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Job Title: Managing Director (MD)
Status: .75 FTE/30 hours a week, salaried
Reports to: Board of Directors
Supervises: Contractors
Salary: $60,000 annually plus benefits (health, retirement, PTO, plus $5,000 relocation fee)
Application Deadline: November 30, 2022

About Rosy Simas Danse 
For Native communities, art is everything. Art, song, and story manifest our activism, dance is our primary assertion of spirit and identity, and the creation of art is an enormously important part of both our economy and our traditions. Our lifeways and our art ways do not separate.

We make the work of Native artists nationally and internationally visible, to shift the global view of how Native people are seen—to demonstrate that Native artists are contemporary, groundbreaking artists bringing critical Indigenous worldviews to all fields of the arts. RSD furthers artistic and professional growth for Native and BIPOC artists, which in turn provides income, education, visibility, artistic autonomy, and hope for individual artists.

Anti-Oppression, Equity, and Inclusion are Foundational
We believe that the liberation of all peoples starts with the healing of oppression and trauma caused by the intersectional, historical, and current oppression of Native, Indigenous, Black, and People of Color in this country. We acknowledge that all human beings and all species in relationship with human beings need to be free.

The work of Rosy Simas Danse specifically seeks to simultaneously work against all named and unnamed forms of systemic oppression such as white supremacy, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism, and gender-bias while advancing an inclusive, abundant, holistic ecosystem, working against capitalist notions of scarcity and value. An ecosystem that will support and allow the Native and BIPOC of the dance community in this country to thrive.

We aim to be equitable in all our programming through not only our own commissioning, programming, and paying of artists and community, but by actively advocating and fighting for equality for Native, Indigenous, Black, and People of Color in the broader arts field.

Position Summary
As the first Managing Director (MD), you will work with the Artistic Director to implement the infrastructure and systems which support day-to-day operations and strategic objectives to execute the vision of Rosy Simas Danse. The Managing Director is responsible for the overall business, administrative, and operational management of the company. This includes leadership of fundraising, budgeting, financial management, HR, information systems, institutional marketing, and board relations.

Core Areas of Duties
Financial Management and Operations, including People Management
Resource Development, including Fundraising
Space Logistics and Support
External Relations and Communications
Board Relations and Support

More information, including the knowledge, wisdom, and experience sought can be found on our website.

Does this position interest you? Email us the following with the subject line “Managing Director”:

• Contact information: name, email, and phone number.
• A document with your story or letter of interest telling us why you want this position. Describe the experience that you bring. We want to hear about you, your journey, and why you think this position and RSD are a good fit for you.
• Your resume or a list of your experience.

Contact us with your information or any questions at: info@rosysimasdanse.com

We look forward to hearing from you!

Rhythmically Speaking, a Twin Cities-based dance company with a 15-year history and a national reputation for excellence in jazz, seeks works for stage and screen for presentation as a part of our program The Cohort 2023.

Submissions are due November 30, 2022. For full info about important details, dates and compensation, and to access to submission form,visit this link.

The program includes a live stage production in the Twin Cities in Summer 2023 and dance film screenings in Colorado (summer 2023) and the Twin Cities (fall 2023). The call for works for screen is in partnership with the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema (CO), one of the longest-running and most reputable screendance festivals in the nation. Our 2022 film screening partners were the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop (CO) and the Twin Cities Film Festival (MN). 

Submitted works must explore jazz and/or American social dance ideas from forms including but not limited to tap and hip hop styles. Join the ongoing conversation around the connections between and sociocultural impact/s of these styles by submitting! Artists 21 and older at any point in their careers are welcomed to submit.

We look forward to seeing your work, and thank you for your interest!

Young Dance is seeking teachers, assistants, and substitutes for 2022-23 and beyond. Teachers with experience in the following styles are encouraged to apply: Hip Hop, Jazz, Musical Theater, Afro-Modern, Modern/Contemporary, Ballet, Percussive, and Creative Movement. Experience working with dancers of all abilities is a plus, but not required.

Founded in 1987, we believe young people are artists with something important to say and that working across differences is a benefit to 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. Participants enjoy our collaborative and student-led approach to dance education. Our curriculum emphasizes technique, improvisation, and choreography through the elements of dance: Body, Action, Space, Time, and Energy. Dancers develop skills in observing, participating, and reflecting in a safe and supportive environment that values a commitment to self, to the group, and to lifelong learning.

Pay rate is $48/hour for lead teaching, $24/hour for assisting.

Contact Anat Shinar, anat@youngdance.org, with a resume and brief introduction.

Choreographer Berit Ahlgren seeks performers for CEDARBACKE, a new work produced by HoneyWorks that will premiere its first of three segments at Arena Dances’ Candy Box Festival, April 27-29, 2023, at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, MN. This piece will be developed between Ahlgren and the cast, through studying the history of the Southern Theater and its relationship to the surrounding neighborhood on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.

This project seeks professional performers from all ages, backgrounds, and experiences. As the piece will be built collaboratively, a personal interest and history with the Southern Theater or Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is of interest. Please complete this form by November 4 to request an audition on November 5 or 6.

Rehearsal Schedule, subject to change:
Mondays, 11:00am-2:00pm; Tuesdays, 11:30-2:00pm; Wednesdays, 11:00-1:00pm; Thursdays, 11:00am-2:00pm; Fridays, 12:00-2:00pm

• November 9-11
• November 21-23
• November 28-December 9
• December 27-30
• February 13-24
• March 6-17, Wednesdays-Fridays only
• April 17-21
• April 24-29: Tech and performances at the Southern Theater

All rehearsals take place at the Cowles Center.
$1500 stipend for rehearsals and performances, roughly 80 hours of commitment.
Please explain any conflicts of availability with the proposed rehearsal schedule in case adjustments are possible.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

We invite artists who are ready for professional engagement to join our ensemble. Ideal company members demonstrate a commitment to training in a non-mainstream movement aesthetic and the rigor of a justice-informed creative approach, show up with maturity and consistency in their working process, and embody an ensemble-based working methodology.

Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of BIPOC women and femme artists working at the intersection of artistic excellence, contemporary dance theater, social justice, and transnational feminisms. Our physical facility, the Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice is located at 1197 University Ave West, St Paul, MN. Typically, the company presents at least one new, devised performance annually, and is engaged in touring, offering community-based experiences, workshops, classes, and site-specific public art works. The company prides itself on developing deep roots in our local community along with wide-spreading branches in our transnational relationships. Performing artists are employees with January-to-December contracts.

For more information about Yorchhā, our signature contemporary movement aesthetic, go to: https://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/philosophy/yorchha/

For more context about Shawngrām, our specific choreographic methodology, go to: https://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/philosophy/shawngram/

The audition process involves an initial submission of inquiry on this platform, followed by in-person auditions with the company ensemble. Submission deadline: Monday, November 9, 2022

Application link: bit.ly/ADTAudition

Katha Dance Theatre has been performing and educating in Kathak, the classical Indian dance form, since 1987. Kathak is a beautiful dance form that is grounded in a mixture of balletic lyrical movements and pirouettes as well as complex rhythmic footwork. Because it originated as a form of storytelling, the form also has a strong emotional component and evokes narratives through dancers’ gestures and facial expressions. KDT has been working for over 35 years to make the form accessible and inclusive through offering programs throughout the state of Minnesota (and beyond) and collaborating with multicultural artists on original work.

With that in mind, KDT is seeking dancers of diverse mediums and ethnic backgrounds to join their school on a track to eventually join the professional company. The organization has received grant funding that enables it to offer full scholarships to at least 5 dancers outside of its majority-South Asian community to begin Kathak training.

The training would begin ASAP, with current fall classes ongoing. Professional dancers of any kind are welcome, with male dancers being especially encouraged to join. To learn more about the upcoming session, go to our website and email info@kathadance.org if interested.

Watch an example of KDT’s work here.

Photo by Anjana Nair.

Dance Projects by ME is seeking a dance instructor and performer to assist in leading a series of adult community workshops and performances. This project will run April-June 2023.

Our Movement As Language workshop series provides an introduction to modern/contemporary dance and choreographic tools for participants to express themselves with movement. An ideal candidate will be open to a collaborative work environment, have teaching and choreographic experience, and be comfortable working with movers from diverse backgrounds with all levels of dance experience. The project will culminate in a public performance at the Southern Theater.

Position Title: Performer and Workshop Instructor

Planned dates and time commitments – exact times to be defined:
Three Workshops: April 14-16, April 21-23, and April 28-30
Rehearsals: Two hours Tuesdays and Thursdays in April; two hours Monday-Thursday in May and June
Tech and Performance Dates: June 12-18

Instructor and Rehearsal Rate: $40/hour
Choreography and Performance Stipend: $1450
Hours: approximately 90 total hours

Dance Projects by ME seeks to cultivate space for dance projects inspired by diverse styles and community exchange. We strive to create dance accessibility through choreography, education, and performance.

To apply, please send a resume and dance sample to Erika Martin and Carmen Lucia Lincoln by Friday, November 18.