Summer Dance Festivals and Intensives
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ABC For Dance: Resource page on dance Curriculum featuring learning materials, lectures, and more.
Answers4Dancers: National and international auditions and industry information.
California Dance Network: Auditions, news, resources for the California area.
Dance Metro DC: Local auditions for the D.C. Metropolitan Area
Dance NYC: New York dance auditions
Dance Resource Center- LA: Auditions for the LA and southern California area
Disney: Auditions for Disney cruise ships and resorts
Royal Caribbean: Cruise ship auditions
New Audition and Special Event Postings!
Internship: dance anywhere
San Francisco
Three-month writing and social media internship, offers experience in conducting interviews with artists and dancers around the world, and the opportunity to build a portfolio of journalistic writing samples.
More information here.
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Internship: Choreographer, BrickaBrack Theatre
San Francisco
Seeking a choreographer for our dance/theatre piece that will be presented in the SF Fringe in September: Stalking Christopher Walken, a dance theatre dream jaunt into the mind of this renowned actor and cultural phenomenon.
More information here.
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Grant: Challenge America Fast-Track, National Endowment for the Arts
The main goal for funded projects is to extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations while involving professionally trained, experienced artists, and arts professionals alike.
Contact 202.682.5700
Email: fastrack@artsgov
More information here.
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Audition: Capacitor
Saturday, May 26, 3:30-5:30pm
ODC Dance Commons, 351 Shotwell Street, SF
Capacitor seeks professional Ballet and Modern dancers to fill out their cast of dance/circus performers. Looking for one female and one male dancer for a variety of local and touring projects.
To register, contact the ODC Dance Commons Front Desk at 415.863.9830 x100
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Audition: Elements Theater Collective is excited to host its first ever Santa Barbara County General Auditions
May 26, 10am-2pm
Performers of all ages and union status are invited to attend this exciting opportunity to access local theatre companies.
Each Actor will have 90 seconds to perform 1 or 2 monologues or 16-32 bars of a song and a monologue
Registration: $25
Center Stage Theater, downtown Santa Barbara
Contact: elementstheatrecollective@gmail.com
More information here.
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Special Event: Push Dance Company's Bitter Melon
Friday, May 25 - Monday, May 28th, 8pm
Dewey Monument, Union Square Park, San Francisco, CA 94108
Union Square Park is bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets
Steeped in the cultural histories of San Francisco's African American and Filipino communities, Raissa Simpson's Push Dance Company premiers the free performance, Bitter Melon. It features 3D video projection by Ben Wood and his collaborator David Mark onto the historic Dewey Monument. Performed by Push Dancers, the collaborative piece highlights interactions with vibrant video and sound. Uncovering the hidden realities of these parallel cultures, this new performance cracks open questions to the contradictions of life: national and cultural identity, natural disaster and war - the power of loss and redemption.
For more information, please go here.
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Call for Applications: Yerba Buena NightApplication deadline: May 29, 2012
Looking for singers, dancers, musicians, and performers of all types to participate in Yerba Buena Night on Saturday, October 13.
Contact: dispatch@bcbd.org
For more information, please go here.
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Audition: Blue13 Dance Company
Professional Dancers & Apprenticeship 2012/13 Season
Sunday, June 3, 1:30pm
Dance Conservatory of Pasadena
496 S. Arroyo Parkway
Pasadena, CA
All Auditioning Dancers should prepare a 1-Minute Solo in Strongest Genre, with Music on CD or iPod.
Prior to audition please submit resume and headshot to: auditions@blue13dance.com
More information here.
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Grant Opportunity: Arts Writers Grant Program, Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation
Grant Application Deadline: June 6
The Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through project-based grants issued directly to individual authors The Arts Writers Grant Program aims to support the broad spectrum of writing on contemporary visual art, from general-audience criticism to academic scholarship.
The Arts Writers Grant Program aims to strengthen the field through rigorous, passionate, eloquent, and precise writing about contemporary art. It is important that critical writing remains a valued mode of engaging the visual arts.
More information here.
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Opportunity: Artist in Residence
Application due date: June 15, 2012
Every winter the Caldera Arts Center near Sisters, Oregon invites artists from all over the world for monthlong residences. Artists are provided private A-frame cabins and share access to wet and dry studios, a darkroom, a kiln, editing facilities and rehearsal and performance space. Residencies are open to artists from any field, as well as scientists, engineers and environmentalists.
Details: Residents are given a cabin, 24-hour access to studios and the time and space to create. By design, the residents form a small community of 5-12 artists, depending on the group.
For more information, please go here.
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Call for Artists: 6th Annual MixMatch Dance Festival
Application deadline: June 15, 2012
Hart Pulse Dance Company is looking for members to be a part of their 6th Annual MixMatch Dance Festival! The growing event provides an opportunity for a diverse group of companies and artists to network and perform in an exciting and energetic setting.
Showcasing all forms of dance such as jazz, ballet/pointe, modern, contemporary, tap, belly, pole, lyrical, hip hop, folk, dance on film and much more, curious audiences can expect an evening packing a punch of excitement and energy. Hart Pulse Dance Company aims to appeal to those looking for a fun, relaxed, nice night out with the guarantee of leaving the theater completely captivated by at least one of the evenings dance works.
For more information, please go here.
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Audition: ODC/Dance
Sunday, June 17, 11:30am-1pm (call backs 1:15pm-3pm)
ODC/Dance is looking for one male dancer with substantial professional and touring experience, extensive ballet and modern training, partnering skills and a hard-working and creative spirit. Pre-registration is required.
To register, contact the ODC Dance Commons Front Desk at 415.863.9830 x100
More information here.
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Call for Applications: Dance/USA's Conference Scholarships
The San Francisco Host Committee for the 2012 Dance/USA's Conference is pleased to offer scholarship opportunities for the SF Bay Area dance community to attend this year's conference, June 27-30.
Dance/USA's 2012 Annual Conference will be the largest gathering of dance professionals in the United States. To receive a scholarship application, please contact dg@dancersgroup.org and the guidelines and application will be emailed to you.
Learn more about the 2012 Dance/USA Conference here.
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Volunteer Opportunities: Dance/USA Conference
Be part of the nation's broadest gathering for dance professionals that inspire new thinking and lead to a vibrant future for dance.
Conference dates: June 27-30, 2012
To learn more about these volunteer opportunities, please contact Caroline Giese at 415.865.6581 or email danceusavolunteers2012@gmail.com
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Opportunity: Learning Exchanges in Audience Engagement
June 27, 10am-5pm
ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street, San Francisco
Dance/USA's Engaging Dance Audiences funding program will host a Learning Exchange for the dance field to share ideas and information about audience engagement.
Contact: eda@ForTheArts.org
For more information, please go here.
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Scholarship: Jazz Dance World Congress
August 5, from 1:00-3:00pm
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
Point Park University Commits $100,000 in Scholarships to be awarded at Jazz Dance World Congress.
JDWC will conclude with a one-of-a-kind college audition. Be seen by representatives from Point Park University, University of the Arts, University of Arizona, and more! This event is open exclusively to high school juniors who are registered for JDWC. Substantial scholarships will be awarded.
More information coming soon here.
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Call for Applications: Internationale Tanzmesse
August 29-Sept. 1, 2012. Dusseldorf, Germany.
Under the banner of The American Corner, the U.S. collaborators will support an American delegation of dance artists and administrators and host an exhibition booth for up to 12 participants, in addition to the companies selected by the Tanzmesse to perform.
Contact: aes2951@gmail.com
More info here.
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Audition: TriArt Festival/Dance 2012
Seeking dancers for their free family event featuring dance and music performances.
Festival Dates: September 24-25, 2012
San Pedro, California
Contact info: louisehr@lachoreographersanddancers.org
More information here.