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Twin Cities Ballet has an open position for a male-identifying company dancer for the second half of the 2021/2022 season, January 2–May 8, 2022. This is a competitive, salaried position with an 18-week contract. Strong classical ballet and contemporary skills required.

Our spring season includes:

TCB’s Choreographic Voices – TCB artists will explore the creative process and present experimental and new works on January 28 and 29 at the Dance Cube performance space at Ballet Royale Minnesota in Lakeville.

Pink Floyd’s The Wall: A Rock Ballet  – TCB will be performing its smash-hit original rock ballet at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul on March 11–13, with live music from popular local band Momentary Lapse of Floyd.

Giselle – The season will conclude with the beautiful ballet classic, Giselle, at Ames Center in Burnsville on May 6–8. This will be the Twin Cities Ballet company premiere of one of the most popular and enduring ballet favorites.

Please submit the following audition materials by email:

• Your resumé.
• Two photos: 1st 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.
• State whether you are currently eligible to work in the United States.

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

About TCB
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.

Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota (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. We encourage dancers of all types to audition. 

Our Mission
To connect and enrich communities by making ballet approachable, relatable, and fun, through professional and original productions and educational outreach.

Collide Theatrical Dance Company is seeking male-identifying dancers with strong ballet and jazz technique and acting abilities for a 16-week contract January 2022-May 2022.

Performances include Our Stories with Guest Choreographer Jeremy McQueen, Romance Cabaret, and Class of ’85.

Competitive pay. Independent contractor position.

Rehearsals 9:30am-2:30/3:30pm, Monday-Friday. Housing, airfare and per diem not included. Must be willing to relocate to the Twin Cities.

Please send headshot, cover letter, and dance reel to casting@collidetheatrical.org. Dancers of color are highly encouraged to apply.

For more about Collide please visit our website: www.collidetheatrical.org

Collide Theatrical believes in a culture of inclusion, diversity, equity, access, and artistic excellence. Collide strongly encourages applications from Black, Indigenous, People of Color, women, transgender and non-binary candidates and other individuals from identities historically underrepresented in dance. Collide does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, disability, or veteran status in employment.

DanceMN is seeking a Co-Editor to proofread and publish the DanceMN News, a role to be shared with current Editor Non Edwards. This position typically takes 3 to 5 hours per week, with the majority of the work happening Monday-Wednesday. The Co-Editor position would ideally be every other week, with the flexibility to trade weeks as needed.

In addition to general proofreading, duties include responding to community and user inquiries, light administrative work, and communicating with the Co-Editor and DanceMN Steering Committee.

A computer and internet access is required. Interested applicants should write to news@dancemn.org with a cover letter and resume. Interest/experience in dance is preferred. Experience with WordPress, Google Drive, and Mailchimp are helpful but not required. Applications will be accepted through November 20.

Compensation
$15-17 per hour, with likelihood of cost of living increase each fiscal year.

DanceMN is a latticework serving to connect, engage, grow, and support a community grounded in the notion that “All Are Connected to Dance in Minnesota.” We seek additional voices to join DanceMN, and strongly encourage applicants from the entire “dance in Minnesota” ecosystem to apply. DanceMN is committed and inspired to adopt equitable search and engagement practices to better reflect our state-wide, multi-genre community.

We look forward to hearing from you!

The DanceMN Steering Committee:
Rahila Coats, Penelope Freeh, Joanne Gordon, Sarah LaRose-Holland, Jim Lieberthal, Kaya Lovestrand, Zofia Mathews, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Abdo Sayegh-Rodriguez, Eve Schulte

Twin Cities Ballet has an open position for a male company dancer for the second half of the 2021/2022 season. This is a competitive, salaried position with an 18-week contract. Strong classical ballet and contemporary skills required. 

Please submit the following audition materials by email:

• Your resumé.
• Two photos. Either attach small format photos or provide a link:
  • 1st arabesque (en pointe for women) and
  • a head shot showing at least 3/4 face.
• Video link showing classwork or performance clips, clearly demonstrating your classical ballet technique.
• State whether you are currently eligible to work in the United States.

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

Assistant Professor – Tenure Track at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
The Dance Program
Our Vision: Preparing Thinking Dancers and Dancing Thinkers
Our Mission: Education and Research in Contemporary Dance in Global Contexts

We seek an active, innovative practitioner with a developing national or international profile whose creative research focuses on contemporary lensing of African Diasporic movement or Urban and Street/Hip Hop forms to join our program as an Assistant Professor on the tenure track. This position will lead their specific movement track, be asked to teach in the program’s more general contemporary technique track if they have the necessary background, and have the opportunity to offer other courses in the program depending on the candidate’s background and research. Our dance program works intentionally to build a contemporary technique track that is informed by a wide range of aesthetics from across the globe.

Required Qualifications
● M.F.A. in Dance, other terminal graduate degree or equivalent professional experience and recognition
● At least 1 year of college- or university-level teaching experience or equivalent in non-university institutions in African Diasporic movement or Urban and Street/Hip Hop forms
● At least 1 year of college- or university-level teaching experience in dancemaking/dance composition or equivalent in non-university institutions
● A distinguished and active record of creative research output and dance pedagogy on a trajectory towards or already having an established national or international profile in either African Diasporic movement or Urban and Street/Hip Hop Forms
● Demonstration and understanding of the importance of the integration of dance scholarship, creativity and physical regimen to an undergraduate dance major’s growth as an artist, thinker, researcher and global citizen in alignment with the dance program’s mission of Contemporary Dance in Global Contexts and goal to provide a near conservatory dance training embedded in a national recognized liberal arts college

To learn more, see the full job post and application at: https://humanresources.umn.edu/content/find-job
Job ID: 342986