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Collide Theatrical Company Auditions

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.

Audition
Thursday, June 1 at 10:00am
The studio will be open at 9:30 to warm up.
Please bring a resume and headshot, as well as jazz shoes, ballet shoes, and heels.
Callbacks will happen the same day – please plan to stay for 2 hours.
Click here to 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.

Choreograph for Ballet Co.Laboratory

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.

Audition for Alternative Motion Project

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.

Off-Leash Area Call for Proposals for Next Off-Kilter Cabaret

Off-Leash Area announces an artist call for proposals for the second Off-Kilter Cabaret “Inside Outside Inside-Out”.

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 opens June 1, and 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 is 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 be partnering again with Young Dance, whose mission is: “transforming lives through movement.”

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

Instructors Needed for 2-Day Summer Intensive

Shooting Stars Dance in Cloquet, MN is looking for the following instructors for a youth summer intensive on August 7 and 8:

  • Ballet instructor to teach 6 hours of class each day focusing on technique
  • Hip-hop instructor to teach 4 hours of class on either one or both days focusing on technique
  • Jazz instructor to teach 4 hours of class on either one or both days focusing on choreography
  • Contemporary instructor to teach 4 hours of class on either one or both days focusing on choreography
  • An instructor to teach 4 hours of class focusing on turning and jumping technique

All positions include lunch in addition to your teaching rate. Lodging is provided for those teaching multiple days. This intensive will feature dancers ages 5-18 in 4 different levels. We are a family-oriented studio that values teaching our students leadership alongside their dance education. Interested parties should contact suzygoodin@ssddance.com with the subject line “August Intensive.”

Red Eye Theater Presents New Works 4 Weeks Festival

A cornerstone of the Twin Cities performance landscape, the long-running New Works 4 Weeks Festival lights up Red Eye’s new performance space in the Seward neighborhood each summer. This process-driven, cohort-based incubator of new works culminates in a showcase of the freshest experiments from Minnesota’s most risk-taking performing artists. 

May 25-27 at 7:00pm: Works-in-progress with Rebecca Nichloson, Sam Aros-Mitchell, Margaret Ogas, and Atim Opoka
June 1-3 at 7:00pm: Zola Dee and Emily Michaels King
June 8-10 at 7:00pm: D. Allen and Alys Ayumi Ogura
June 15-17 at 7:00pm: Ricardo Beaird

Sliding scale $15-50, before Eventbrite fees. If cost is a barrier, please email staff@redeyetheater.org for additional options.

More information and tickets at www.redeyetheater.org.

Flamenco In The Garden By Twin Cities Flamenco Collective

Join Twin Cities Flamenco Collective for their summer outdoor performance at the Modus Locus Graffiti Garden next to Reverie Cafe and Bar in the Powderhorn neighborhood. Yummy plant-based food and drinks are available for purchase at Reverie Cafe and Bar.

Performers:
Bobby “El Eléctrico” – Hand percussionist
Eva Makiko – Flamenco dancer
Ross “El Vecino” – Flamenco guitarist
Sachiko “La Chayí” – Flamenco dancer
Trevor May – Flamenco guitarist

Saturday, May 27 at 7:00pm
Free!

National Taiwan University of Arts 2023 Tour

As part of their North America tour to celebrate the 2023 Taiwanese American Heritage Week, the music and dance performers from the National Taiwan University of Arts will give a dance and music performance focused on the innovative interpretation of traditional and modern Taiwanese dance and music on Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30pm at the Eisenhower Community Center Theater.

Introduction to the Program:
The intrinsic concept of the dances is based on the diverse culture of Taiwan which has gone through a history of immigration and colonization. With the utilization of innovative choreography, the dances combine the forms of dance and music that demonstrate the contemporary cultural features, ethnic cultures, and pop music of Taiwan. The traditional diverse culture is therefore exhibited with a whole new style. The performance is hosted in both Chinese and English in order to enhance the interaction with the audience. Click here for highlights of the performance in the past.

The ticket for the event is free, but you are welcome to make a donation of any amount by clicking the preceding link, through PayPal or Venmo, or making a cash donation at the theater entrance.

Floorwork: Conversations and Knowledge Sharing Potluck

Floorwork: a communal conversation and shared meal.

Every first Saturday! Floorwork was developed to hold conversations, knowledge sharing, and supportive space for dance artists and people who like to move.

The next Floorwork is:
Saturday, June 3
12:00-2:00pm – New Time!
RSVP by Thursday, June 1

This June Floorwork will focus on the question, “How do we improve our creative practice with thoughtful and critical feedback?” – conversation assisted by Arwen Wilder of Hijack. Conversation will be held over a communal meal – bring your own dish to share in our potluck! ARENA DANCES will supply beverages, plates, napkins, and utensils.

Critical Conversations – Technical and Production

Our next series of Critical Conversations will focus on the technical and production side of dance! These workshops are designed to provide a baseline for working with production teams and venues in Minnesota and abroad and to give artists the language to talk about tech. Come to one or both – the workshops are independent of one another and will be both presentation and conversation based amongst the panel and any artists attending. Both workshops are moderated by Cowles Co-Director (and Production Manager), Joseph Bingham, who will be joined by several panelists at each event. These discussions are free and open to all. Come to share your thoughts or just listen.
 
Building a Production Team
Tuesday, June 6, 6:00-8:00pm

Finding the right people for your creative project is paramount for success. Depending on the needs of your project, you may need a stage manager, production manager (no, the two aren’t always the same), lighting designer, sound designer, video designer, or more. Just like artists, different production folks have different aesthetics and ways of collaborating. Hear from several seasoned folks from these disciplines about their working styles, big-picture things you as a choreographer should consider when building out your team of collaborators, and the do’s and don’ts of tech week.

Putting Your Show in a Venue and Touring
Wednesday, June 7, 6:00-8:00pm
Whether you are producing a show at a local theater or touring, there are many factors, logistics, and ways of working and planning to consider. Venues with crew requirements versus those who just turn the keys over require different approaches when it comes to working with the venue’s production person or team. The technical elements of your work will require different planning depending on the venue and the people available to support it. This workshop brings seasoned production folks together to discuss how different venues locally and nationally require artists and production teams to plan. You’ll walk away knowing what to consider for your project.