The Creative Soul Residency
The Creative Soul Residency provides exceptional choreographers the safe harbor to connect with and deepen their creative voice.
With the noise of surviving as an artist, it is often an elusive luxury to stop, experiment and play for extended periods of time.
The residency consists of six hours of rehearsal space a week for a full year. The only requirement is the artist must spend the full six hours a week in the studio. Creative Soul Residence alum are available to support those moments of creative block, panic or just creative loneliness.
Current Recipient
choreographer
The current recipient is Carmen Rizzo. She is from São Paulo, Brazil, is a dance artist interested in investigating the relationship dance has to human nature as well as exploring dance in everything “non-artistic”, especially science. As a dancer and collaborator she currently works with Kairos Dance Theater, Abilities Dance Boston and Vimoksha, as well as working in independent projects such as Rachel Linsky’s ZACHOR and Kristin Wagner’s (Bodies Moving) “For you I dream of me”. She graduated the Boston Dance Theater trainee program and from Manhattanville College Summa Cum Laude and with highest honors double degree in Dance and Theater (Dance concentration) and Business Management (Psychology minor). Prior, she successfully completed the 8-year professional training program at Escola de Dança de São Paulo (EDASP), culminating in experience with Balé da Cidade de São Paulo and Ballet Stagium. Beyond being a dancer, Carmen also is a choreographer with works presented in festivals such as Homegrown, Shut in Dance Festival, ArtBeat, Dance for World Community, Boston WiP and DFA College Exchange at the Lincoln Center. She is also a dance teacher, Pure Barre instructor, Dance Church leader and Boston Dance Alliance’s Operations and Membership Associate. CHANGED
choreographer
The current recipient is Carmen Rizzo. She is from São Paulo, Brazil, is a dance artist interested in investigating the relationship dance has to human nature as well as exploring dance in everything “non-artistic”, especially science. As a dancer and collaborator she currently works with Kairos Dance Theater, Abilities Dance Boston and Vimoksha, as well as working in independent projects such as Rachel Linsky’s ZACHOR and Kristin Wagner’s (Bodies Moving) “For you I dream of me”. She graduated the Boston Dance Theater trainee program and from Manhattanville College Summa Cum Laude and with highest honors double degree in Dance and Theater (Dance concentration) and Business Management (Psychology minor). Prior, she successfully completed the 8-year professional training program at Escola de Dança de São Paulo (EDASP), culminating in experience with Balé da Cidade de São Paulo and Ballet Stagium. Beyond being a dancer, Carmen also is a choreographer with works presented in festivals such as Homegrown, Shut in Dance Festival, ArtBeat, Dance for World Community, Boston WiP and DFA College Exchange at the Lincoln Center. She is also a dance teacher, Pure Barre instructor, Dance Church leader and Boston Dance Alliance’s Operations and Membership Associate. CHANGED
Past Recipient
