International Conference "Theatre Between Tradition and Contemporaneity"

Overview
Chateau Orquevaux hosts an international conference and residency titled "Theatre Between Tradition and Contemporaneity," situated in Wagna, Austria. The program convenes artists, scholars, and practitioners from a deliberately wide spectrum of disciplines—including acting, choreography, cinematography, curatorial work, digital media, poetry, puppetry, and performance art—to interrogate how inherited forms persist, mutate, and collide with contemporary practice. The residency format provides time and space for research, dialogue, and creation outside the pressures of conventional production cycles. The organizing body has not published a fixed submission deadline; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. No funding is offered, and the fee structure remains unspecified in the available information. Artists should therefore approach the opportunity with a clear understanding that financial support is not part of the arrangement and that they must confirm costs directly with the host before committing. The curatorial vision favors work that takes tradition seriously as a living material rather than a fixed inheritance. The conference component suggests an expectation of discursive engagement alongside studio or rehearsal-based work. Practitioners whose practice moves between disciplines—or who can articulate how their medium converses with historical forms—are likely to find the most productive fit.