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Residency Program

The deadline for our international residency call has ended. We are overwhelmed by the flood of applications we received from all over the world and are very excited to read them all. All applicant will be notified by mid-January 2025. Thank you so much to everyone who applied!

Following our first residency focussed on Berlin based artists (Ana Jordão and Vincent Kollar with ‘A Body and Other Objects’) we widened the scope to artists from all around Germany and welcomed Leela Tinelli, Laura Stokes and their collaborators for ‘On the Edge’.

Our final Chamäleon Residency for this cycle is now focussed on worldwide international artists. The selected artists will be invited to work for 3 weeks in our rehearsal space in Berlin and will receive financial and structural support to develop their own artistic project.

Thanks to the funding provided by the Theaterpreis des Bundes we will be able to offer the chosen artists not only fees, rehearsal space, dramaturgical and production support but also travel and accommodation support.

The jury for our third residency will include Chang Nai Wen (Founder & Artistic Director | Sisyphos, der Flugelefant), Geordie Brookman (Dramaturg, Chamäleon Berlin) and Ana Jordão (circus artist and previous Chamäleon Residency artist), Vicki Dela Amedume (Founder & Artistic Director Upswing) and Sanae El Kamouni (Director Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger).

The residency must take place between 1st March and 15th April 2025. Applications must contain no more than two artists, with at least one based outside of Germany. Solo projects will only be considered from international applicants.

We want to support courageous circus projects that follow open creative processes and find compelling points of intersection with other strands of the performing arts. We encourage applications from artists and groups that aim to shed light on social, political and ecological issues. In this way, we hope to strengthen the thematic diversity of new circus projects. As a cultural organization, the Chamäleon aims to enable fairer access to the art form and we therefore particularly encourage artists who have experienced discrimination to apply. We see ourselves as a learning institution that continues to educate itself and critically examines its own role and the limitations of our perspectives.

Applications close at 14:00 Berlin time on Thursday 28th November, 2024. The successful applicant will be notified by mid-January 2025.

What we offer:

  • Free use of The Cave rehearsal room for three weeks
  • Financial support per residency day of €150 per artist
  • Financial support for travel if required
  • Financial support for accommodation if required
  • Financial support for visa costs if required
  • Dramaturgical, technical and/or production advice from the Chamäleon team
  • Mentoring in the areas of production, communication and strategy by the Chamäleon team
  • A work-in-progress sharing at the end of the residency


Projects must fulfill the following conditions:

  • The group size must not exceed 2 artists
  • Minimum one participating artist must be based outside of Germany. Solo projects will only be considered from international applicants.
  • The residency must take place between 1st March and 15th April 2025.
  • The central focus of the proposed project must be within the field of contemporary circus or physical theater
  • Applicants must be professionally producing artists/groups with at least one performed project
  • The residency project is at the beginning of the research or creative development process (ie no revivals or final rehearsals)
  • The project has no confirmed premieres or production partners
  • The applicants are not currently studying at a circus school or are not applying with a final project


Details of the rehearsal room:

  • Size approx. 6 x 9m
  • Rigging bar with suspension point (height approx. 4.30m)
  • 1 floor point
  • Basic sound equipment

Please get in touch if you have any questions about the limitations of the space and whether your project is appropriate.

It is always our aim to actively support equality for all people and we therefore welcome applications from all, regardless of nationality, social origin, age, religion, disability or sexual identity. Please note, however, that access to our rehearsal space is not barrier-free and contact us at any time to clarify any specific questions you might have or to discuss alternative application methods instead of the application form below.

If you have any questions, please contact intendanz@chamaeleonberlin.com