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ARENA DANCES seeks experienced dancers with strong technical, artistic, and creative abilities for our twenty-ninth fall season.

Saturday, May 11, 11:00-2:00pm
The Arena in South Minneapolis
RSVP is required; please do so by 5:00pm, Thursday, May 9.

No callbacks. Decisions will be made by end of week, May 17.

The Project
Twenty-Ninth Fall Season: Monument – ARENA DANCES’ artistic director, Mathew Janczewski, and fellow collaborators Dustin Haug, Leslie O’Neill, and Laura Selle Virtucio seek dancers to remount several repertory works including a male-identified quartet (huddle), mixed quartet (Gershwin Suite), and mixed septet ensemble (Navigations), that will perform September 10-15, 2024 at Luminary Arts Center.

Professional dancers of all ages, backgrounds, and experiences who also have a knack for learning off video are encouraged to apply. Applicants will be asked to improvise, as well as learn phrase work. We are looking for diverse performers who are creative, collaborative, and expressive. Must be available starting mid-June to September 2024.

In-person auditions are given priority. If you are unable to audition in person, you may submit a short video (under 5 minutes) in your registration form. Please include improvisation as well as performance footage.

Rehearsal schedule to be determined amongst the ensemble.
Dancers are paid $20/hour for rehearsals and a flat tech week/performance run of $700.

Please contact Mathew at arenadances@gmail.com with questions.

Collide Theatrical Dance Company is auditioning dancers for their eleventh season at the Luminary Arts Center. Seeking strong technical jazz dancers with excellent acting skills. All styles of dance – tap, hip hop, etc. – are encouraged to apply. Season announcement will take place in early May. 

Audition
Friday, May 10, 10:00am-1:00pm at Collide 
Sign up for an audition appointment.

Callbacks
Tuesday, May 14, 10:00am-12:00pm at Collide

2024/2025 Schedule

• Rehearsals are during daytime hours, usually 9:30am-3:30pm.
• Show 1: Rehearses September 10-October 4. Tech October 8-11. Performances October 12-November 3.
• Wonderland Tour: Rehearsals in October. Touring in November.
• Residency: December 3-6.
• Show 2: Rehearses January 7-31. Tech February 5-7. Performances February 8-March 2.
• Show 3: Rehearsals March 4-28. Tech April 1-4. Performances April 4-27.

Positions Available

• Company Dancers – Salaried employees on 28-week contracts from September 2024-April 2025. Must be available for all 28 weeks. Highest paying position within the company. $500-$800/week. Year-long free classes. 3-4 positions available.
• Guest Artists – Hired on a per-show basis. $400/week. 3-6 months free class. All positions available.
• Ensemble Dancers – Hired on a per-show basis. $300/week. 3-6 months free class. All positions available.
• Apprentice Dancers – Unpaid performance and training opportunity in exchange for 3-6 months of dance education. All positions available. 

Email Grace@collidetheatrical.org with questions.

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 (including transsexual and inter-sexed), national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, status with respect to public assistance or veteran status, or other status protected by law.

Are you a Minnesota-based emerging choreographer with formal ballet training? Apply for our Laboratory II: Emerging Choreographer Program for a paid opportunity to create a new, full-length, staged production performed by the upper-level students at The School of Ballet Co.Laboratory in March 2025! 

The story that Ballet Co.Laboratory will be asking the 2025 emerging choreographer to draw inspiration from is the children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon – inspired by Harold going to the State Fair. Applicants who apply can choose to present this narrative as a classical or contemporary ballet. The selected choreographer will work alongside the Ballet Co.Laboratory artistic team in selecting the music, designing scenic elements, creating costumes, and casting roles.

Choreographers applying to this program are encouraged to think critically about how ballet can continue to evolve in becoming more inclusive and forward-thinking. Artists are asked to create a production with a story line that sparks the imagination and challenges the audiences’ perception of what ballet is. 

All applicants must live in Minnesota, have had formal ballet training, and consider themselves to be an emerging choreographer.

Applications close on May 10, 2024.