About the Residency

BlackBox Studios offers short residencies for independent choreographers to create new works. Residencies awarded include 12 hours of free studio space to workshop and rehearse. At the end of their residency, choreographers will be given time and space to present their work in process, or completed work, at BlackBox Studios.

The residency is intended to offer an opportunity to choreographers who are in need of support. Creating art requires financial resources to rent studio space and pay artists, and BlackBox Studios wants to help alleviate rental costs through this program and give an opportunity to showcase their work in progress.

Meredith Webster

January 2024

Meredith T. Webster grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, studying under Jean Wolfmeyer. She worked with Sonia Dawkins's Prism and Donald Byrd's Spectrum Dance Theatre in Seattle, and earned a B.S. in Sustainable Resource Sciences from the University of Washington before moving to San Francisco to work with Alonzo King LINES Ballet. She danced with Lines for 9 seasons, served as Rehearsal Director for 6, and currently stages Alonzo’s work. Meredith has created site-specific work in collaboration with the visual artist Ana Teresa Fernandez, performed with Ledoh/Salt Farm and Maureen Whiting & Co, and co-created the Ladysmith Draw and Empress Archer evening-length duets. Her work for film includes Mirrors, Evidence of it All, Miles Away, and Numenon. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Maureen Whiting & Co and lives on the unceded Ohlone land of xučyun (Huchiun), also known as Oakland, California.

Photos by: Justin Sorensen

To Apply for a Residency please email

hello@blackboxstudiosoakland.com

Please include:

  • CV, headshot/dance photos, bio

  • Artist statement

  • Links to work samples

  • Statement about the project you intend to work on during the residency

  • Preferred dates & times for 12 hour residency