Archive: Auditions, Jobs, and Open Calls

Twin Cities Ballet is seeking Soloist and Principal level dancers for our 2024/25 Season. This is a competitive salaried position with a 35-week season. Strong classical ballet, partnering, and contemporary skills required. You must be eligible to work in the United States. 

We also have opportunities for unpaid adult apprenticeship and student trainee positions for both male and female dancers. 

Please submit the following audition materials by email to auditions@TwinCitiesBallet.org, and we will contact you after we have reviewed your audition materials to schedule an in-person or virtual audition.

• Your resumé.
• Two photos: First arabesque and a headshot showing at least 3/4 face. Either attach small format photos or provide a link.
• Video link showing classwork or performance clips, clearly demonstrating your classical ballet technique.

Advanced ballet dancers aged 18 and up are invited to audition for Minnesota Ballet Collective!

We rehearse once a week on Saturdays from 5:00-7:00pm, with an optional warm-up class from 4:00-5:00pm. The Minnesota Ballet Collective is committed to empowering advanced ballet dancers by fostering artists’ creativity, collaboration, and passion. We seek to inspire our community through ballet’s storytelling ability and inherent beauty. The Minnesota Ballet Collective believes in the transformative power of dance and its positive impact on the community. For more information, check out our website.

Audition:
Saturday, January 6 from 5:00-7:00pm
Dancers are welcome to arrive up to 30 minutes early to warm up.
Please wear ballet attire. Bring ballet shoes and pointe shoes.
Please bring a printed headshot and first arabesque shot.

The registration deadline no later than end of day on January 5.
There is no audition fee required.

Collide Theatrical is seeking Junior Apprentice Dancers, ages 16 and up, for ensemble roles in C.L.U.E!
Rehearsals begin January 21. Performances are February 15–March 10.
Dancers must have strong jazz/ballet technique and previous dance experience.

This is an unpaid training opportunity.
Apprentices will receive free artistic training, a 10-class card for drop-in classes, and performance experience. All roles will be double cast.

Audition
Sunday, January 7
5:00–6:00pm
Sign-in/warm up begins at 4:30pm
Register

Mandatory Rehearsals
Sundays, times TBD: January 21 and 28; February 4 and 11.
Technical Rehearsals: February 12–15, 5:00–10:00pm
Performance times.

Please note each role will be double cast. Junior Apprentice Dancers must attend all rehearsals, and half of the performance schedule.

Zoë Koenig and Nora Nygard seek dancers for a new evening-length work, Physical Prizes. 

Physical Prizes will study and satirize the rehearsal and performance experience of dancers in professional, social, and competitive settings. How do dancers navigate situations in which they are forced to override their impulses and needs to conform to a choreographer’s vision? How do those conditions impact audience perceptions of performance? What mechanisms drive the systems that place pressure on artists seeking recognition to cultivate certain classifications of self? How do performance behaviors shift or constrict as artist identities become market categories?

Rehearsals will take place in Minneapolis from February through July 2024. Dancers will be compensated at $17/hour. 

February and March rehearsals will be held on Mondays, 5:30 to 7:30pm.
April and May rehearsals will be held on Mondays, 5:00 to 7:30pm.
June and July rehearsals will be held on Tuesdays, 5:00 to 7:30pm.
There will be no rehearsal on March 11 and May 13.
Dancers with partial availability will still be considered. 

This first stage of the development process will include a public roundtable discussion in March, an open rehearsal in May, and a work-in-progress showing in July. 

To apply, please submit application materials via this form before January 15, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. CT. 

NACHMO 2024 is happening!

NACHMO is National Choreography Month, a month-long choreography challenge held in January that aims to “make the creative process more accessible to choreographers of all backgrounds, means, and locations. We build this community by challenging choreographers, dancers, and movement enthusiasts to create new dance works.”

To sign up and view the daily prompts, visit the website at https://www.nachmo.org.
If you are in the Twin Cities and would like to come together to share what you have created during the challenge, please fill out this form to express your interest.

If you have any questions, reach out to marywillmeng@gmail.com.

Advanced ballet dancers aged 18 and older are invited to audition for Minnesota Ballet Collective!

We rehearse once a week on Saturdays from 5:00-7:00pm, with an optional warm-up class from 4:00-5:00pm.

The Minnesota Ballet Collective is committed to empowering advanced ballet dancers by fostering artists’ creativity, collaboration, and passion. We seek to inspire our community through ballet’s storytelling ability and inherent beauty. The Minnesota Ballet Collective believes in the transformative power of dance and its positive impact on the community. For more information, check out our website.

Audition: Saturday, January 6 from 5:00-7:00pm
At Platinum Dance Center.
Registration required.
Dancers are welcome to arrive up to 30 minutes early to warm up.

Please wear ballet attire. Bring ballet shoes and pointe shoes.
Please bring a printed headshot and first arabesque shot.
There is no audition fee.

The registration deadline is no later than end of day on Friday, January 5.

Collide Theatrical is seeking Junior Apprentice Dancers, ages 16 and up, for Ensemble Roles in C.L.U.E.
Rehearsals begin January 21.
Performances are February 15–March 10.
Dancers must have strong jazz/ballet technique and previous dance experience.

This is an unpaid training opportunity. Apprentices will receive free artistic training, a 10-class card for drop-in classes, and performance experience. All roles will be double cast*.

Audition Details
Sunday, January 7
4:30pm: Sign in/warm up begins.
5:00–6:00pm: Audition
Sign up here.

Mandatory Rehearsals
Sundays, times TBD: January 21 and 28; February 4 and 11
Technical Rehearsals: February 12–15, 5:00–10pm
Performance times

*Please note each role will be double cast. You must attend all rehearsals, and half of the performance schedule.

Twin Cities Ballet is seeking soloist and principal-level dancers for our 2024/25 season. This is a competitive salaried position with a 35-week season. Strong classical ballet, partnering, and contemporary skills required. You must be eligible to work in the United States. 

We also have opportunities for unpaid adult apprenticeship and student trainee positions for both male and female dancers. 

Please submit the following audition materials by email to auditions@TwinCitiesBallet.org:

• Your resumé.
• Two photos: First arabesque and a headshot showing at least 3/4 face. Either attach small format photos or provide a link.
• Video link showing classwork or performance clips, clearly demonstrating your classical ballet technique.

Please send information to auditions@TwinCitiesBallet.org. We will contact you after we have reviewed your audition materials to schedule an audition.

Advanced ballet dancers aged 18 and up are invited to audition for Minnesota Ballet Collective! The Minnesota Ballet Collective is committed to empowering advanced ballet dancers by fostering artists’ creativity, collaboration, and passion. We seek to inspire our community through ballet’s storytelling ability and inherent beauty. The Minnesota Ballet Collective believes in the transformative power of dance and its positive impact on the community.

We rehearse once a week on Saturdays from 5:00-7:00pm, with an optional warm-up class from 4:00-5:00pm.

For more information, check out our website.

The audition will be on January 6 from 5:00-7:00pm at Platinum Dance Center.
Dancers are welcome to arrive up to 30 minutes early to warm up.
Please wear ballet attire. Bring ballet shoes and pointe shoes. Please bring a printed headshot and first arabesque shot.

The registration deadline is January 5.
There is no audition fee required.