OAKLAND, CA: AXIS Dance Company Seeks Dancers for 2022-2023 Season (DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 23)
Company:
AXIS Dance Company
Seeking Dancers for our 2022 – 2023 Season
AXIS Dance Company is seeking disabled and non-disabled dance artists for our 2022 – 2023 season, featuring the creation of new works by AXIS Artistic Director Nadia Adame and to-be-announced choreographers. Current repertoire includes works by Jennifer Archibald, Robert Dekkers and Marc Brew. Full time 42-week contracts are offered beginning April 1st, 2022. Contracts include competitive salary, benefits and a professional development stipend. Once all applications have been received, we will contact you regarding next steps for your submission.
All material must be submitted no later than Friday, March 11th, 2022 by 11:59pm PST to be considered.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Dancers that are highly motivated professionals who have strong performance, teaching and communications skills, and are committed to fully participate in our extensive program of ambassadorial education work worldwide. Dancers are required to create collaboratively, perform and teach locally and abroad.
FOR US TO CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION:
We welcome applicants with a strong aptitude for dance as an art form and have an impressive natural performance style and/or at least 2 years of professional dance experience with training in contemporary dance, improvisation and creative skills. We are looking for self motivated, professional dance artists, who have a strong work ethic and are very good at teaching and communicating.
AXIS is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people of color, people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and people with disabilities. Applicants must be 18 years or older. Dancers must be a U.S. citizen or have a valid work visa that allows them to work for at least two years to be considered.
PARTICIPANT APPLICATION:
The Application linked above includes the following sections to support the review process:
1) Contact Information
2) Resume/CV (must be in PDF format)
3) Headshot and Photos (Dancing Images)
4) Personal Video Statement ( (A short video about who you are, about yourself you would like us to know
and why you would like to work with AXIS Dance)
5) A Web Link with Footage or Showreel, 5-min max. (YouTube or Vimeo link)
6) Two Professional References (Reference’s job title, phone contact, email contact)
ACCESS NEEDS:
Please let us know if you have any access requirements or need assistance with filling out this application. Feel free to contact us accessibility@axisdance.org — note that due to expected high demand, please reach out by Wednesday, February 23rd.
If you have any additional questions or experience any trouble uploading documents to the form, please reach out to companymanager@axisdance.org
Photo by David DeSilva, Dancers Yuko Monden Juma, Bradford Chin, DeMarco Sleeper, AJ Guevara, Lani Dickinson, JanpiStar
