Emma Jayne Park and Favour Odusola | Eadrainn / Between Us Residency 2026

We are happy to announce our 2026 ‘Eadrainn / Between Us’ residency artists: Emma Jayne Park and Favour Odusola.

Run in partnership with Dance Ireland, this creative exchange programme connects artists across Ireland and Scotland, supporting shared practice and cultural exchange. The 2026 residency will take place at both Dance Base and Dance Ireland from 16-20 November 2026. 

Both Dance Base and Dance Ireland will support each artist with space and resources to develop their creative work, connect with the organisation and deepen their understanding of the other country’s dance sector. While the artists will work independently from each other, the residency weeks will be accompanied by moments of reflection where they can share their experience and learning with both organisations and each other.

Emma Jayne Park 

Emma/Emma Jayne/EJ has been called a dancer, theatre-maker, collaborator, facilitator, movement director, dramaturg, intimacy coordinator, activist, organiser, and occasional drag king. They’re not fussed about definitions. Their work is a combination of making, thinking, and doing that aims to narrow the gaps between ideologies and actions. Often linked to the socio-political or the seemingly absurd, it explores recurring themes of belonging, intimacy, failure, and power. They are currently completing an MSc in Degrowth: Ecology, Economics and Policy, questioning what choreographic tools and rigour can offer in a time of drastic ecological and political uncertainty.

During this residency, Emma Jayne will research new movement, open the studio as a commons, experiment with collective hedonism, and invite local artists into the process to see how the work shifts through Irish experiences of class, labour and belonging.

I am tired. I am angry. I don’t think those feelings start or end with me – they’re political. Fallow begins with a refusal to accept paid work as the organising principle of our lives. Rooted in working-class experience and a commitment to class consciousness, it uses choreography to explore exhaustion, pleasure and the politics of how we are made to spend our time. 

Image credit: Jassy Earl

Favour Odusola

Favour is a Nigerian-Irish multidisciplinary artist with 15+ years of international experience, passionate about teaching and empowering young people through Afro and Contemporary dance. Favour brings a culturally rooted and youth-focused approach to education, performance, and community building. Founder of UMA, co-founder of UMAKOKO and JAIVA AfroDance Festival, platforms built to inspire and train the next generation of artists. Holds an MBA in Dublin Business School Ireland and a BA in Theatre Arts (Dance Major). Based in Dublin since 2020.

During this residency Favour will explore, work on and share particular parts of his upcoming piece “RR Rooted and Rising: The dance of two selves”. With this new audience and new perspectives, Favour will develop the community engagement side of the piece and get feedback.

With thanks to the Scottish Government and the Consulate General of Ireland in Edinburgh.