2012 Jobs Guide Listing
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DANCER POSITIONS
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
San Francisco, CA
415.863.3040
www.linesballet.org
Style: ballet, contemporary
American Contemporary Ballet
Los Angeles, CA
Contact: Theresa Farrell
310.929.5703
[email protected]
www.acbdances.com
Style: ballet
Festival Ballet Theatre
Southland Ballet Academy
Fountain Valley, CA
Contact: Elizabeth Chasteler
714.962.5440
[email protected]
www.festivalballet.org
Style: ballet, modern
Dancers in company: 12; apprentices: 15
Contract dates: Sep–Mar
Weeks of work: 20
State Street Ballet
Santa Barbara, CA
Contact: Jennifer Phillips
805.563.3262
[email protected]
www.statestreetballet.com
Style: ballet
Dancers in company: 18–22; apprentices: 4
Hiring: 2 women, 4 men
Contract dates: Aug–Apr
Performances per season: 50
Weeks of work: 30
Weeks on tour: 10
COLORADO
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Aspen, CO
970.925.7175
www.aspensantafeballet.com
Style: ballet, modern
Dawson|Wallace Dance Project
(formerly David Taylor Dance Theatre)
Edgewater, CO
Contact: James Wallace
303.789.2030
[email protected]
www.dawsonwallace.org
Style: ballet, modern, contemporary ballet
Budget: $300,000
Dancers in company: 12; apprentices: 4
Hiring: 6 women, 4 men
Starting pay: $400 per week
Contract dates: Oct–Mar
Performances per season: 30
Weeks of work: 20
Weeks on tour: 4
Kim Robards Dance, Inc.
Denver, CO
Contact: LaRana Skalicky
303.825.4847
[email protected]
www.kimrobardsdance.org
Style: modern
Dancers in company: 10–12; apprentices: 1–2
Hiring: 2 women, 3 men
Starting pay: Commensurate with experience
Contract dates: Aug–Jun
Performances per season: 20
Weeks of work: 22–25
Weeks on tour: Varies
FLORIDA
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida
North Miami Beach, FL
Contact: Ruby Issaev
305.948.4777
[email protected]
www.artsballettheatre.org
Style: ballet
Budget: $500
Dancers in company: 14; apprentices: 4
Hiring: 2 women, 4 men
Starting pay: $300 per week
Contract dates: Aug–May
Performances per season: 20
Weeks of work: 34
Weeks on tour: 2
GEORGIA
The Georgia Ballet
Marietta, GA
Contact: Michele Ziemann-DeVos
770.528.0881
[email protected]
www.georgiaballet.org
Style: ballet
Budget: $750,000
Dancers in company: 14; apprentices: 3
Hiring: 2 women, 2 men
Starting pay: varies
Contract dates: Sep–Feb
Performances per season: 25
Weeks of work: 24
SIDEWAYS Contemporary Dance Company
Atlanta, GA
Contact: Charlotte Foster
404.955.7232
[email protected]
www.sidewaysdance.org
Style: ballet, jazz, modern, ballroom
Budget: $60,000
Dancers in company: 10; apprentices: 2
Hiring: 4 women, 4 men
Starting pay: $500 per year
Contract dates: Sep–Jun
Performances per season: 15
Weeks of work: 40
Weeks on tour: 1
IDAHO
Idaho Dance Theatre
Boise State University
Boise, ID
[email protected]
www.idahodancetheatre.org
208.331.9592
Style: ballet, jazz, modern
ILLINOIS
River North Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
Contact: Sara Bibik
312.944.2888
[email protected]
www.rivernorthchicago.com
Style: jazz, modern
Budget: $1.5 million
Dancers in company: 13; apprentices: 2
Hiring: 2–4 women, 1–3 men
Starting pay: $400 per week
Contract dates: Jul–May
Performances per season: 40–60
Weeks of work: 38–42
Weeks on tour: 10–15
Thodos Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
Contact: Gail Ford
312.266.6255
info@thodosdance
chicago.org
www.thodosdance
chicago.org
Budget: $511,500
Dancers in company: 12; apprentices: 5
Hiring: 2 women, 1–2 men
Contract dates: Aug–Mar
Performances per season: 18
Weeks of work: 24–32
Weeks on tour: 5
INDIANA
Dance Kaleidoscope
Indianapolis, IN
Contact: David Hochoy
317.940.6555
[email protected]
www.dancekal.org
Style: ballet, jazz, Broadway Show, modern
Budget: $1 million
Dancers in company: 10; apprentices: 1
Hiring: 1 woman, 1 man
Starting pay: $200 per week (apprentice)
Contract dates: Aug–Jun
Performances per season: 45
Weeks of work: 40
Weeks on tour: 3
Fort Wayne Ballet, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
Contact: Anna Ross
260.484.9646
[email protected]
www.fortwayneballet.org
Style: ballet, jazz, modern, tap, character, contemporary
Budget: $900,000
Dancers in company: 7; apprentices: 4
Hiring: 2 women, 2 men
Starting pay: $12,000
Contract dates: Sep 4–May 20
Performances per season: 52+
Weeks of work: 24
KENTUCKY
Louisville Ballet
Louisville, KY
502.583.3150
[email protected]
www.louisvilleballet.org
Style: ballet
MARYLAND
Ballet Theatre of Maryland
Annapolis, MD
Contact: Dianna Cuatto
410.224.5644
[email protected]
www.balletmaryland.org
Style: ballet, jazz, modern
Budget: $1.5 Million
Dancers in company: 17; apprentices: 14
Hiring: 2–3 women, 2–3 men
Contract dates: Aug–Apr
Performances per season: 70–80
Weeks of work: 30
Weeks on tour: some in-state touring
CityDance Ensemble, Inc.
North Bethesda, MD
301.581.5204
[email protected]
www.citydance.net
Style: ballet
MICHIGAN
Eisenhower Dance Ensemble
Southfield, MI
Contact: Manager
248.559.2095
[email protected]
www.ede-dance.org
Budget: $600,000
Dancers in company: 6–8; apprentices: 2–6
Starting pay: $400–$500 per week
Contract dates: Aug–Jun
Performances per season: 40–50
Weeks of work: 40
Weeks on tour: 5–10
Grand Rapids Ballet Company
Grand Rapids, MI
Contact: John Ferraro
616.454.4771 x19
[email protected]
www.grballet.com
Style: ballet
Budget: $1.8 million
Dancers in company: 15; apprentices: 5
Contract dates: Aug–May
Performances per season: 50+
Weeks of work: 35
Weeks on tour: 1–5
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Ballet
Duluth, MN
Contact: Robert Gardner
218.529.3742
[email protected]
www.minnesotaballet.org
Style: ballet, jazz, contemporary
Budget: $618,000
Dancers in company: 12; apprentices: 2
Hiring: 1 or more women, 1 or more men
Starting pay: $375 per week
Contract dates: Aug–Mar
Performances per season: 20
Weeks of work: 27–29
Weeks on tour: 3
MISSOURI
Saint Louis Ballet
Chesterfield, MO
Contact: Jennifer Warren
636.537.1998
[email protected]
www.stlouisballet.org
Style: ballet
Budget: $1.2 million
Dancers in company: 24
Hiring: 1–2 women, 1–2 men
Starting pay: $300
Contract dates: Sep–Jun
Performances per season: 24
Weeks of work: 26–28
Weeks on tour: 2
NEVADA
Nevada Ballet Theatre
Las Vegas, NV
702.243.2623
[email protected]
www.nevadaballet.com
Style: ballet
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City Ballet
Egg Harbor City, NJ
609.804.1995
[email protected]
www.acballet.org
Style: ballet
NEW MEXICO
Keshet Dance Company
Albuquerque, NM
Contact: Shira Greenberg
505.224.9808
[email protected]
www.keshetdance.org
Style: modern
Dancers in company: 7; apprentices: 3
Hiring: 1 woman, 1 man
Starting pay: contracts start at $250 per week; full time: $22,000 annual
Performances per season: 20–25
Weeks of work: 52
Weeks on tour: 1–3
NEW YORK
Ajkun Ballet Theatre
New York, NY
Contact: N/A
646.202.1852
[email protected]
www.ajkunbt.org
Style: ballet, modern
Dancers in company: 35
Hiring: 2 women, 2 men
Contract dates: Jul–Jun
Performances per season: 100
Weeks of work: 48
Weeks on tour: 12
Ballet Long Island
Ronkonkoma, NY
631.737.1964
[email protected]
www.balletlongisland.com
Style: ballet
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
New York, NY
Contact: Michael Moore
212.777.7771
[email protected]
www.complexions
dance.org
Style: ballet
Dancers in company: 12; apprentices: 3
Performances per season: 45
Weeks on tour: 20
Dance Visions NY, Inc.
Great Neck, NY
Contact: Beth Jucovy
516.482.2621
[email protected]
www.newyorkdancing.net
Style: ballet, modern, Isadora Duncan repertory
Dancers in company: 6+; apprentices: 2
Hiring: 1 woman, 1 man
Performances per season: 10
Dancewave
Brooklyn, NY
718.522.4696
[email protected]
www.dancewave.org
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company
Troy, NY
518.408.1341
[email protected]
www.sinopolidances.org
Style: ballet
Morphoses
New York, NY
Contact: Elizabeth Johanningmeier
212.813.9818
[email protected]
www.morphoses.org
Style: ballet, modern
Dancers in company: 7
Performances per season: 15–20
Weeks on tour: 4–5
Rochester City Ballet
Rochester, NY
585.461.5850
[email protected]
www.rochestercityballet.org
Style: ballet
Sensedance, Inc
New York, NY
Contact: Byron Segal-Jacobs
212.717.6869
[email protected]
www.sensedance.org
Style: ballet, modern
Dancers in company: 9
Hiring: 1 woman, 1 man
OHIO
Dayton Ballet
Dayton, OH
937.449.5060
[email protected]
www.daytonballet.org
Style: ballet
Dancers in company: 15; apprentices: 4
Contract dates: Sept – May
Performances per season: 4
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC)
Dayton, OH
Contact: G.D. Harris
937.228.3232 x105
[email protected]
www.dcdc.org
Style: ballet, jazz, modern
Dancers in company: 14; apprentices: 3
Hiring: 1 woman, 1 man
Starting pay: $360 per week
Contract dates: Sep–Jun
Performances per season: 60
Weeks of work: 25–40
Weeks on tour: varies
Dayton Contemporary Dance Second Company (DCDC2)
Dayton, OH
Contact: Shonna Hickman-Matlock
937.228.3232 x110
[email protected]
www.dcdc.org
Style: modern, contemporary, ballet, ethnic, jazz
Hiring: open women, open men
Starting pay: non-salaried
Contract dates: Aug–May
Weeks of work: 40
Verb Ballets
Shaker Heights, OH
Contact: Katie Gnagy
216.397.3757
[email protected]
www.verbballets.org
Style: ballet, modern
Budget: $400,000
Dancers in company: 10; apprentices: 4 (summer)
Hiring: 1 woman, 2 men
Starting pay: $900/month Contract dates: Jun–Jun
Performances per season: 31; 73 outreach
Weeks of work: 10.5 months
Weeks on tour: 2–4
OREGON
Northwest Dance Project
Portland, OR
Contact: Scott Lewis
503.421.7434
[email protected]
www.nwdanceproject.org
Style: ballet, contemporary
Dancers in company: 10
Performances per season: 30 – 45
Weeks on tour: 3 – 8
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Portland, OR
Contact: Rebecca Roberts
503.227.0977
[email protected]
www.obt.org
Style: ballet
Dancers in company: 40; apprentices: 7
Performances per season: 44
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Ballet
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Michael Sheridan
215.551.7000 x1306
[email protected]
www.paballet.org
Style: ballet
Dancers in company: 38; apprentices: 5
Starting pay: AGMA scale
Contract dates: Sep–Jun
Performances per season: 75+
Weeks of work: 34 min
The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO)
IABD (International Association of Blacks in Dance)
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Kim Bears-Bailey
215.387.8200
[email protected]
www.philadanco.org
Style: ballet, jazz, ethnic, modern, hip hop
Dancers in company: 16; apprentices: 2
Starting pay: $350 per week
Performances per season: 6
Weeks on tour: 40
TENNESSEE
Dance Theatre of Tennessee (DTT)
Nashville, TN
Contact: Christopher Mohnani
615.391.5500
[email protected]
www.dancetheatretn.org
Style: ballet, modern
Dancers in company: 16; apprentices: 10
Performances per season: 20
Weeks on tour: 4
Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
Contact: Tim Yeager
615.297.2966
[email protected]
www.nashvilleballet.com
Style: ballet, modern
Budget: $3 million
Dancers in company: 22; apprentices: 4
Contract dates: Aug–May
Performances per season: 20–25
Weeks of work: 32
Weeks on tour: 3–5
TEXAS
The Austin City Ballet
Austin, TX
512.989.3363
www.austin-conservatory-arts.com
Style: ballet, modern
Ballet Austin
Austin, TX
Contact: Eugene Alvarez
512.476.9151 x128
[email protected]
www.balletaustin.org
Style: ballet
Budget: $5.8 million
Dancers in company: 22; apprentices: 8
Hiring: 1–2 women, 1–2 men
Starting pay: $500 per week
Contract dates: Aug–May
Performances per season: 25
Weeks of work: 34
Weeks on tour: 1–2
Houston Metropolitan Dance Center
Houston, TX
713.522.6375
[email protected]
www.houstonmetdance.org
Style: ballet, jazz, modern, repertory
MEXICO
Compañia Nacional de Danza
Mexico City
Contact: Monica Montano
52.5.552.834.600 4678
[email protected]
www.compania
nacionaldedanza.com
Style: ballet
Dancers in company: 81; apprentices: 4
Starting pay: 18,000 Mexican pesos/month
Contract dates: 2013–14
Performances per season: 100+
Weeks of work: 46
Weeks on tour: 5
PHILIPPINES
Ballet Manila
Pasay City, Phillipines
Contact: Christopher Mohnani
63.2.400.0292 or 63.2.525.5967
[email protected]
www.balletmanila.com.ph
Style: ballet, ethnic, modern
Budget: $5 million
Dancers in company: 60; apprentices: 10
Hiring: 2 women
Starting pay: varies
Contract dates: Aug–Jul
Performances per season: 200
Weeks of work: 52
Weeks on tour: varies
TEACHING POSITIONS
UNITED STATES
COLORADO
Interweave Dance Theatre
Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop
Boulder, CO
Contact: Daniel Morimoto
303.449.0399
[email protected]
bjdw.net/performance/interweave
dancetheatre.aspx
Style: jazz, modern
Kim Robards Dance, Inc.
Denver, CO
Contact: LaRana Skalicky
303.825.4847
[email protected]
www.kimrobards
dance.org
Style: modern
FLORIDA
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida
North Miami Beach, FL
Contact: Ruby Issaev
305.935.3232
[email protected]
www.artsballettheatre.org
Style: ballet
GEORGIA
SIDEWAYS Contemporary Dance Company
Atlanta, GA
Contact: Charlotte Foster
404.955.7232
[email protected]
www.sidewaysdance.org
Style: ballet, jazz, modern
ILLINOIS
Thodos Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
Contact: Gail Ford
312.266.6255
info@thodosdance
chicago.org
www.thodosdance
chicago.org
INDIANA
Fort Wayne Ballet, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN
Contact: Anna Ross
260.484.9646
[email protected]
www.fortwayneballet.org
Style: ballet, jazz, modern, tap, character, contemporary
MARYLAND
Ballet Theatre of Maryland
Annapolis, MD
Contact: Dianna Cuatto
410.224.5644
btmmgr@ballet
maryland.org
www.balletmaryland.org
Style: ballet
MICHIGAN
Eisenhower Dance Ensemble
Rochester, MI
248.559.2095
[email protected]
www.ede-dance.org
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Ballet
Duluth, MN
Contact: Robert Gardner
218.529.3742
[email protected]
www.minnesotaballet.org
Style: ballet, contemporary, jazz
NEW MEXICO
Keshet Dance Company
Albuquerque, NM
Contact: Shira Greenberg
505.224.9808
[email protected]
www.keshetdance.org
Style: modern
NEW YORK
Ajkun Ballet Theatre
New York, NY
646.202.1852
[email protected]
www.ajkunbt.org
Style: ballet, modern
Dance Visions NY, Inc.
Great Neck, NY
Contact: Beth Jucovy
516.482.2621
[email protected]
www.newyorkdancing.net
Style: ballet, modern, Isadora Duncan rep
OREGON
Northwest Dance Project
Portland, OR
Contact: Scott Lewis
503.421.7434
[email protected]
www.nwdanceproject.org
Style: ballet, contemporary
TENNESSEE
Dance Theatre of Tennessee (DTT)
Nashville, TN
Contact: Christopher Mohnani
615.391.5500
[email protected]
www.dancetheatretn.org
Style: ballet, modern
VIRGINIA
National Dance Association
AAHPERD
Reston, VA
Contact: Colleen Dean, manager
703.476.3464
[email protected]
www.aahperd.org/nda
Style: ballet, jazz, Broadway Show, ethnic, modern, tap, all styles of dance for all ages and abilities
PHILIPPINES
Ballet Manila
Pasay City, Phillipines
Contact: Christopher Mohnani
63.2.400.0292 or 63.2.525.5967
[email protected]
www.balletmanila.com.ph
Style: ballet, ethnic, modern
