Archive: Auditions, Jobs, and Open Calls

Zenon Dance School provides instruction for dancers of all genders, orientations, abilities and levels of experience. A key part of our mission is providing quality dance classes for adult professionals, community dancers, and youth in Minneapolis. We are currently searching for multiple dance instructors who share our mission and vision and would like to join our faculty!

We are seeking three new instructors to lead adult classes for the upcoming 2025 Winter Session, running January 6 – March 16. If you have a passion for working with adult dancers and prior experience teaching movement classes, we would love to hear from you. All dance genres are welcome, priority will be given to Hip Hop, Jazz and Contemporary Dance.

Zenon is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.

To apply, please send a resume and brief class description to Erika Martin, Zenon’s School Coordinator, at erika@zenondance.org by December 10, 2024. Class video or dance samples are also encouraged, but not required to apply.

Work with Minnesota Dance Task Force (MNDTF aka Task Force) members to plan and facilitate a series of community meetings meant to gather information from the dance community about their current experiences, needs, and dreams. The desired outcome from those meetings is to generate a framework and implementation steps for the creation of a service organization to support Minnesota dance artists and intentionally move toward an equitable dance ecosystem.

To accomplish these objectives, the Task Force has identified a two-phased process:

Phase I: Three small-community focus groups, identical in format to gather broad and deep input about the community’s desires from a service organization. These meetings will be held in a variety of locations in the state.

Phase II: Two larger community-wide meetings to review those needs and identify a strategy for moving forward, which we project will include identifying a Steering Committee to spearhead that work. These meetings will be hosted by The McKnight Foundation.

It is expected that this work will be completed between January and July 2025. Read the full RFP here. To apply, send the requested information to mndancetaskforce@gmail.com.

The Department of Dance at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Dance at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2025.

Teaching will include one or more of the following dance theory areas: Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology, Movement for the Camera/Screendance, and/or Creative Practices (movement composition and improvisation), as well as one or more of the following dance practice areas: Modern dance, Hip Hop, and/or Ballet at all levels and leading to a depth of student experience.

Other courses might include Dance in the United States (a Dance History course with a focus on the impact of race and gender on American dance history), Introduction to Dance (a lecture based dance survey course), and a First Year Seminar with movement and dance as a focus, among others, including the potential for cross-disciplinary courses.

Qualifications 
M.F.A. in Dance or Ph.D. in Dance or a related field in hand or near completion by the start of fall semester. The preferred candidate has at least 2 years of higher education teaching experience.

See complete job description here.

Rhythmically Speaking, a Twin Cities-based dance company with a 16-year history and a national reputation for excellence in sparking vibrancy and connectedness through jazz and American social dance ideas, currently has a Call for Choreographer Interest live to help us get to know artists who may be interested in working with us on future programs including our annual summer programs, which in 2025 will include a film screening with collaborator Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema.

For more on eligibility, target dates for 2025, compensation for selected artists, and other details, and to submit, visit this Information Form. Submissions made on or before December 1 will be considered for 2025 programming.

Questions? Reach out to Rhythmically Speaking Artistic and Executive Director Erinn Liebhard at rhythmicallyspeakingdance@gmail.com.

We are excited to find out more about who’s making what when it comes to jazz and American social dance ideas, and we thank you for your interest!

Applications for Tofte Lake Center’s five different artist residencies open December 1 and close December 31 – just in time for the new year!

We hope one of the residencies below calls to you and the work you create (or makes you think of a friend and the work they make!) and that you might spread the word about all the opportunities we provide for artists here at the lake!

Individual Artist Residencies: June 11-17 and September 3-9, 2025
This year we are offering two Individual Artist Residencies. These residencies are focused on individual artists and/or small collaborative teams of all disciplines who wish to create work in community with other artists in all stages of their career.

National Emerging Artist Residency: July 2-11, 2025
Our National Emerging Artists Program is back! This 10-day residency is focused on emerging artists and/or small collaborative teams of all disciplines who wish to create among other emerging artists from around the US.

MN BIPOC Artist Residency: June 2-8, 2025
This week-long residency provides space for 6 BIPOC artists of any discipline to retreat and create in community. The residency balances personal work time with group interaction and optional sharing of work or performance, as well as time for play and rejuvenation.

Arts Educators Residency: July 14-20, 2025
This week-long residency provides space for 6 artist educators to center themselves and their work as artists first and get the well-deserved rest and rejuvenation they need.

Family Artist Residency: August 13-19, 2025
This week-long residency for Minnesota parent-artists offers the opportunity for single parent artists and artists who wish to bring their spouse/partner and 1-2 children. The residency enables these artists to focus on their work while the child/ren enjoy age-appropriate, supervised activities onsite and in town.

The Department of Dance at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Dance at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2025.

Teaching will include one or more of the following dance theory areas: Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology, Movement for the Camera/Screendance, and/or Creative Practices (movement composition and improvisation), as well as one or more of the following dance practice areas: Modern dance, Hip Hop, and/or Ballet at all levels and leading to a depth of student experience.

Other courses might include Dance in the United States (a Dance History course with a focus on the impact of race and gender on American dance history), Introduction to Dance (a lecture based dance survey course), and a First Year Seminar with movement and dance as a focus, among others, including the potential for cross-disciplinary courses.

Qualifications 
M.F.A. in Dance or Ph.D. in Dance or a related field in hand or near completion by the start of fall semester. The preferred candidate has at least 2 years of higher education teaching experience.

See complete job description here.

Rhythmically Speaking, a Twin Cities-based dance company with a 16-year history and a national reputation for excellence in sparking vibrancy and connectedness through jazz and American social dance ideas, currently has a Call for Choreographer Interest live to help us get to know artists who may be interested in working with us on future programs including our annual summer programs, which in 2025 will include a film screening with collaborator Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema.

For more on eligibility, target dates for 2025, compensation for selected artists, and other details, and to submit, visit this Information Form. Submissions made on or before December 1 will be considered for 2025 programming.

Questions? Reach out to Rhythmically Speaking Artistic and Executive Director Erinn Liebhard at rhythmicallyspeakingdance@gmail.com.

We are excited to find out more about who’s making what when it comes to jazz and American social dance ideas, and we thank you for your interest!

Work with Minnesota Dance Task Force (MNDTF aka Task Force) members to plan and facilitate a series of community meetings meant to gather information from the dance community about their current experiences, needs, and dreams. The desired outcome from those meetings is to generate a framework and implementation steps for the creation of a service organization to support Minnesota dance artists and intentionally move toward an equitable dance ecosystem.

To accomplish these objectives, the Task Force has identified a two-phased process:

Phase I: Three small-community focus groups, identical in format to gather broad and deep input about the community’s desires from a service organization. These meetings will be held in a variety of locations in the state.

Phase II: Two larger community-wide meetings to review those needs and identify a strategy for moving forward, which we project will include identifying a Steering Committee to spearhead that work. These meetings will be hosted by The McKnight Foundation.

It is expected that this work will be completed between January and July 2025. Read the full RFP here. To apply, send the requested information to mndancetaskforce@gmail.com.

The Department of Dance at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Dance at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2025.

Teaching will include one or more of the following dance theory areas: Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology, Movement for the Camera/Screendance, and/or Creative Practices (movement composition and improvisation), as well as one or more of the following dance practice areas: Modern dance, Hip Hop, and/or Ballet at all levels and leading to a depth of student experience.

Other courses might include Dance in the United States (a Dance History course with a focus on the impact of race and gender on American dance history), Introduction to Dance (a lecture based dance survey course), and a First Year Seminar with movement and dance as a focus, among others, including the potential for cross-disciplinary courses.

Qualifications 
M.F.A. in Dance or Ph.D. in Dance or a related field in hand or near completion by the start of fall semester. The preferred candidate has at least 2 years of higher education teaching experience.

See complete job description here.

Submit for the Rejects Cohort 24/25 show, running January 17-18 at Mixed Blood Theater at 7:00pm.

If you’re interested, come join us as we all fuel this fire of grassroots art creation!

Eligibility: Now open to any rejected work. If you have a project that has not come to fruition in the way you wanted it to, you are eligible. It does not need to be a work that was literally rejected, but more so an open call/platform for any works that have not had the means to get made or performed again.

To apply, fill out this survey by November 14 – deadline extended!
We have space to accommodate 32 artists/groups; if we receive more applicants than this we will do a lottery. You will be assigned a number when you submit your survey. More information. We will notify you if you are in or not by November 15.

What is Offered:
6-minute time slot on Friday and/or Saturday to present a rejected work (see above)
Marley over wood floor, stage dimensions of 32′ x 24′
20-minute tech time with a lighting designer provided
Marketing/advertising for the show
Video and photography of the show
Social engagement/workshop to meet the cohort on January 12 (not required, but encouraged if you are available)

Unfortunately, there is no stipend promised. We hope to break even with ticket sales. If any profit from donations or ticket sales is made, it will be split among the companies.

Reach out in a co-email to lily.conforti1@gmail.com and javgrezzodance@gmail.com if you have questions or comments.

And support dance. All dance!