Jobs

Responsibilities:

• Create and distribute rehearsal and performance schedules.
• Manage the Artistic Director’s schedules
• Arrange for, negotiate with, and reserve: performance and rehearsal spaces,
  production personnel, guest teaching artists, and visiting artists
• Answer inquiries for booking requests, manage bookings logistics and contracts
  Make arrangements for visiting artists, including housing and travel and other requests
• Assist to create and maintain departmental budgets
• Manage inter-departmental communications to all dancers, choreographers, and other artists/constituents
• Submit payroll and expense requests to finance department
• Assist with other responsibilities, including festival applications, Board communications, production planning, and audition management

For the 2016-2017 academic year at the Colleges of the Fenway, choreograph one performance piece per semester. Rehearsals are once a week, 75 minutes long. Working with the team of instructors, you are also responsible for mentoring student choreographers and assisting in the production of three performances per semester.
Pay: $3,750 per year for one class, 75 minutes per week.

Minimum Qualifications
A Master’s degree in dance, or bachelor’s degree and equivalent experience. Extensive knowledge of hip-hop. Experience as a teacher and choreographer.

Application Information
1) Letter of application
2) Professional resume
3) List of three references, with phone numbers and emails
4) Video of dancing, a choreographed work or teaching, if available

Send application and support materials to:
Ray Fahrner
rfahrner@colleges-fenway.org
Provide video through youtube, dropbox, etc.

Manager of Patron Services. This position is responsible for managing all aspects of the box office and front of house for Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Requires excellent communication skills, strong analytical skills and thrive in a fast-paced environment. At least three years of experience in box office management and customer service required. Experience with Patron Manager highly desired. See full description at jacobspillow.org. Full time position reports to Director of Marketing. Send cover letter, resume and three references to info@jacobspillow.org.

The Phillips Academy Department of Theatre & Dance in Andover, Ma is looking for experienced costumers for two separate freelance projects in the fall. We are looking for a stitcher to work on of our costume fittings for our bi-annual production of the Nutcracker. All of this work will be done on site in our costume shop on campus.

We are also looking for a costume designer to design and build (buy, pull from stock, modify) for our production of 44 Presidents. This designer must have access to his/her own workspace.

The compensation for each project will be a flat fee with the majority of work taking place in Sept. and Oct.. 44 Presidents performance will be Nov, 4 & 5, and Nutcracker performances Dec. 9-12.

For more information and to express interest in either of these jobs please contact Judith Wombwell by email at jwombwell@andover.edu by August 22nd.

Cape Cod Dance Center is looking for a part-time classical ballet instructor for fall 2016. Times and days are flexible based on the candidate’s availabilities. Since 1989, Cape Cod Dance Center has provided well-rounded dance education and artistic inspiration to all students of dance, with the care and the attention needed to make it a positive experience. The faculty is devoted to develop even the youngest dancer’s interest and potential with the goal of helping each one find a greater sense of self-esteem through the study of dance.

Please contact director Eveline Carle at 508-564-6165 or via email at ccdc@capecoddancecenter.com

North Shore Performing Arts Center, conveniently located on Route 1 in Ipswich, MA, is looking for qualified teachers. The regular teaching position begins 9/12/16 with possible summer subbing. Pay rate is competitive & commensurate with experience.

Teacher must be willing to work in a positive, happy, & collaborative environment. Your role is to work with our recreational students of all ages. As we get to know you & expand in 2017-2016, so will the opportunities. We’re looking to bring someone on for Mondays as follows (schedule & genres can shift for the right candidate):

4:00-5:00 Lyrical, ages 8-10
5:00-6:00 Ballet, ages 6-7
6:00-6:45 Tap, ages 6-7
6:45-7:30 Tap, ages 11+
7:30-8:30 Leaps & Turns, ages 11+
8:30-9:30 Jazz, ages 11+

We’re looking to fast track the hiring process which would included a phone interview then an interview in-person in conjunction with a PAID demo class. Please forward resume & hourly teaching rate to info@nspaconline.com.

Reliable, organized, and friendly person to help customers with their dance needs–fitting shoes, finding appropriate sizes in assorted dance attire. Also will be responsible for restocking store, cleaning, and using register to process customer transactions. We pride ourselves on being an extremely helpful, approachable, and reliable store that keep customers happy and coming back for years.
Please email your resume and your availability. Must be able to work from early-mid August through October to get us through our busiest “back to school” season. We would like someone long-term, but are more flexible on hours when outside this seasonal rush. Must have some weekend availability, but does not necessarily need to be every weekend.

The fellowship is intended to provide hands-on experience in areas that we have defined as critical path components to successful, strategic, innovative, and sustainable arts management and administration.

The fellowship strives to create localized and global impact by grooming the next era of dance managers to be adaptable, nimble, innovative, confident, and resourceful in order to discover and act upon multiple types and areas of funding and entity organization, including: non-profit, for-profit, hybrid organizational models and both earned and contributed revenue streams.

Experiential information will be shared globally through our online archive and The Dance Entrepreneurs Funding Think Tank.
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Qualifications:
At least 2 years college education
Outgoing, optimistic visionary with a can-do attitude who can work autonomously, within a group, and under a manager efficiently and effectively
Demonstrated results driven approach

GSS is looking for a few more results driven, high-energy, committed individuals to be a part of a growing arts organization. GSS is at an exciting place and operating with a vibrant, entrepreneurial spirit! Join now and grow with us!!

If you are someone or you know some looking to serve as volunteers on a non-profit board, we welcome recommendations. We are looking for the following skill sets:
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Corporate expertise
Engineering expertise
Finance expertise
Law expertise
Development expertise
Project management expertise and or certificate (Microsoft project a plus)
Marketing and Communications expertise
Musician
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All members should have a strong desire to work in a team environment with a diverse group of people and skill sets. A combination of the above practical skills and academic/teaching experience is a major plus. All members should have comfort and interest in fundraising. We look for others to share in our positive and joyful pursuit of sustainability in dance!

The Joanne Langione Dance Center located in Newton, Ma is looking for experienced Hip Hop and Acro instructors for our 2016/2017 season.

Joanne Langione Dance Center has been providing quality dance education for over 40 years to students ages 12 months to 18 years old through a diverse offering of ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, musical theater, acrodance and creative movement programming. JLDC is a community based school educating students to the many ways in which a proper dance education can inform their lives: creating life-long lovers of dance whether a student chooses to dance professionally or whether she dances for the simple joy of it. In 2015 JLDC opened a brand new state-of-the art facility with four spacious studios, student and parent reception areas and ample parking.www.jldancecenter.com