Archive: Auditions, Jobs, and Open Calls

Concerto Dance is holding open auditions:
Friday, August 4
3:00-5:30pm
At Creo Arts and Dance

Seeking experienced dancers ages 18 and up. Must have precious jazz and modern dance training. Please bring a current resume and head shot. Dancers must have availability Wednesday/Friday mornings from 9:00am-12:00pm from September-June, with breaks in December and March. Contracts include paid performances and rehearsal stipends.

Auditions will include brief class exercises followed by jazz and modern dance combinations.

For additional information or any questions, please reach out to: info@concertodance.com

Also, a limited number of video submissions will be accepted on a case by case basis due to extenuating circumstances including international travel, illness, or family emergency. Please contact us at info@concertodance.com to inquire.

Ever been to a Rhythmically Speaking show and thought “I wanna do that”? Then come to our:

Community MoveTogether
Sunday, August 6
7:00-9:00pm
At Young Dance
Free!

This class is a low-to-no-pressure way for us to get to know you better and for you to move with us as we look toward upcoming projects, seeing who’s out there and interested while offering the community a free class opportunity. No pre-registration necessary; just show up with an open heart and ready to groove with other neat humans!

Want to get your leg up on our approach before the Community MoveTogether? Then come dance with us at our:

Summer MoveTogether
Monday, July 31
3:00-4:30pm
At Young Dance
$10.00 paid via cash or Venmo after class, or pre-pay here.

MoveTogethers are our version of a drop-in company class but more collaborative – within these classes, there are opportunities to improvise in solo and social ways, to manipulate material offered by RS Artistic and Executive Director Erinn Liebhard, and to build your own material based around jazz and American social dance-inspired prompts! Our approach to jazz emphasizes groove, interaction, and improvisation (elements we see as present in all American social dance forms), honors the African diasporic roots of these forms, and is driven by jazz music.

The last Summer MoveTogether on July 31 will be taught by local artist Laura Osterhaus Rostenstone, our selected local choreographer with work on our fifteenth annual summer show The Cohort 2023.

We hope to groove with you!

Threads NexGen/YDP (Youth Dance Project) is looking to hire ethnically diverse individuals to teach ballet and modern technique classes for upcoming 12-week, fall sessions. We seek skilled dance instructors to augment weekly intensive programming that also includes nutrition and embodied movement exploration at Threads Dance Nexus.

NexGen/YDP uses a holistic approach to training future dance artists. The program enables youth to enhance technical skills, explore creativity, and manage stress and trauma in a safe, supportive environment. Students will receive high-level training and education from professionals in ballet technique, modern dance technique, embodied movement exploration, and nutrition. At Threads Dance Nexus, we strive to create an equitable and inclusive learning environment where students’ gifts can be cultivated and opportunities for growth are embraced. We seek to be a place where diverse learners are treated with dignity and respect.

September 18-December 9
For youth ages 8-12
Ballet – Beginning and Beginning/Advanced, Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30pm
Modern – Beginning and Beginning/Advanced, Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm

September 18-December 16
For youth ages 13-17
Ballet – Intermediate/Advanced, Thursdays, 4:00-5:30pm
Modern – Intermediate/Advanced, Thursdays, 5:30-7:00pm

Our Teaching Philosophy

• Culturally Relevant — so that dancers of any race or ethnicity feel a sense of belonging.
• Trauma-Informed – dance education has the potential to reproduce harm or liberate; we chose liberation!
• Anatomically Sound – working safely with the body to keep you dancing longer and stronger.
• Inclusive and Equitable – all are welcome and differing needs are acknowledged.
• Socially Just – seek to rectify injustice through arts activism.

Candidates must have extensive experience in ballet and/or modern, strong communication skills, experience working with children, and provide informative, engaging, and effective movement instruction reflecting the Dance Nexus philosophy.

Instructors will be compensated for class hours at a rate of $40/hour. Instructors are also welcome to attend Threads Company Class on Mondays or Tuesdays from 9:00-10:30am as well as rent the studio at a discounted staff rate. 

If you would like more information and to apply, please email an introduction and your resume to Angela Ericson at aericson@threadsdance.org.

Inspired by the next generation of dance artists, CUL·TI·VATE is a program designed as a bridge for dancers with advanced training between their educational perspective and envisioning themselves in the professional field. Through classes, workshops, choreographic processes, mentorship, community engagement, teaching, performance, and more, dancers will connect and share experiences as a collective as well as expressing and gaining momentum toward their individual interests and goals beyond their time in the program. CUL·TI·VATE will embrace and support each dancer while fostering their unique artistic path centered in TU Dance’s values of excellence, belonging, creativity, and transformation.

Age range: 18-24. Trainees will be compensated as employees, $450/week.

View the 2023-2024 CUL·TI·VATE Brochure.

Audition Details
Interested dancers are strongly encouraged to attend the TU Dance Summer Intensive (Level 4 or 5), July 24-August 12, 2023. Please register here – scholarships available.

If unable to attend the Summer Intensive, please email the following to laurel.keen@tudance.org and maxine.yamazaki@tudance.org by August 14, 2023:

• Resume and cover letter expressing your interest and goals for participating in CUL·TI·VATE.
• Performance Reel: Three minutes maximum. May include studio or performance footage that clearly shows the individual instead of group work.
• An in-person or virtual meeting may be scheduled as part of the audition process.

Dancers will receive notification of their acceptance into the CUL·TI·VATE program by August 28, 2023.

CUL·TI·VATE Interest and Questions: For any questions about the program, and to let us know if you are taking the TU Dance Summer Program as part of the audition, please email: maxine.yamazaki@tudance.org.

The Eagan Art House invites you to submit original choreographic works to be performed as part of the opening event of Momentary Certainties 2023, an outdoor visual art installation that examines the intertwined themes of ephemerality and permanence and is part of the Eagan Art Block 2023 celebration of art and community.

Works should reflect on the themes of the exhibition:

• On ephemerality: The nature of performance is ephemeral, “something that lasts a very short time.” Can you consider impermanence in your movement? How do you represent fragility or decay? What does it mean to perform in a landscape which is ever-changing?
• On permanence: In these unpredictable times, how do the ideas of steadiness and strength inform your work? How can dance be a stabilizing presence? Consider constancy (of love, of nature) in your movement.

Works should be 5-20 minutes long and will be performed one to two times over the course of the event. The performance location is outside, on the grass lawn of the Eagan Art House. Site-specific works are encouraged and can be accommodated in consultation with Art House staff.

Performance date: September 9, 2023, 1:00-3:00pm (arrival at noon)
Location: Outside, on the grounds of the Eagan Art House
Compensation: $100-$300 (dependent on the number of performers)

Please email the following information to artexhibits@cityofeagan.com by August 24 to be considered:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Short description of the original choreographic work that you will be performing
• Number of performers
• Link to video of a representative piece of your work

Please contact us with questions! We are looking for a diverse range of vision and a wide representation of identity. Call 651-675-5524 or email artexhibits@cityofeagan.com.

Young Dance seeks Hip Hop and Musical Theater instructors and assistants for the 2023–24 year and beyond for our growing community partnerships. We seek skilled instructors who foster a developmentally appropriate, safe, supportive, and fun environment. 

Young Dance partners with Twin Cities schools, organizations, and government agencies to bring dance to diverse populations across the metro. Partnerships take place during or after the school day. Schedule and duration vary depending on partners.

Candidates should have excellent communication and organizational skills to keep track of different schedules. Teaching Artists should also be able to work collaboratively with partners and Young Dance Artistic Director in developing the curriculum.

Founded in 1987, Young Dance believes young people are artists with something important to say and that working across differences benefits all. Our mission is to transform lives through movement. We are an inclusive community where creativity flourishes and healthy risk-taking is encouraged. Our classes are open to everyone of all levels and abilities. Dancers develop skills in observing, participating, and reflecting in an environment that values a commitment to self, to the group, and to lifelong learning.

Pay is $48/hour to lead and $24/hour to assist.

If you would like more information and to apply, please email an introduction and your resume to anat@youngdance.org. 

Photo by Blake Nellis

Young Dance seeks a Breaking instructor(s) for the 2023–24 year and beyond. Now in its third year, Young Dance’s Breaking program is growing from one section to two. We seek a skilled instructor to foster a safe, supportive, and rigorous environment. Classes meet weekly on Wednesday and include developing technique and creating a dance for the final performances in May. 

Founded in 1987, Young Dance believes young people are artists with something important to say and that working across differences benefits all. Our mission is to transform lives through movement. We are an inclusive community where creativity flourishes and healthy risk-taking is encouraged. Our classes are open to everyone of all levels and abilities. Dancers develop skills in observing, participating, and reflecting in an environment that values a commitment to self, to the group, and to lifelong learning.

Schedule:
Wednesdays, September 14, 2023–May 19, 2024
Breaking 1 – for ages 7–13: 4:30–5:30pm
Breaking 2 – for ages 10–18: 5:30–6:45pm

Pay is $48/hour

If you would like more information and to apply, please email an introduction and your resume to anat@youngdance.org.

Photo by Bill Cameron

Off-Leash Area extends artist call for proposals for the second Off-Kilter Cabaret.

Off-Leash Area’s Off-Kilter program highlights and supports artists with disabilities in creating original performance work. The second Off-Kilter Cabaret is an evening-length cabaret-style production.

Performances will be held November 17-19 at the TEK BOX. The event will include accessibility accommodations including ASL interpreting, captioning, and audio description.

Artists with disabilities are asked to submit proposals of a 5-10 minute original performance on the theme of “Inside Outside Inside-Out” by the deadline of July 21.

The Off-Kilter Advisory Team is writer and storyteller Amy Salloway, arts accessibility consultant Jon Skaalen, national touring musician Gabriel Rodreick, and Sam Jasmine, host of the Disability and Progress program on KFAI. Off-Leash Area is excited to be partnering again with Young Dance, whose mission is: “transforming lives through movement.”

For more information, visit our website here, contact us at offleash@offleasharea.org, or call us at 612-724-7372.

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.

Audition: July 22, 5:00-7:00pm

• Please wear ballet attire.
• Bring ballet shoes and pointe shoes.
• Bring a printed headshot and a first arabesque shot.
• Dancers are welcome to arrive up to 30 minutes early to warm up.
• No audition fee required.

Collide Theatrical is seeking Junior Apprentice Dancers, ages 15-18, for ensemble roles in The Great Gatsby.

Dancers must have strong jazz/ballet technique and previous dance experience. Please come warmed up and ready to dance in jazz shoes and heels.

Junior Apprentice Audition
Sunday, July 30
6:00-7:00pm
At Collide Theatrical

Sign Up

Please note – each role will be double cast. Apprentices must attend all rehearsals, and half of the performance schedule. There is no participation fee if cast. This is an unpaid opportunity.

Rehearsals
Wednesday, August 23: 9:00am-12:00pm
Thursday, August 24: 9:00am-12:00pm
Sunday, September 10: Time TBD
Sunday, September 17: Time TBD
Sunday, September 24: Time TBD

Technical Rehearsals
Tuesday, September 26: 5:00-10:00pm
Wednesday, September 27: 5:00-10:00pm

Performances
September 29-October 15
At Luminary Arts Center