AUDITION FOR SPRING/SUMMER WORKSHOP/PERFORMANCES

BernierDance will be auditioning dancers for its Spring/Summer 2012 BDTW season with performances principally in New York City outdoor public spaces and parks.  

The company seeks well trained, multi-generational dancers of all ages, (including dancers over 40) who are creative thinkers/movers, socially conscious team players interested in collaboration and creative process.

This is a non-paid position.  Please note this is a closed audition. 

Interested dancers should send their resumes/headshots to bernierdance@aol.com.

The audition will be held  at a studio in Manhattan.  Please make sure a current telephone number is included.  If you are selected to audition we will promptly send you details. Workshop / Rehearsals begin mid-March.

ABOUT

Artistic Director: Cindy Bernier, Co-Artistic Directors: Nancy Schwartz and Osamu Uehara

Bernierdance.org

Since 1999 BernierDance has created dances, performances, workshops and festivals with a focus on exploring and showcasing the power of dance as an immediate and necessary expression of humanity.

THE WORKSHOP

Conceived in a 4-6 month workshop format, The Bernier Dance Theater Workshop (BDTW) will collaborate in the creation of new works to be performed in New York City outdoor spaces and parks in the spring, summer and fall.  (Indoor and theater venues will also be considered).  Rehearsals will take place weekly on Wednesdays from 6-9 PM at a Manhattan studio.

Movement queries and games will be used as a warm-up to the rehearsal. Although improvisation is part of the creative process, choreography will mostly be set to music (live or recorded) with costumes/props.

Unlike ‘Site Specific’ works, the BDTW artists will respond spontaneously to the uniqueness of each location and audience by spatially morphing the choreography.

ARTIST COMMITTMENT

·        Attend weekly, 3 hour rehearsals on a Wednesday evenings at Manhattan studio, for the life of the project 4-6months.

Arrive warmed-up ready to go.  Artists must be engaged in exploring movement in a collaborative spirit. 

·        Serve on one of the following committees:

Performing Venues Search (scouting/ identifying sites, filing permits)

            Costumes/Props (design and execution/purchase)

            Marketing/Promotion (postcards, flyers, publicity)