Spring Residency
The Ardsley Choreographic residency is a week long, all-inclusive residency in collaboration with Catskill Art Space in Livingston Manor, NY - offering travel from NYC, accommodations, rehearsal space, stipend, and a community showing at the end. Artists selected for this residency are invited to present the finished work at the Dance Gallery Festival. The residency will include a showing of work followed by a Q&A with the choreographer.
The Details
A week long residency in Livingston Manor, NY from May 17-24, 2026 including:
$3000 Artist stipend
Exclusive access to a 1600 square-foot rehearsal space for the entire week
Housing near downtown Livingston Manor
Transportation from NYC to Livingston Manor
Invitation to show the work at a future Dance Gallery Festival in NYC
If desired, mentorship and feedback during the residency can be provided
The selected artist will be asked to have:
Community classes for the local elementary school
Open rehearsals throughout the week
Residency showing May 23rd (30-40 mins of material, can include rep in addition to work made during the residency) + Q&A
Interested choreographers should provide 1-2 works that best represent you as a choreographer, a written proposal for the residency, and a personal statement. You will need to upload a PDF of your proposal and personal statement. The personal statement should be no more than one page, answering the following questions:
What is your character and work ethic?
Why are you in need of a residency at this stage?
How could this residency serve your future aspirations as a dance maker?
We will announce 3 finalists a week after the application deadline and those finalists will have an interview with the Artistic Director (to be scheduled either in-person or via Zoom after February 5th) before we select the residency recipient by February 14th. Finalists will be contacted by email.
A few things to note
Applying artists and company need to be available at the dates of the residency. The dates are not flexible.
Solos and duets are not eligible for this residency. Works with 3+ dancers will be considered.
Previous Ardsley recipients need to wait two years before re-applying.
Summer Weekend Residency
We are excited to offer a second residency in late summer for 2 choreographers who are at the early stages of developing a new work. This weekend residency is best suited for choreographer and collaborator duos who have seedling ideas that they need space to explore. The Ardsley Summer residency is in collaboration with Catskill Art Space in Livingston Manor, NY - offering travel from NYC, accommodations, rehearsal space, per diem, and a talk-back at the end.
The Details
A weekend residency in Livingston Manor, NY, August 28-30, 2026.
Tentative Schedule (subject to change):
Thursday night - arrival & welcome
Friday - studio space available
Saturday - studio space available
Sunday - studio space available in the morning, talk back 12-1pm, then travel back to NYC
About the Artistā
Brian Golden is a neurodivergent choreographer and movement director based in Los Angeles and New York. He obtained his BFA from Chapman University, where he studied Dance and Film Production. Brian has researched improvisation in Israel with the Batsheva and Vertigo Dance Company. He has presented work at the Joyce Theater as a part of the Martha Graham Dance Companies fall season, Battery Dance Festival, Southern California Institute of Architecture, New Century Dance Project, and McCallum Choreography Festival. He has also choreographed music videos for Yung Gravy, Daddy Yankee, and Two Friends. Most recently, he completed a choreography residency at Jacob's Pillow, studied choreographic devices under the mentorship of Doug Varone, and is the 2024 Choreography Fellow of Axis Dance Company. His work explores elements of conflict, expression, and sensation in order to reveal dramatic scenarios and multi-dimensional characters. This past March, under the mentorship of Spenser Theberge, Brian premiered “Two Months Too Early” a full length sensory dance performance that explores disabilities- Dyspraxia and Auditory Processing Disorder through the lens of the Pop Art movement, drawing upon his own experiences and disabilities.
He is currently studying at California Institute of the Arts to pursue a Masters of Fine Arts in Choreography. Brian is a 2024 MAP Fund recipient and will premiere a new immersive work in the fall of 2026.
BRIAN GOLDEN
2025 Choreographer in Residence