This residency will be the second artist-led residency to take place at the school produced and delivered by the Maltings in partnership with staff and pupils at Berwick Academy.
In 2025-26 the school hosted artist Martha Ellis as part of the Living Barrack’s Berwick Shines programme, produced by The Maltings. This marked the first time Berwick Academy had hosted an artist residency at the school and the ambition for the Dance Artist residency is to build on the success and learning from this project.
For the year 2026-27 we are seeking to appoint a Dance Artist in Residence to be based at the school and to work with the school community, pupils and staff.
Our Dance Artist residency project is a partnership between Berwick Academy and The Maltings (Berwick) Trust which this year has the aim of bringing the joy of dance and movement to music into the school setting, bringing new opportunities for creative engagement and constructive self-expression to pupils and teachers alike.
The residency will culminate in a mini-Festival of Dance, celebrating and showcasing the achievements of our pupils and teachers to our wider community.
Download the Dance Artist in Residence Open Call pack to find out more
Timeline
Berwick Academy Residency – closing date for applications: Tuesday 2 June
Site visits to Berwick Academy and interviews: Wednesday 10 June
Artist Appointed: Initial meetings and residency planning: July – September (school summer holiday 17 July – w/b 1 September).
Provisional start date for residency: October 2026.
How to Apply
We are inviting applications from Dance Artists/Dance Organisations based in the North East or who work in the North East.
Please send the following to Lucy Vaughan, Head of Creative Engagement, at lucy.vaughan@maltingsberwick.co.uk by Tuesday 2 June.
- An overview of your current artistic practice and how you would approach this residency. Tell us your ideas for potential artistic and development outcomes in line with the residency aims and showing an understanding of some of the challenges outlined in the information provided. (no more than 4 sides of A4 or a 5 minute video)
- A current CV (no more than 2 sides of A4)
- Examples of previous relevant work with schools or youth groups (max of 6 jpegimages no larger than 1MB, 1 PDF if writing based)
- A speculative budget overview indicating your daily rate, travel costs, fees forsubcontractors, and any costs for resources.
The fee is £9,000. We are interested to know your approach to this budget and expect daily fee calculations to be in line with creative industry standard of pay for work in schools. (circa: £350 per day)
Please note – applicants must:
- Be appropriately and adequately insured as a freelance teaching artist
- Be self employed and make arrangements to pay your own tax. Please provideyour Unique Tax Reference number (UTR).
- Provide references if asked to do so.
Applications close: Tuesday 2 June 2026
The appointed Dance Artist will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. An Enhanced level of Disclosure is required for all suppliers of this contract.
Any queries regarding the opportunity in advance of application can also be sent to Lucy Vaughan lucy.vaughan@maltingsberwick.co.uk
