2025/26 Company Auditions
RESILIENCE Dance Company plans to host open company auditions for the 2025/26 Season. We anticipate auditions will take place in February and March, 2025. Read on to learn more about RDC's audition process, who should audition, and employment details.
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More information and the pre-registration form will be released in December 2024​
Interested in project based work? Check out our upcoming audition for Collective Realities on Sept. 22nd, 2024 for performances in February 2025.
What to Expect:
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RDC primarily conducts in-person auditions, though may ask for virtual pre-screening materials. All auditionees must pre-register using our online form (available in December).
There is no cost to attend the audition
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The day will run like a workshop will all auditionees participating in each section. An example audition day would include technique and repertory in the morning (modern, ballet, floorwork), with creative process, partnering and improvisation in the afternoon. RDC historically does not make cuts; depending on volume, we may offer callbacks. All details will be released in December 2024.​​
Employment Details:
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Rates: $15 - $16/hr*, W2 Employment. Paid hours include classes, rehearsals, and performances. Small performance bonuses and touring per diems offered as well.
Rehearsal Schedule: Mon-Th 9am - 1pm*
25/26 Season: August 4th, 2025 - May 29th, 2026*
Breaks: 1 week off each for Fall, Thanksgiving, Spring
3 weeks off Winter
Resources and Healthcare: Free access to regular physical therapy, group mental health therapy, and massage therapy; Individual mental health counseling twice a month for a $15/session copay
Performances & Opportunities: 3-4 mainstage performance series & 4-6 community performances per season
Opportunities to choreograph, teach, and tour
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*Final rates and schedule will be confirmed in offered contracts, and may be updated prior to the audition​​
Who Should Audition:
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We're looking for confident dancers with distinct and developed artistic voices, who are excited to work collaboratively in modern, contemporary, and improvisational dance. Professional experience, strong partnering skills, and college degree or equivalent training preferred.
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We are excited by artists who are skilled choice-makers, who move with presence and intention, and who show up as their full, authentic selves in the creative process.
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All Identities Welcome:
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RESILIENCE Dance Company values and upholds individuals as their full and authentic selves. We welcome, include, and uplift diversity in all its forms, knowing that a diverse community of artists is essential to progressing the dance industry forward to a more equitable, accessible space. RDC works to create tangible platforms, opportunities, and programs that further promote our mission of inclusivity. We acknowledge the need for continual work, embracing critical reflection, conversation, and change.
RDC actively recruits, compensates, and invests in our employees regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability, age, and other identities not fully described here. We recognize intersectionality and invite each human as their whole self to participate in our collaborative and dynamic workspace. We commit to understanding and valuing each individual’s unique experiences and perspectives, working to create a powerfully inclusive, emergent community.
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Questions?
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We always aim to be fully transparent, especially during the audition process. Please don't hesitate to reach out to Emily at ehaussler@resiliencedancecompany.com with any questions, concerns, or accommodation requests.
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Audition open to those 18+.