INFUSE ARTIST DEVELOPMENT

SPRING RESIDENCY

WITH EPHEMERAL ENSEMBLE

PHYSICAL THEATRE

AND ENSEMBLE DEVISING

ABOUT THE RESIDENCY

3RD - 7TH MARCH - London - SOLD OUT
SOLD OUT

After 4 sold out Residencies in 2024 INFUSE Artist Development Programme returns with award winning physical theatre artists EPHEMERAL ENSEMBLE.

Ephemeral are a dynamic ensemble of international performers who regularly collaborate with the biggest physical theatre companies in the UK and come together to create multi-award winning work that is political, visually striking and highly dynamic combining the high physicality of the performers, original music and playful interaction with the stagecraft to create a narrative.

They won Summerhall's inaugural Rewind Award  2023 (named after their show), Pick of the Fringe at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

The Top 10

Best Theatre of 2024

The Guardian

PHYSICAL THEATRE AND ENSEMBLE DEVISING

INFUSE your practice, joining Ephemeral Ensemble in a week long deep dive and creative exploration into interdisciplinary physical theatre techniques and ensemble devising. 

Drawing on Ephemeral’s multidisciplinary approach to creating layered performance infusing sound, movement, puppetry, light, scenography, theatrical Movement and expressive language participants will embark on​ ​an uplifting and collaborative week of investigating physical theatre training and exciting new ideas for developing ensemble performance. 

INFUSE will add new resources to your toolbox, enhancing ​your practice​ and so ​you will be encouraged to interrogate, share, adapt as well as absorb and transform the work.

Across the residency you can ​expect to be nurtured, uplifted and challenged in ​​your own making, creative practice and ​ultimately energised in your artistic decision making. 

APPLICATIONS OPEN

INFUSE ARTIST

EPHEMERAL ENSEMBLE

Ephemeral are a multi-award-winning Global Majority and migrant led international physical theatre ensemble. They make work driven by a theme or a question, which inspires them to find fact-based stories that shine a light on current hidden social issues. Collaboration between the artistic team, community and professionals in other fields is vital to their process.

Their work is political, visually striking, highly dynamic, thought provoking and moving at heart, combining deep physicality with original music and playful stagecraft to create theatrically compelling performance.

They were: Winner of inaugural Summerhall’s Rewind Award 2023 ( named after their show). Winner of LUSTRUM Award for unforgettable work at Edinburgh Fringe 2023. Winner of Warwick Award for Public and Community Engagement 2023. New Diorama's Emerging Theatre Company Program award 2016. The Guardian’s Top 10 picks for Theatre 2024.

​"Ephemeral Ensemble use music, light, movement and puppetry to astonishing effect"

The Guardian 

★★★★

Meet the Team

Ephemeral Co-Artistic Directors Eyglo and Ramon will be facilitating the residency.

  • Eyglo Belafonte is a Movement Director, Deviser, Performer and Teacher based in London. She has made work that has travelled extensively nationally and internationally.

    Eyglo studied contemporary dance at the Icelandic Dance Academy and graduated from the International School of Corporeal Mime in London. and most recently Royal School of Speech and Drama MA Movement DIrection and Teaching.

    For the past 10 years her work has been focused on devising physical and visual theatre.

    Touring world-wide, Eyglo has performed at prestigious venues and festivals such as: Cerventino Internacional Festival (MX), Hong Kong Arts Festival (HK), New Victory Theater on Broadway (US), FAE Festival (PE), Wooran Foundation (KR), National Taichung Theatre (TW), Les Théatres de la Ville (LU), The London International Mime Festival (UK) and more.

    She has made work with Theatre Re, where she was Associate Artist and currently is Rehearsal Director. She has also directed work that has gone on tour to Edinburgh Fringe Festival (The Woman and the Canvas, 2018).

    Running classes ranging from devising, corporeal mime and movement, Eyglo has taught at RCSSD, RADA, East 15 Acting School, Oxford School of Drama, Fourth Monkey Actor Training, The Icelandic Art Academy and The Icelandic Film School. She has run workshops for Royal Holloway University, Physical Fest, VAULT Festival as well as independent workshops in Colombia, Chile and across the UK.

    Eyglo is Co-Artistic Director of award-winning Ephemeral Ensemble, where she oversees the creative direction, produces and teaches.

    Ephemeral shines a light on true hidden stories, through merging together high physicality of the performers and playful stagecraft.

    Their current production, REWIND, has toured extensively in the UK (New Diorama, HOME Manchester, Nottingham Playhouse, The North Wall) and Latin America, notably receiving awards for Unforgettable Work at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023.

  • Ramon is a Brazilian actor, director, theatre maker and Co-Artistic Director of the multi-ward winning theatre collective Ephemeral Ensemble.

    He has devised, performed and toured on a variety of theatre projects with companies in the UK and internationally, including the multi award-winning FC Bergman (Belgium), Theatre de l’Ange Fou (US), Kauri Honkakoski (Finland), Theatre Re (UK). He also worked with Complicité on the Mudlarks International Residency.

    Ramon directed the critically acclaimed and multi award-winning show REWIND, that went on tour in South America and is current on tour in the UK. He also co-directed Hans Pfall that went on tour in the UK, Italy, India and South Korea.

    He is regularly leading devising and physical theatre workshops in the UK and internationally, places such as The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, East15, Royal Holloway University, University of Warwick, Icelandic Academy of the Arts (Iceland), Univalle University (Colombia), Festival La Rebellión de los Muñecos (Chile).

★★★★ 

"Kaleidoscopically creative...

explodes into extraordinary life"

The Stage

★★★★★

"This is how theatre should be"

Broadway Baby

★★★★★

"Indispensable work

of essential humanity "

Theatre Weekly

★★★★★

"Extraordinarily powerful"

Three Weeks

★★★★★

"Everything is considered,

everything is deliberate,

everything is outstanding"

All that Dazzles

★★★★★

"Truly astonishing

and inspiring from start to finish...

leaves you wanting more"

Voice Magazine

★★★★★

"The work lingers

long after the performance"

West End Best Friend

Want to ignite a spark in your creative practice?

Join us

Dates

3RD - 7TH MARCH
10am - 5pm
Chisenhale Dance
Space
London
E3 5QZ

Price

Standard Price for a week residency £600+

INFUSE Residency - £280

APPLICATIONS OPEN

Applications take around 10 minutes

Places are offered on a rolling basis

The residency will be a unique opportunity for established and working creatives to receive nurturing and development at an accessible price. Led by Ephemeral Ensemble the workshop will focus on sharing their energising and powerful ensemble devising process working on stories that are best told physically in an uplifting, joyous and exciting week.

  • INFUSE is specifically targeted at established and working artists who wish to develop their practice and is heavily subsidised to make it an accessible and affordable training opportunity.

    Anyone working within the creative industries with a passion for movement and performance practices is welcome to apply, priority will be given to those who demonstrate why this is would be useful for them.

  • Applications will be offered on a first come first serve basis. We expect to sell out quickly. 

    A complete timeline can be seen here:

    • 30th December - EARLY ACCESS applications open 

    • 6th Jan - EARLY ACCESS applications offered  

    • 6th Jan - Applications OPEN to general public 

    • 18th Jan- Round 1 Places Offered (we expect to be full at this point)

    • 10th February - Round 2 Places Offered 

    • 21st February - Applications Close 

    • 24th February - Returns / Waiting List Places Offered 

    INFUSE is heavily subsidised to make it an accessible opportunity to those working in the arts.

    Places will fill up very quickly, and we estimate allocating all places by end of Round 1 so... Get your application in now.

    Application can be made via a simple form. 

    There are links in there to upload video or voice recording.

  • Successful applicants will be informed within 14 days of their application and can confirm their place by paying the full amount.

    Confirmation of your place will be acknowledged upon receipt of the full amount. You can reserve your place by paying a deposit of £120 and set up a payment plan for the remainder which must be paid 14 days prior to the residency.

    If this is still a barrier please get in touch.

  • Babel means ‘the sound of many things’ through collaborative, radically inclusive spaces, we amplify underrepresented voices, providing creatives a platform to share their stories with the world.

    We strongly encourage applications from Black, global majority, working-class, neurodivergent and LGBTQI+ participants and we will be responsive to any information on what you need to be present in the space.

    We have reserved 50% places for Black and Brown participants

    Unfortunately Chisenhale Dance Space is not accessible via a lift, so if this is a necessity for you please get in touch with us.

If you have any questions or would like a chat about your application you can reach out to Joseph on hello@babeltheatre.co.uk