Bora Bora Residency Centre

07/02/2026

✈️ DOKS is inviting professionals to take part in a study tour to CPH STAGE in Copenhagen and West Coast Stage in Halland.

The study tour is aimed at professionals working in dance and the performing arts. This includes dancers, choreographers, producers, scenographers, technicians, and other relevant practitioners.

Applications are welcome from individuals who live or work in the Kattegat-Skagerrak region and are currently active in the field. Three participants will be selected from each of the three participating countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

During the tour, the participants will engage in pitch sessions, panel discussions, theatre visits, and more.

📨 Application deadline: 18 February 2026
🗓️ Study tour duration: 27/28 – 31 May 2026

The application form is available on DOKS’ website, doks-dans.org📋

📸 Kjetil Moslåtten

26/01/2026

SHARING OPEN CALL

The 8th edition of Istanbul Fringe International Performing Arts Festival Opens the Call for Participation!

Istanbul Fringe Festival opens an inspiring and creative space for performing arts artists from around the world. For eight days, artists and audience come together for performances, workshops, gatherings, and other unique events.

Istanbul Fringe Festival ’26 will once again showcase dance, theatre, circus, comedy, q***r shows, and many other genres of performing arts, as well as workshops, talks, and parties. The festival provides an exciting platform for both local and international artists to present their work of any scale, interact with each other and the audience, exchange ideas, and explore a new artistic network.

They invite all artists to apply and become a part of the international program.

Application deadline: January 31, 2026.
Apply here: https://forms.gle/2auziQALtQtUcLAi8?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnGqCWqTir-I5_js8cn0FWpG2jL74l7ib19M-drTRYXY1fmuTWA_jb1GES-Cg_aem_Pts-J-5FbX3ydyBEtMchUw

The artistic program will be announced by April 2026.

📍 Istanbul, Türkiye
📅 September 19–26, 2026

15/01/2026

If you are working in the field of dance and choreography and based in the Öresund–Kattegat–Skagerrak region, you may be interested in this open call.
The residencies are offered through the Nordic Interreg project DOKS, of which Bora Bora Residency Centre is a part.

You apply for a residency in a Nordic country other than your own. During your residency, you will have the opportunity to work on the artistic project you apply with and assemble an artistic team of up to five participants.

Application opens: 17 December 2025
Application deadline: 22 January 2026, 13:00 CET

Read more and find the application form at doks-dans.org and don’t forget to sign up for the DOKS newsletter!

DOKS is organised by Rum för Dans/Region Halland in collaboration with Bora Bora - Dans og visuelt teater (Denmark) and Bærum Kulturhus – Dans Sørøst-Norge (Norway). A big thank you to the EU’s Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak program, which is co-financing the project.
📸 Lars Kjær Dideriksen

18/08/2025

Ice Hot open call

12/05/2025

Bora Bora is nominated for a Reumert (Danish Performing Arts) Award in the category Theatre of the Year 2025! 😃🎉

Many thanks to the colleagues among Danish Theatre's member theatres who have nominated us for the award. The winner will be announced at the Reumert of the Year award ceremony on the 31st of May in Skuespilhuset.
Congratulations to the other nominees: Aveny-T, Blaagaard Teater, Aalborg Teater, Louise Schouw Theatre and Parkteatret.

Bora Nora ​nomineret til en Reumert pris i kategorien Årets Teater 2025! 😃🎉

Vi er meget, meget glade for anerkendelsen i nomineringen, fordi prisen gives til teatre “som har gjort sig særligt bemærket for betydningsfuldt virke i branchen”.

Tusind tak til de kolleger, blandt Dansk Teaters medlemsteatre, som har indstillet os til prisen. Vinderen offentliggøres ved prisuddelingen af Årets Reumert den 31. maj i Skuespilhuset.

​Kæmpe tillykke til de andre nominerede: Aveny-T, BaggårdTeatret, Aalborg Teater, Louise Schouw Teater og Parkteatret.

10/05/2025

Smooth Oscillator by Lisa Colette Bysheim and Max Wallmeier is one of the five projects selected through our Open Call for a residency.

Smooth Oscillator is a new work created by Norwegian choreographer and dancer Lisa Colette Bysheim and German-Danish choreographer and dancer Max Wallmeier. Developed through the ongoing artistic collaboration and interest in speculative fiction, the work explores the interplay between voice, movement, and sound, creating an immersive experience that explores perceptions of time and reality.

A special thanks to:
Limfjordsteatret, Holstebro Dansekompagni, Vestjyllands Højskole, Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Teatret Svalegangen, Dramaturgy department at Aarhus Universitet, Nørgaards Højskole, Kolding Egnsteater, Earthwise Residency, Statens Kunstfond, Region Midtjylland, and Augustinus Fonden.

Photo credit: Dev Dhunsi, Martin Dam Kristensen, Max Wallmeier

09/05/2025

La Mala by Escarleth Romo Pozo is one of the five projects selected through our Open Call for a residency.

LA MALA is a pre-columbian and post-colonial fairy tale of two women, lived through the body of a daughter and mother. La mala is told through broken love stories, tinder dates, tales of crossing borders, of arriving, of being seen as exotic, of being told you are too much, or not enough. La mala is a love letter to my mother, an homage to all the mothers that have migrated carrying fear and hope.

Limfjordsteatret, Holstebro Dansekompagni, Vestjyllands Højskole, Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Teatret Svalegangen, Dramaturgy department at Aarhus Universitet, Nørgaards Højskole, Kolding Egnsteater, Earthwise Residency, Statens Kunstfond, Region Midtjylland, and Augustinus Fonden.

Photo credit: Thero Mamani Valles.

08/05/2025

PLAY AT DAYBREAK by Roza Moshtaghi is one of the five projects selected through our Open Call for a residency.

PLAY AT DAYBREAK is a performance with a musician and three small finger puppets/performers.
Puppets allow one to express forbidden words through the puppets’ mouths or masks. This makes it harder to blame them. You see, if you are wearing the mask of a donkey it’s hard to blame you for being rude or for your political comments. Donkeys played the role of the pig in Iranian culture.
I knew performing theatrical acts, mostly puppet shows, has a long history among jailed activists in Iran and I learned more about it not long ago. Focusing on decades of carrying this tradition/narrative from one hand to another the research sheds light the collective practice.
The work is an immersive choreographic universe of sound, puppets, and movement. Accompanied by an ambition to document the sources we will visit.

A special thanks to:
Limfjordsteatret, Holstebro Dansekompagni, Vestjyllands Højskole, Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Teatret Svalegangen, Dramaturgy department at Aarhus Universitet, Nørgaards Højskole, Kolding Egnsteater, Earthwise Residency, Statens Kunstfond, Region Midtjylland, and Augustinus Fonden.

Photo credits: Tale Hendnes

07/05/2025

FΛRSΛ by Catarina Mirianda is one of the five projects selected through our Open Call for a residency.

FΛRSΛ is a scenic creation by Catarina Miranda featuring three performers and a holographic device. The piece explores themes of perception, deceit, and the manipulation of reality. Through optical illusions, sound deception, and physical dysmorphia, FΛRSΛ examines how disinformation shapes collective and individual realities, emphasizing the fluidity of truth and perception.

A special thanks to:
Limfjordsteatret, Holstebro Dansekompagni, Vestjyllands Højskole, Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Teatret Svalegangen, Dramaturgy department at Aarhus Universitet, Nørgaards Højskole, Kolding Egnsteater, Earthwise Residency, Statens Kunstfond, Region Midtjylland, and Augustinus Fonden.

Photo credits: Marco Silva Ferreira.

06/05/2025

SWEAT (anthem) by Milla Koistinen is one of the five projects selected through our Open Call for a residency.

SWEAT (anthem) explores the theme of endurance, which is defined as the ability to remain active and strong over time. The group piece delves into determination, commitment, effort, and resilience, particularly in the context of sports. SWEAT (anthem) is a continuation of the solo work GRIT (for what it’s worth).

A special thanks to:
Limfjordsteatret, Holstebro Dansekompagni, Vestjyllands Højskole, Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, Teatret Svalegangen, Dramaturgy department at Aarhus Universitet, Nørgaards Højskole, Kolding Egnsteater, Earthwise Residency, Statens Kunstfond, Region Midtjylland, and Augustinus Fonden.

Photo credits: Paul Valikoski, Ilkka Saastamoinen, Milla Koistinen.