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GroundWorks Dance Theatre Auditions
GroundWorks DanceTheater seeks male and female dancers versatile in ballet, contemporary and modern techniques for company positions. First round of auditions by electronic submission only. Please send dance reel and resume here. If you have questions, please email: info@groundworksdance.org Audition Dates for those INVITED: Candidates will be notified by email regarding an invitation to attend one of our in- person work sessions to be held in Cleveland, Ohio on: February 23, 2018 or March 30, 2018 Year round contract with benefits, beginning May 2018. For more information visit our website at www.groundworksdance.org Applicant must be a United States citizen or hold a valid Green Card. About GroundWorks DanceTheater GroundWorks is an acclaimed contemporary company based in Cleveland, Ohi...
Dancers and the Impossible “Perfect”
BY: SILAS FARLEY via www.dancemagaine.com As dancers, we often talk about perfect feet, perfect turnout and the perfect execution of steps. We spend our days in diligent pursuit of the total mastery of our bodies. We seek to fully conquer space and time. We want our dance to be perfect, which is a powerful incarnation of our deeper human longing for personal perfection. But in dance, as in life itself, there is no perfection in the sense of a state of flawlessness at which we can arrive. Our humanity keeps us from that. However, there is always perfection in the sense of formation: the unending process of refinement. Incrementally progressing through sustained training and exploration is what gives the dance life its vitality. I believe that this process is for our good, because it provide...
Attention L.A. Dancers: Free Dancer Health Screenings This Weekend!
BY: MADELINE SCHROCK via www.dancemagazine.com For dancers in L.A, this Saturday, November 11, might as well be a holiday. The Dance Resource Center, a service organization for the region’s dance community, is hosting its third annual Day of Dancer Health. The best part? All events are free. Here’s a sampling of what’s on tap: Workshops on qigong, finding affordable health insurance, eating mindfully and navigating changes throughout your artistic life. Health screenings. Meet with medical specialists and physical therapists for the Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health’s preventive physical health screening, measuring your aerobic capacity, height and weight, hip rotation and flexibility. You’ll receive a specialized assessment, along with referrals to profes...
Meet American Ballet Theatre’s Newest Soloist By SUSAN REITER
How Calvin Royal III came to be in Alexei Ratmansky’s new ballet Ballet competitions may be scorned in some quarters for their tiresome, circuslike exhibitions of technical tricks. But behind the scenes, career-defining encounters often take place, as Calvin Royal III knows firsthand. For Royal — an elegant and refined dancer who recently became American Ballet Theatre’s newest soloist — participating in the Youth America Grand Prix helped launch him into the profession. Initially Royal, who attended a performing arts high school in St. Petersburg, Florida, wasn’t convinced ballet was for him. “I hadn’t taken any ballet before my freshman year, so I only started at 14,” he explains. “My first year, I went to my teachers wanting t...
Cirque du Soleil Casting – Open Dance Audition in Las Vegas
The Casting team will be hosting open dance auditions in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) on: November 10, 2017 for classical, contemporary and jazz; November 11, 2017 for hip-hop, popping, locking, breakdancing, waving, jookin’; November 12, 2017: call back. All candidates must arrive at 8:00 a.m. to register (candidates who arrive after 9 a.m. will not be admitted). Auditions will begin at 9 a.m. and end around 4:00 p.m. We recommend you bring your own drinks and snacks to the auditions. The auditions on November 10th and 11th will take place at: Millenium Dance Complex 6675 S Tenaya Way Las Vegas, Nevada, 89113, USA The location for callbacks will be shared with selected artists. Qualifications: Candidates must be at least 18 years old at the time of the auditions. Important information to atten...
Dance Auditions at Cirque du Soleil: Meet the Eye Behind the Table
By Rick Tjia, Dance Talent Scout, Cirque du Soleil Casting The dancers file into an audition room. They are given a number and asked to wait for registration to finish before the audition starts. At the end of the room, behind a table and a computer (and probably a number of mobile devices), there I sit, doing audio tests and updating the audition schedule as the room fills up with candidates. The dancers, more nervous than they need to be, see me, typing, perhaps teasing my colleagues, almost certainly with a coffee cup at my side. And all seems calm, as if I’ve been doing this for a very long time. Which I have. Little do the dancers know how many tens of thousands of dancers I have seen and auditioned to get to this moment in time, little do they know the complexities and the en...
The Top 10 BFA Dance Programs in the Country for 2017-18
BY ONSTAGEBLOG.COM The end of August is usually a time where college seems to be on everyone’s mind. Whether it’s incoming freshmen getting ready to move into their residence halls or high school seniors preparing their applications, college is a constant discussion. For theatre students, where you attend can certainly have an impact on your career with the type of training you receive. It’s also important to note that while each school listed here is excellent, a college degree doesn’t guarantee success nor is one required to become successful in this industry. Here at OnStage, we take months to research the best BFA programs to come up with our own lists. We base it off cost vs. scholarships, curriculum, performance opportunities, facilities, experience of faculty...
Dissonance Dance Theatre 2017-2018 Season Auditions
“One of the 11 small-but-mighty dance companies outside of LA and NYC” – Dance Spirit Magazine For invitation to private audition, please send headshot, bodyshot, resume and video reel to: Shawn Short, Director sshort@ddtdc.com. Dissonance Dance Theatre accepts video auditions. For finalization of position, dancers will be ask to attend a private audition class with other candidates on July 8th, 2017 and an in-person interview. We are looking for emerging dance artists, who are hungry, open, and talented. Is that you? Then we want you. Register: In-Person Fee: $20 Dates: July 8th Registration/Warm-Up 2:30pm-3:30pm Audition 3:30pm-5:00pm Company dancers receive performance stipends and pointe shoe allotments. Apprenticeship are non-paid positions. Dissonance Dance Theatre ...
Read More Pascal Rioult debuts a new work set to the music he loved as a teen For much of his choreographic career, Pascal Rioult gravitated toward major classical works: Mozart, Ravel, Bach, Stravinsky, even celebrated scores other choreographers had used. He welcomed the challenge of translating such iconic music into movement. But recently, he’s been drawn to a radically different genre: the progressive rock he danced to in clubs as a French teenager, long before he considered pursuing the art form professionally .
