U.S. participating artists to date include (premières in France in each case):

Keith Hennessy
March/April 2005 residency and June 2005 performance at Les Subsistances, Lyon led to the commissioning of a new piece based on "Mots de tête" by the American author, Robert Olen Butler; July/August and December 2006 residencies at Les Subsistances and Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) de Franche Comte (Belfort); Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers invited him for a second time to present "How to Die" in March 2006

Heather Kravas
Autumn 2005 residency at the Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) de Franche Comte (Belfort) and collaborative work presented at Dance Theater Workshop in February 2006; possible second residency in Belfort during 2007.

Ann Liv Young
November 2005 visit to Centre National Chorégraphique (CCN) in Montpellier and residency in 2006 with CCN in Belfort.

Deborah Hay
Autumn 2005 workshops in CNDC in Angers with a final production in May 2006 at Grand Théâtre d'Angers; Hay also appeared in France for the first time in two of the most renowned festivals, Montpellier Danse in June 2005 and Festival d’Automne/Centre George Pompidou in Paris in November 2005; from February-June 2006, a collaboration between CNDC in Angers, Les Subsistances in Lyon, and Centre National de la Danse and Les Spectacles Vivants, both in Paris.

Megan Murphy
Autumn 2005 residency at Parc de la Villette following the presentation of her recent piece "The Rich Grandeur of Boxing" at the festival 100 dessus dessous; Parc de la Villette is interested in producing one of her new pieces during the 2007/08 season.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph
June and December 2005 residencies at Centre National de la Danse, Pantin.