
United Cowboys
Kleine Berg 62
5611 JW Eindhoven
Practical information
- Disciplines
- dance, performance, music, fine arts
- Languages
- mother tongue Dutch, main language English
- Founded
- 1987
- Duration
- 2/3 days till 3 weeks or else in mutual agreement
- Paid by residence
- we offer the spaces free of charge and travel / other expenses covered
- Application guidelines
based on concept and visual material, also on the basis of scouting or open calls on social media.


Description
The Live Art Company, United Cowboys, is based in the centre of Eindhoven, where it works on dance/performance with artistic crossovers to all other art forms. United Cowboys builds an oeuvre that consists of both monumental, duration performances, but also small, intimate documents, mostly solos. The work is performed in theatres, at festivals, in museums and other fine art institutions and on locations. Besides that, United Cowboys curates the Art House at the Kleine Berg, where artistic risk is encouraged and theatrical conventions are questioned in order to dig down to the essence and truthfulness of art itself. Since 1992, the Company builds up expertise and a firm network in the Province of Brabant, nationally, and particularly internationally. The company and the art-house form an international platform in the field of live-art. With all their projects, United Cowboys invests in more visibility and in reaching a new and more diverse audience.
Organisation
United Cowboys represents a horizontal organization, consisting of an artistic team of two: Maarten van der Put and Pauline Roelants. An international relations coordinator, Ulla Havenga, is supporting the company in its international endeavours. An interchanging cast of dancers/performers, that originate from all parts of Europe creates the artistic community. Supporting personnel is acquired on a freelance base. There are five board members; United Cowboys works with the Cultural Governance and Fair Practice Code. Beyond, United Cowboys works with a lot of partners, on a local, national and international level. These collaborations are based on the self-set-up structure Concept for new Development, that develops partnerships based on sustainability and contribution to a broader cultural context; always with art as the vehicle.
United Cowboys is part of Plan Talentontwikkeling Brabant and forms, together with Parktheater, the breeding place for Performing Art Eindhoven.
Program
Art House United Cowboys stimulates and shows new developments in the field of dance/performance, accompanied by music and fine arts; after a selection by applications and open calls, artists are invited in the Art House to develop work and to exchange knowledge and experience. Four times a year, Seasoning takes place, an event series that offers a stage to show work to an audience in programs curated by the artistic team of United Cowboys. Around the weekend that the season changes, an edition of Seasoning is being organized. Multiple artists are invited at the same time, coming from different art forms; local, regional, national and international artists. The Art House offers rehearsal spaces, spaces to meet, spaces to stay; we cook and have dinner together. Travel and other expenses are covered. In this way, the Art House has become an international platform for live-art developments. Besides Seasoning, residences are offered during the year, based on the same primary conditions and selected by individual invitation, from applications or by recommendation.
Current resident
January-April 2021