CATALYSTS is a rigorous 8-month residency program at The Dance Complex providing artists-in-residence hundreds of hours of studio space, mentor and peer feedback opportunities, and additional choreographic skill and arts administration development to assist the creation and producing of their work. Artists are selected as much for their budding and established talents as they are for their individual self-motivation in making dance happen in their unique ways.

CATALYSTS artists-in-residence for the 2018-2019 season are:
Modern dancer and educator, Ali Kenner Brodsky;
Professor emerita in the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, video artist, and founder of Dance Collective, Dawn Kramer;
Traditional Irish dance performer, choreographer, and educator, Rebecca McGowan;
Youth advocate Hip Hop dancer, choreographer, and instructor, Aysha Upchurch