Lost Dog Residencies

This year we are very pleased to be offering our very first Residency: Part 2 for alumni of any of our previous Residencies who want to delve deeper into Lost Dog’s methodology.

Residency: Part 2 is open to anyone who has attending a previous Lost Dog Residency.

The residency will begin each day with a movement improvisation class with a Lost Dog collaborator, readying you perfectly for the afternoon’s creative sessions with Ben Duke.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner is provided, meals are vegetarian, with vegan and gluten free options. Accommodation is available at Laughton Lodge, either in guest rooms next to the studio or camping in the Laughton fields.  Non-residential participants are also welcomed. You’ll be free to roam the Laughton Lodge grounds and even visit the horses, chickens & pig.

About the Afternoon Workshops in Residency: Part 2:
The afternoon sessions will begin with a quick refresh of some of the tasks explored in our past Residencies and then we will move further into Lost Dog’s process. We will explore how to choose an existing story that speaks to you, pulling it apart and putting it back together, how to use the story to motivate movement, embracing ‘failure’ in creation and blending your life experience with known stories.

Book through the Residency Part 2 Booking Form. More information below.

Residency: Part 2 Dates & Times: Tuesday July 9th 10:00 -19:00; Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th 10:00-18:00; Friday 12th 10.00-15.30

Cost:
Package 1: Workshops + Guest Rooms
£500 includes morning class, afternoon workshops, station pick up/drop off, breakfast lunch, dinner, and accommodation in our guest rooms

Package 2: Workshops + Camping
£400 includes morning class, afternoon workshops, station pick up/drop off, breakfast lunch, dinner, and access to our camping site with your own tent (with access to indoor showers and toilets).

Package 3: Workshops + Commuting
£300 includes morning class, afternoon workshops and lunch

Travel: The nearest train stations are Uckfield & Lewes, 6 miles away from Laughton Lodge. We offer one pick up and drop off to Lewes station. Alternatively, there is free onsite parking should you wish to drive.

Accommodation: Guest Rooms are found in the Shawfield building next to the studio, toilets and showers are shared.

Camping: Laughton’s campsite is a short walk from the studio, there is a compost toilet on the campsite and you will have access to the showers and toilets inside the Shawfield building too.

Booking: Booking is done through our Google Form. Upon completion of this form, Emma (Lost Dog’s Producer) will confirm your place and request the £50 booking fee, please note your place on the Residency will not be confirmed until we have received this.

Residency Part 2 Booking Form

Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis, unless you are applying for our Residency Bursaries.

If you have any queries, please contact emma@lostdogdance.co.uk

Bursaries

For the Residency: Part 2 we are offering a bursary space to an artist from a low socio-economic background*. The deadline for bursary applications is Monday May 6th. We will let bursary applicants know by Wednesday May 8th.

We will be prioritising bursary applicants from the South East and East Sussex in particular. The bursary application is on the final page of the Booking Form.

*For our purposes we are defining low socio-economic background by the occupation of your main household earner when you were aged 14. This may have been technical/craft occupations (e.g. mechanic, plumber, electrician etc), routine or semi-routine manual/service occupations (e.g. postal worker, security guard, farm worker, catering assistant, cleaner etc), or was long term unemployed. You may have received free school meals at this time, or have been in receipt of benefits/universal credits and would have most likely attended a state-funded school. We recognise that class or socio-economic background is not easy to define and is influenced by many factors.