Archive: Auditions, Jobs, and Open Calls

Off-Leash Area announces an Artist Call for Proposals for the second Off-Kilter Cabaret “Inside Outside Inside-Out.” Applications are now open!

Off-Leash Area’s Off-Kilter community program highlights and supports artists with disabilities in creating original performance work. The second Off-Kilter Cabaret is an evening-length cabaret-style production comprised of 5 to 7 acts in any performing art form curated by the Off-Kilter Leadership Team – leaders in the disability community, two-thirds of whom are themselves persons with disabilities.

Performances will be held November 17-19 at the TEK Box at the Cowles Center for Performing Arts in downtown Minneapolis, a fully accessible black box theater with a floor-level stage. The event will include accessibility accommodations including ASL interpreting, captioning, and audio description.

The CFP is now open! Artists with disabilities are asked to submit proposals by the deadline of July 14 of a 5-to-10-minute original performance on the theme of “Inside Outside Inside-Out.” Off-Leash Area co-artistic director Jennifer Ilse says, “We want to prompt artists to propose risky, rebellious, and thought-provoking performances, informed by their own experience of being included or excluded, feeling within or outside of oneself, or even just discombobulated.”

The Off-Kilter Advisory Team includes 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 partner again with Young Dance, whose mission is “transforming lives through movement.”

Any questions or want more information? Visit our website, email us at offleash@offleasharea.org, or call 612-724-7372.

Dancers! Have you ever seen an RS show or been in an RS class and thought “I wanna do that!”? If the answer is yes, come to our free Community MoveTogether Sunday, August 6 from 7:00-9:00pm at Young Dance! We’re hoping this can be a low-to-no pressure way for us to get to know YOU better and for you to move with US as we look forward to upcoming projects, seeing whose 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!

MoveTogethers are our version of a company class, but more collaborative – within these classes, there are opportunities to improvise in solo and social ways, to manipulate material offered by RS Artstic and Executive Director Erinn Liebhard, and to build and manipulate your own material based around jazz and American social dance-inspired prompts!

Wanna get your leg up on this chance to see and be seen? Come to our other summer MoveTogethers, which are just $10.00 paid via cash or Venmo after class. Drop in on Mondays, 3:00-4:30pm June 12, July 17 and July 31 at Young Dance.

We hope to groove with you at a MoveTogether or two (or five)!

For events taking place between June 18, 2023 and August 31, 2025
Application period: May 8-August 15, 2023

Curated rentals form a crucial part of Red Eye’s model, offering an opportunity for artists to self-produce a performance in a supportive environment. The rental program allows the space to function as a resource to the Twin Cities performance community, to expand our community beyond our programming capacities, and to foster sustainability for the organization.

The curated rentals program is primarily intended for public-facing events and productions of live performances. We prioritize rentals of 10 days or longer, but any projects of a week or more fall into this category.

Note: We are offering a 10% discount for rentals in July and August 2023!

Experience
– Minimum of 2 years general office experience.
– Office software experience, with these or similar software and platforms: FilemakerPro database, Mailchimp email platform, Quickbooks, Weebly/Wix or other second-party web platform, Microsoft Word, and Excel.
– Familiarity with social networking sites and their use in marketing.
– Experience with writing for marketing.
– Experience with grant writing is a plus though not necessary.

Working Profile
Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities, strong creative writing and business communication skills, create and follow a calendar of responsibilities, manage details, communicate clearly and directly, and work professionally in an informal atmosphere with a flexible schedule. Will work with supervision from the Artistic Directors.

Hours and Pay
The Administrative Assistant will work an average of 5-6 hours per week. Hours are flexible. Minimum pay starting at $18/hour. The Administrative Assistant will be working under the supervision of the Artistic Directors of the company, and mainly in the home office of the Artistic Directors (owners of a friendly dog), with some occasional off-site work possible.

Tasks and Responsibilities
– Data maintenance – update information in FileMakerPro.
– Marketing – create and send monthly e-newsletters and email blasts for productions and events, press releases, working with the Artistic Directors on writing the copy.
– Update and maintain social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, mnartists.org, etc).
– Update website.
– Financial – track donations and enter cash disbursements and receipts in Quickbooks.
– Support the organization with other administrative tasks as needed.
– Attend bi-monthly board meetings and take minutes.

2023/2024 Apprentice Program, September 2023–May 2024
Collide Theatrical’s Apprentice Program provides the skills needed to pursue formal positions within the Collide company and in the world of theater dance.

Selected apprentice dancers will take technique class with the company 3–5 days a week, have an opportunity to perform in a Collide show, and participate in an apprentice showcase at the end of the year.

The technical classes include a variety of styles rooted in ballet and jazz, but also including tap, acting for dance, and hip hop. Apprentice dancers will also have an opportunity to participate in monthly master classes with Broadway touring dance captains and industry professionals.

This is a tuition-based program.
Scholarships are available for underrepresented artists.
Enrollment is competitive and audition-based.

We are now accepting video submissions
In your video, please include around 3 minutes of ballet center work including adagio, pirouettes, and grand allegro, and 3-4 minutes of jazz highlighting technique and acting abilities. Please also submit a head shot and resume, if you have one.

In-person auditions tonight: May 31, 7:00-8:30pm.

For more information, please contact Grace at grace@collidetheatrical.org.

Apply to be Ballet Co.Laboratory’s 2024 Emerging Choreographer!

Ballet Co.Laboratory believes in the development of the whole dancer and works to invest in artists’ professional growth. Each season, through our Laboratory II: Emerging Choreographer Program, one choreographer is hired through this program to create a new, full-length, staged ballet production which is performed by the upper-level students at The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory, ages 11-20.

Choreographers applying to this program are encouraged to think critically about how ballet can continue to evolve in becoming more inclusive and forward-thinking. Rather than create a piece that is simply based on movement, artists are asked to create a production with a storyline that sparks the imagination and challenges the audiences’ perception of what ballet is. Choreographers are encouraged to expand upon the classic narrative by rethinking the characters, adding characters, or even reimagining the characters’ paths. 

All applicants must live in Minnesota, have had formal ballet training, and consider themselves to be an emerging choreographer.

Deadline is tomorrow, June 1!

Collide Theatrical Dance Company is seeking technically trained professional dancers with excellent acting skills for 23-week contracts and Guest Artist positions in our 2023-2024 Performance Season.

Auditions will take place:
Thursday, June 1 at 10:00am
The studio will be open at 9:30 to warm up.
Please bring a resume and head shot, as well as jazz shoes, ballet shoes, and heels.
Callbacks will happen the same day. Please plan to stay for 2 hours.
Register

Collide Theatrical Dance Company is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, status with respect to public assistance or veteran status, or other status protected by law.

AMP is looking for dynamic and expressive movers for projects as part of our upcoming 2023-24 season. We are seeking passionate, authentic, and curious movers who want to work collaboratively, immerse and challenge themselves with a wide range of material, and continue their artistic development through working with a variety of artists. If this is you, come Move BIG with AMP!

Ideal candidates to join our community of artists should have a strong sense of your individual/unique movement point of view and possess an inquisitive and investigative nature rooted in community-building. All genders, races, and ethnicities are welcome and encouraged to audition.

Alternative Motion Project serves as a catalyst to empower and connect individuals and communities through the art of contemporary dance. AMP presents accessible, compelling, and collaborative dance experiences through performance and education programs. To interact with and learn more about the AMP community, we encourage you to attend (either in part or fully) AMPLIFIED 2023 – AMP’s Summer Workshop, June 5-8. More on AMPLIFIED.

Movers selected as company members will be independent contractors. Stipends will be contracted based on the amount of time and involvement within each project and performance. Benefits also include free weekly movement practice, when offered.

Audition
Friday, June 9
10:00am-1:00pm
At Zenon Dance School
RSVP/Registration by June 8 is appreciated and highly encouraged.

Bring with you:
Your general schedule/availability.
Knee pads are also recommended.

Priority will be given to in person auditions. If you are unable to attend, you may submit a video through the RSVP/Registration form. Video submissions must be received by 11:59pm on June 8 to be considered.

Direct questions to alternativemotionproject@gmail.com.

Experience
– Minimum of 2 years general office experience
– Office software experience, with these or similar software and platforms:
FilemakerPro database, Mailchimp email platform, Quickbooks, Weebly/Wix or other 2nd party web platform, Microsoft Word, and Excel
– Familiarity with social networking sites and their use in marketing
– Experience with writing for marketing
– Experience with grant writing a plus though not necessary.

Working Profile
Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities, strong creative writing and business communication skills, create and follow a calendar of responsibilities, manage details, communicate clearly and directly, and work professionally in an informal atmosphere with a flexible schedule. Will work with supervision from the Artistic Directors.

Hours and Pay
The Administrative Assistant will work an average of 5-6 hours per week. Hours are flexible. Minimum pay starting at $18/hour. The Administrative Assistant will be working mainly in the home office of the Artistic Directors of the company (owners of a friendly dog), with some off-site work possible.

Tasks and Responsibilities
– Data Maintenance – update information in FileMakerPro
– Marketing – create and send monthly e-newsletters and email blasts for productions and events, press releases, working with the Artistic Directors on writing the copy
– Update and maintain social networking sites (FaceBook, Twitter, mnartists.org, etc)
– Update website
– Financial – track donations, enter cash disbursements and receipts in Quickbooks
– Support the organization with other administrative tasks as needed
– Attend bi-monthly board meetings and take minutes