate attention to nonhuman agencies, plant intelligence and ancestral botanical memory.
Repetition, weight, breath, scent, voice, darkness and collective transmission will become starting points for research. Together, participants will investigate how ecological and sensory relationships can be embodied and transformed into precise movement.
Applicants should be comfortable using the body as a means of research, thought and composition, and able to generate, develop and memorise movement material within a collaborative process.
The process comprises four two-hour laboratory sessions, followed by a dress rehearsal and a public performance on 4 December 2026 at dusk. Availability for the complete process, including the dress rehearsal and performance, is required.
Participation is free, and a stipend is provided for the work, rehearsals and performance time.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a brief individual introductory conversation via Zoom.
Elena Bajo is the recipient of the Prix Spécial Hors Compétition – Fondation Carmignac.
How to apply / register:
Send your application to elena@elenabajo.com, copying contact@projetcoal.fr
Email subject: Artemisia Noctis — LAB & PERFORMANCE — [Your name]
Please include:
– A one-minute video of a recent movement improvisation.
– Your CV.
– A short motivation statement explaining your interest in movement, ecology and the night.
– Confirmation of your availability for the complete laboratory process, dress rehearsal and performance.
Application deadline: 1 November, Sunday, 2026. Applications are reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply early, ahead of the final deadline of 1 November 2026.
Full information:
https://projetcoal.org/en/prize/open-call-eco-movement-research-lab-and-performance/
Costs for participants: Participation is free. A stipend is provided to compensate participants for their work, rehearsals and performance time. The amount is not specified in the published call.
Contact details:
Elena Bajo: elena@elenabajo.com
COAL: contact@projetcoal.fr
For further information, please visit https://projetcoal.org/en/prize/open-call-eco-movement-research-lab-and-performance/
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