Archive: Auditions, Jobs, and Open Calls

The Program Director is responsible for day-to-day Heart of Dance programming including supervision of personnel, oversight of general operations, and recruitment and training of staff for Dancing Classrooms and Dance for Life.  This position exists to provide quality control and strengthen Educational Liaison and Teaching Artist staff. For more information and to apply, please visit: www.heartofdancemn.org/careers

Through partner dance, Heart of Dance enables people to discover all they can be, offering youth, older adults, and others from diverse communities and all walks of life an environment in which to thrive. Our mission is to transform lives through the physical, mental, and emotional benefits of partner dance.

Our evidence-based, intergenerational programs transform the mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing of our clients, bringing them creativity, joy, self-expression, and community! Dancing Classrooms, the global SEL residency for elementary and middle schools, builds crucial life skills like teamwork, confidence, respect, persistence, and gender and multicultural acceptance through the lens of partner dance. Dance For Life enhances quality of life for older adults by improving social connectedness, balance and fitness, and enhancing mental focus to diminish or delay the effects of dementia.

Twin Cities Ballet is currently seeking apprentice and company dancers for our 2022/23 season!

Company Positions: Soloist and Principal level, competitive salaried position, 34-week season. We are specifically seeking male-identifying company dancers. Strong classical ballet, partnering, and contemporary skills required. You must be eligible to work in the United States. 

Apprentice Positions: Unpaid Apprentice positions for dancers eighteen and older seeking performance opportunities, training, and artistic development to grow, gain experience, and better prepare for a company position.

Trainees Positions: High school-age, for those who wish to receive the finest training available and perform with a professional company alongside professional dancers in professional productions, while on a path to a professional career.

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

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

ABOUT US

Twin Cities Ballet (TCB) is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit professional dance company that creates original full-length and shorter story ballets, a rare and nearly lost art, as well as more abstract contemporary ballet-based works. An emerging gem in the Twin Cities, TCB has carefully built a financially solid and growing organization that is making its mark both regionally and nationally through its creative and innovative artistic endeavors. Our mission is to connect and enrich communities by making ballet approachable, relatable, and fun, through professional and original productions and educational outreach.

TCB prohibits discrimination against any employee, applicant for employment, or patron because of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Zenon is looking for an intern this summer! Learn more about the 2022 Summer Office Intern position and how to apply on our website. 

Responsibilities:

Assist Zenon Dance School’s School Director and School Coordinator with general office functions and  school operations. This includes assisting in data entry and management, customer communication, hosting ZenONLINE classes via Zenon’s Zoom platform, in-person class check-in and customer service, basic marketing support, and with planning projects as they arise. 

Skills:

• Organized and detail oriented
• Self-motivated and willing to take initiative
• Familiarity with MS Office including Excel
• Willingness to work on a wide variety of projects
• Knowledge of dance or interest in arts administration strongly preferred

Dates: 

Interns must commit to a minimum of 10 weeks and 10-12 hours per week. Availability: Saturday and Sunday mornings preferred. Start and end dates are flexible. Duties include in-person and remote tasks.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Please email a cover letter and resume to danielle@zenondance.org.

• Classical Ballet, Jazz, and Hip-hop Instructors
• Events marketing, communication, data entry

Who we are:

At CREO we foster a supportive community of physicality, creativity, and joy. We are concert dance focused.

What we offer:

• Competitive pay with bonuses and perks
• Paid annual retreat
• Fun supportive environment
• Beautiful spacious studios to inspire creativity

Call for proposals are now open for the The Right Here Showcase, an annual juried performance series providing four artists a financial commission with tech, marketing, and administrative support to present a 45-60 minute work of contemporary performance. Artists perform on two shared weekends.

Deadline to apply: Sunday, March 20, 11:59pm

In this the 7th iteration of the Right Here Showcase, the series will focus on experimental theater artists and works. An applicant artist may be principally identified in another performance discipline (as a dancer, visual artist, composer, etc.), but the proposed work must be a work of theater. What is Theater? You will tell us by virtue of the work you are proposing.

As with past years, the Selection Panel will, through their deliberations and decisions, seek to establish biographical and artistic diversity within the group of artists to be commissioned.

The program was founded by Artistic Producer Paul Herwig, a movement theater actor and creator, scenic designer, animation/projection artist, and co-artistic director of Off-Leash Area Contemporary Performance Works, now in its 23rd year. This year he is joined in leadership by Marcela Michelle, who was Artistic Director of 20% Theatre company from 2019 until it’s closing in 2022, and an associate producer there before that, producing many new works showcases. She is also the Artistic Co-Director and Director of Programming for Lightning Rod – a Trans-led arts organism focused on Legacy, Development, and Opportunity for QTGNC artists and activists in Minnesota.

Financial Commission: Thanks to increased funding by our sole granting source, the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, the individual artist’s fee will increase 60% from $1,000 to $1,600 per artist.

More info + Apply at https://righthereshowcase.weebly.com/rhs-7-nov-2022

Ballet Co.Laboratory is holding auditions for our 2022/23 Trainee Program on March 27, 2022. 

The Trainees of Ballet Co.Laboratory are advanced level students, typically ages 15-22, who study three times a week, during the day, alongside the professional Company of Ballet Co.Laboratory. Trainees are also enrolled in Ballet Co.Laboratory’s Pre-Professional program and participate in all season productions and outreach performances. 

In-person auditions will be held at the Ballet Co.Laboratory Studios at 276 E. Lafayette Frontage Rd in Saint Paul. Dancers should be prepared for a short class consisting of barre and center and learning excerpts of BCL repertoire. 

Registration opens at 11:30 and class will begin promptly at 12pm. 

Prior to auditions, please submit the TRAINEE AUDITION/SUBMISSION FORM, with or without a video link. There is no audition fee. 

Unable to attend our in-person audition? We are also accepting video auditions. Video auditions must include a short ballet center combination, short center pointe combination, and performance footage if possible. Videos should be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo. Please no videos longer than 3 minutes. There is no audition fee. All video audition materials are due by May 1, 2022. 

Final decisions will be communicated over email by June 1, 2022.

Trainee season will begin early September 2022 and go through late May 2023.

Tuition = $530/month | Scholarships and Work Exchange Positions available 

https://www.balletcolaboratory.org/trainee-program

Zenon Dance Company and School, Inc. seeks a Xchange Volunteer Coordinator to join its administrative team!

Zenon Dance School has been at the heart of the Twin Cities dance community for nearly 40 years, and is housed in two beautiful studios on the 4th floor of the Cowles Center for Dance in downtown Minneapolis. Zenon offers four sessions of dance classes per year with adult and youth classes offered per session, to recreational, pre-professional, and professional dancers teaching a broad variety of styles including traditional techniques such as ballet, modern, and jazz as well as hip hop, afro-modern, and belly dance. The school’s faculty consists of the area’s leading teachers, dancers, accompanists and choreographers.

The Xchange Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for managing Zenon Dance School’s volunteer program, Xchange, and working in partnership with the School Coordinator and Assistant on volunteer requirements; responsibilities include:

• Coordinating Xchange volunteers to staff Zenon Dance School’s lobby desk.
• Scheduling Xchange volunteers for regular shifts during Zenon school sessions and for special events (Open House, Workshop Week, Zenon Dance Zone performances, Summer Camps, Master Classes, etc.)
• Training new volunteers and/or scheduling Xchange Volunteer training shifts.
• Managing and issuing Xchange volunteer hours weekly.
• Maintaining and updating Xchange volunteer contact files and sub lists.
• Serving as the main point of contact for Xchange volunteers
• Troubleshooting absences, finding substitutes and covering shifts when needed.

Skills:

• Must be organized, detail-oriented, and able to prioritize workload
• Must have good communication skills and be able to work with a wide variety of people
• Familiarity with MS Office, Google Forms, Mindbody (online POS system)
• Knowledge of dance preferred
• Prior non-profit experience preferred

Salary and Benefits: This is an Independent Contractor position with an estimated 10 hours per week for 52 weeks; weekly stipend of $150; unlimited free dance classes at Zenon Dance School and reduced studio rental fees. Flexible in-person and remote work schedule.

Zenon Dance Company and School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To Apply

Send a cover letter and resume to Danielle Robinson-Prater, School Director, at danielle@zenondance.org.

Ballet Co.Laboratory is looking for versatile and accomplished classically trained male and female dancers with partnering and pointe experience for our 2022/23 performance season. In addition to paid dance contracts, Company members are paid to develop arts administration skills in efforts to develop the whole dancer. 

Position and Contract Details – for Company and Apprentice Members:

• 34-week contract beginning fall 2022
• Health and wellness perks (PT, massage, personal training, nutrition, shoes, etc.)
• Collaborative coaching with professional rehearsal assistants
• Classical and contemporary ballet works
• New studios with natural light, shower, gender neutral restrooms, and private staff lounge
• Artist-driven organization: artists work on the administrative team of BCL under a secondary administrative, paid contract alongside the Managing and Artistic Directors 

Artists must be collaborative, creative, eager to learn, willing to grow, and interested in all aspects of an arts administration.

Apply

Email a cover letter, resume, and audition video to:
Zoé Henrot, Artistic Director
zhenrot@balletcolaboratory.org 

Audition video must be under 5 minutes in length and include:

• Class work (at least two exercises in center)
• Classical variation or performance clip
• Contemporary variation or performance clip

Deadline to apply: March 15, 2022 – https://bit.ly/CompanyAuditionsBCL