ARCOS Presents is a production mentorship program for “emerging-into-self-producing” dance artists based in Austin. The program serves as a laboratory to prepare artists to be nimble, courageous, and willing to take creative risks by tackling tough ideas in new ways. The 2025 ARCOS Presents Short Form awardees present a bill of new dance works while gaining skills and growing capacity in all aspects of producing art on their own terms.

“Delicates” by Anna Bauer with Celeste Camfield
“The Tale of the Swamp Witch” by The Clubhouse (Sarah Smith + Gabbi Melton)
“Mestizo” by AJ Flores
“Empty Beat” by Nandini Majumdar and Venese Alcantar

Each of the selected short-form artists are making the most of what the ARCOS Presents program provides: financial support for a production budget, technical inventory access, rehearsal and performance space, and creative thought-partnership from technical production to outreach. ARCOS is delighted to guide these artists through the process of producing their projects for audiences at CRASHBOX.