Archive: Auditions, Jobs, and Open Calls

Threads Dance Project has the following job opportunities available:

Development Coordinator
The Development Coordinator will be responsible for implementing the development strategy for the Karen L. Charles Threads Dance Project. The Development Coordinator will be responsible for grant writing and reporting, and individual donor management. The Development Coordinator reports to the Managing Director.

Managing Director
The Managing Director supports the Artistic/Executive Director in guiding the company’s voice and vision. The Managing Director is responsible for the success, performance, and strategies of the business. The Managing Director manages all business operations and ventures and will report to the Artistic/Executive Director.

Programs and Engagement Coordinator
The Programs and Engagement Coordinator will be responsible for managing/coordinating outreach, touring, education programs goals and activities for the Karen L. Charles Threads Dance Project. These duties include but are not limited to leveraging key relationships and contacts within and outside of the Threads’ network, working with the Board and other team members to implement outreach, touring, educational and programs goals, and managing these goals through experience, organization skills, communication skills, and leadership.

For further information and full position descriptions please visit the Job Opportunities page on our website.

To apply, send a cover letter and resume to Treva McFadden, tmcfadden@threadsdance.org.

Red Lake Nation College is seeking experienced contemporary dancers for their grand opening performance in Fall 2023. 

Indigenous Spirit will be choreographed by Nakeema King, and will be a fusion of powwow styles of dance with contemporary movement. The intention of this piece is to bring the awareness and attention of the Native diaspora in the fine arts, expanding Indigenous culture for the next generations to come. 

Audition dates are Thursday, May 11 and Friday, May 12 from 12:00pm-3:00pm. This will be a three-week process of rehearsal and brush-up rehearsals during the months of June through August. Register by filling out the Google form. We will email all registered dancers information on the audition location and your audition date one week prior to auditions. The deadline to register is Wednesday, May 10. 

Nakeema is an enrolled tribal member of the Upper Skagit Tribe and a descendant of the Choctaw Nation. She is also a student at the University of Minnesota working towards a BFA in Dance. She aspires to be an upcoming Indigenous artist and bring her training in contemporary movement to her culture of traditional Native dances.

This is a paying gig: $100 per performance for a total of four performances.

If you have any questions please contact Nakeema King at keema21.ray@gmail.com or by phone at (218)-209-5028.  

Elite Family will hosting it’s Season 9 dance auditions for 2023! We are looking for dancers who want to grow and elevate their dancing skills in our dance community as Elite Family members.

Register – please check to make sure your email is correct as we will not be responsible for incorrect emails and late replies!

Ages 18+ only. Those turning 18 in 2023 may register.

Elite Family Season 9 Auditions
Saturday, May 13
4:00-8:00pm

Schedule*
4:00-4:30pm: Doors open, registration and check-in
4:30-5:30pm: Choreography
5:30-6:30pm: Interview/Break/Review
6:30-8:00pm: Perform choreography and video record
*Auditions may end sooner or later

To Audition:
1) Register
2) Attend the in person audition
3) Learn choreography
4) Interview process
5) Perform the choreography

Details
-Registration will be closed the day before the auditions.
-Only those auditioning are allowed to participate in the audition.
-Free to audition.
-Posting videos of the choreography and dancers during/after auditions is not allowed.
-Audition videos will not be made available by EF.
-Feedback on audition performance will not be given.
-Results of the audition will be communicated via email up to 1 week after audition.
-Orientation/first day for accepted dancers is Sunday, June 4, 2023.

EF rehearses every Sunday, 10:00am-1:00pm, with some exceptions.
Additional practices/times will be added on as needed.

Questions? Please email us at EliteFamilyConnection@gmail.com.

2023/2024 Apprentice Program runs 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 include 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. Video submissions accepted.

In-person auditions will take place:
Wednesday, May 24
7:00-8:30pm

Sign up here.

For more information, please contact Grace at admin@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.

Learn more.

James Sewell Ballet (JSB) is seeking dancers for both project and full contract work in the 2023/24 season.

JSB currently consists of six dancers willing to challenge their physical limits, perform a range of emotions, and play with the boundaries of ballet. The company rehearses in Minneapolis, MN, and performs three full programs a year, in addition to other outreach and touring engagements. Choreographic and teaching opportunities regularly exist throughout the season.

Dancers well suited for this job will:

• Have excellent ballet technique and contemporary movement.
• Have strong improvisational skills, or minimally an eagerness to learn.
• Have good partnering knowledge and ability, including sustained overhead lifts for men and ability to weight-share for all.
• Enjoy teaching opportunities that include company classes and outreach with all ages.
• Be enthusiastic about actively participating in the creative process.
• Bring individual competitiveness and interest in growing as an artist, and excitement to be a part of a small, cooperative team.

JSB offers 26-30-week competitive contracts. Starting salary is no less than $700 per week for a full-contract position. The mission of James Sewell Ballet is to transform dance, artists, and audiences through rich collaboration, education, and equitable opportunities.

Audition is by invitation only. To be considered, please send your resume, headshot, and a video link to deirdre@jsballet.org.

Jennifer Glaws’s Jagged Moves seeks performing and creating artists for a new summer dance series on the farm! 

We are seeking choreographers and performing artists for Soiled Dance Series, a new collaborative performance experience dedicated to bringing awareness to radical dance and agriculture/farming held in August on the inspiring grounds of Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista, MN. 

Jagged Moves seeks 5 artists/artists groups to present site specific works that speak towards the specific locations on the farm for where they are performed. Paid stipend – details at link.

Also seeking performers for a new work produced by Jagged Moves that will premiere during Soiled Dance Series. This project seeks professional performers of all ages with a desire to perform a site specific work, outside, on grass and dirt terrain. Looking for individuals with experience in contemporary forms, improvisation for generation and performance, and partnering. Paid stipend – details at link.

Interest due at 5:00pm CT on April 26. Artists will be announced May 1.

For questions or if the submission process is prohibitive, please email jagged9@hotmail.com.

Artist Call
Site Descriptions

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.

The audition will be:
April 29
5:00-7:00pm
at Platinum Dance Center

Please register for the audition by April 28.

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

Threads Dance Project has the following job opportunities available:

Development Coordinator
The Development Coordinator will be responsible for implementing the development strategy for the Karen L. Charles Threads Dance Project. The Development Coordinator will be responsible for grant writing and reporting, and individual donor management. The Development Coordinator reports to the Managing Director.

Managing Director
The Managing Director supports the Artistic/Executive Director in guiding the company’s voice and vision. The Managing Director is responsible for the success, performance, and strategies of the business. The Managing Director manages all business operations and ventures and will report to the Artistic/Executive Director.

Programs and Engagement Coordinator
The Programs and Engagement Coordinator will be responsible for managing/coordinating outreach, touring, education programs goals and activities for the Karen L. Charles Threads Dance Project. These duties include but are not limited to leveraging key relationships and contacts within and outside of the Threads’ network, working with the Board and other team members to implement outreach, touring, educational and programs goals, and managing these goals through experience, organization skills, communication skills, and leadership.

For further information and full position descriptions please visit the Job Opportunities page on our website.

To apply, send a cover letter and resume to Treva McFadden, tmcfadden@threadsdance.org.

2023/2024 Apprentice Program runs 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 include 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. Video submissions accepted.

In-person auditions will take place:
Wednesday, May 24
7:00-8:30pm

Sign up here.

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