The Ellerslie Arts Circus Residency
The Ellerslie Arts Residency programme supports the creation of both new works and the development of existing works over a 10 week part-time residency supported by the core Dust Palace team of directors.
Three x 10 week residencies available across 2026.
DATES FOR 2026
Residency #1 - 27th April - 5th July
Residency #2 - 20th July - 27th September
Residency #3 - 12th October - 20th December
Applicants can be of any career stage and both individual artists and groups of any size are considered.
It is our intention that the fostering and facilitation of these practices within the residency will transfer into the culture of the wider collective circus community, creating a healthy and supportive environment for sustainable production of works.
Residents are offered use of Te Whare Maninirau, membership and support across the 10 weeks, with the residency culminating in a relaxed showing of the work in development.
The Residency is designed to boost the amount of content being generated in the art form, as well as to facilitate the development of the tools required to shape circus skill into performance and therefore the residency(ies) does not focus on technique acquisition. Instead it focuses on areas such as movement generation, artistry, theatricality, and the creative process.