Project Archives - American Dance Festival

Audition for “This Land Is Your Land” by Mark Heim

Katrin Deil — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:01:21 +0000

Audition Opportunity for NC-based Performers

In honor of the ADF’s decade of collaborating with the Nasher Museum of Art, it is bringing back a community favorite from 2013: Mark Haim’s “This Land Is Your Land,” an evening-long dance based entirely on walking.

Mark Haim would like to restage the dance for a group of 14 performers from the NC community and is looking for a very diverse group in age, race, size and gender. The original cast ranged in age from 18 to 52 years, in height from 5’1″ to 6’7″, in size from 100 lbs. to 230 lbs., and came from African, South Asian, East Asian, and European backgrounds. The most important qualification is a love for performing and the ability to count music and steps.

Performances will take place as part of ADF’s 90th anniversary season on June 13 and 14.

Applicants must be 18+ to apply and current full-time residents of North Carolina.

The performance contains nudity. A video of a prior performance will be shared with you once your application has been confirmed. Please take the time to watch the video to fully understand the scope of the performance. The audition does not involve nudity.

Applications are due on March 6
(must apply in order to attend audition)

Selected performers will receive $1,500 per person for rehearsals and performances, issued following the final performance. Availability and commitment to all dates are required. Performers are responsible for their own housing and transportation.

Apply

IMPORTANT DATES

Monday, March 6
Application Deadline
(must apply in order to attend audition)

Friday, March 10, 6-8:30pm
(arrive no later than 5:45pm)
In-person audition at ADF’s Scripps Studios

Saturday, March 11 by 12pm
Dancers notified about selection process

Sunday, March 12, 10am-1pm
First rehearsal at ADF’s Scripps Studios for selected cast

May 30-June 11: Rehearsal Intensive
Tuesday-Thursdays: 6-9:30pm, ADF’s Scripps Studios
Saturday: 12-6pm, ADF’s Scripps Studios
Sundays: 10am-4pm, ADF’s Scripps Studios
Monday, June 5: 10am-4pm, rehearsal location TBD

Monday, June 12, 10am-6pm: Tech & Dress Rehearsal
at the Nasher Museum of Art

Tuesday, June 13 & Wednesday, June 14, 5pm call time
Performances at 6:30pm & 9pm at the Nasher Museum of Art

The post Audition for “This Land Is Your Land” by Mark Heim appeared first on American Dance Festival.

ADF wants to hear from you

Katrin Deil — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:27:27 +0000

𝗔𝗗𝗙 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗔𝗗𝗙 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

As we approach our 90th anniversary season, we would like to hear from YOU. How did the American Dance Festival allow you to build connections? What communities did you develop or join because of ADF?

Connections and community can come in many forms. For some it might be a personal friendship or a creative endeavor. For others it can be a romance or a business connection. Perhaps your participation in the summer intensive led to a lifelong friendship. Maybe an ADF workshop introduced you to a new collaborator. We are collecting all stories and would love for you to share yours. Submit your story here: https://forms.gle/B9ZNU2ZSnjCHoRRw9

The post ADF wants to hear from you appeared first on American Dance Festival.

Audition for “BIG BEATS” by Joanna Kotze

amy — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:20:42 +0000

Audition Opportunity for NC-based Professional Dancers

We are seeking a diverse group of 20 advanced dancers between the ages of 20 and up to participate in rehearsals and performances of BIG BEATS by New York-based, “Bessie” award-winning choreographer and dancer, Joanna Kotze. Joanna will be in Durham for 2 weeks this October/November to set BIG BEATS in preparation for performances in Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill.

Danced to a driving sonic rhythm, BIG BEATS is the force of 20 performers doing complex, synchronized movement. These free performances will be open to the public and viewed in the round. Each performance takes place either outside or in an inside public area and is an invitation for viewers to stop and watch a group of people working together, dancing together, and being together.

This is rigorous unison movement that uses a lot of repetition and changes of direction. Please watch this video below. You will be learning this exact material: https://vimeo.com/621950517

Applications are due on September 10.

Selected dancers will receive $1000 per person total for rehearsals and performances, issued following the final performance.

Performers are responsible for their own housing and transportation. Applicants must be at least 20 years old and be fully vaccinated (booster included if eligible).

Apply Now

Important Dates

September 10
Deadline to submit audition materials

September 19
Dancers notified about the selection process

October 19-23 and October 30-November 2
Rehearsals at ADF’s Samuel H. Scripps Studio, Durham, NC

Various rehearsal periods will be available during each block of time to accommodate dancers’ schedules. However, dancers must be available for approximately 15-20 hours during each time block in order to learn all of the performance material.

November 3
Must be available from 3 PM through last performance
6 PM & 7 PM – 2 performances at the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham

November 4
Rehearsal at Southern Village in Chapel Hill

November 5
Must be available from 9 AM through last performance
12 PM performance in Raleigh (Location TBD)
4:30 PM & 5:30 PM performances Southern Village in Chapel Hill

November 6
Rain date for performances

Dancers must be able to participate in all tech rehearsals and performances on November 3 and 5 and hold November 6 as possible rain date.

Photo credit: Maria Baranova

The post Audition for “BIG BEATS” by Joanna Kotze appeared first on American Dance Festival.

Long Distance Dance Dialogues with Joanna Kotze

amy — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:08:45 +0000

LONG DISTANCE DANCE DIALOGUES is a series of exchanges between Joanna Kotze and 12 dancers/choreographers around the world.

Beginning in March 2021, each exchange began with a video interview that is now archived online. The discussion was followed by sharing 1 minute or less of movement, as a relay, from one dancer to the next, linking us together through the making, learning, and documenting of dance. Each relay of movement is also archived and shared online in its intentionally raw, unpolished form.

Learn More and Watch All the Interviews

This project is commissioned in part by the American Dance Festival.

“As I was learning Alexandra’s movement over the last few weeks, I was struck again by how much we learn from people through their body and movement. How the passing of this knowledge and information is so vital to me with regards to feeling empathy and understanding across cultures, geographic location, dance background, and so much more.” -Joanna Kotze

About Joanna Kotze:

Joanna Kotze is a Brooklyn-based choreographer, dancer, and educator who has been part of the New York dance community since 1998. She creates highly physical dance performances through a collaborative, multi-disciplinary process, presenting ways to look at work, humor, violence, unpredictability, and beauty through movement. Joanna received the 2013 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer, and her evening-length work, What will we be like when we get there, was nominated for a 2018 “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Music Composition and Sound Design by collaborator Ryan Seaton. Her work has been supported by New Music USA, the Jerome, Mertz-Gilmore, and Harkness Foundations, as well as NYFA BUILD, Brooklyn Arts Council, Yellowhouse, and Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant. Her choreography has been presented at The Yard, Bates Dance Festival, Stonington Opera House, New York Live Arts, The Wexner Center, Velocity Dance Center, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Danspace Project, American Dance Institute, Bard College, Industry City, Show Room Gowanus, Lu Magnus gallery, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Dance New Amsterdam, Roulette, Dixon Place, 92nd Street Y, WAXworks, Soho20 gallery, and Movement Research at the Judson Church.

Joanna has upcoming residency support in 2021 from the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) at Florida State University and the Alan M. Kriegsmann Creative Residency at Dance Place in Washington, D.C. She has had residencies at Dance Program Malmö (Sweden), Loghaven (Tennessee), The Bogliasco Foundation (Italy), The Yard (Martha’s Vineyard), New York Live Arts, Exploring the Metropolis (NYC), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (NYC), Movement Research (NYC), The 92nd Street Y (NYC), Milvus Artistic Research Center (Sweden), Jacob’s Pillow (Massachusetts), Bennington College (Vermont), Sedona Arts Center (Arizona), Marble House Project (Vermont), The Camargo Foundation (France), Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC), and Djerassi (California). She has had commissions to create new works on Gibney Dance Company (NYC), Toronto Dance Theatre (Toronto), Ririe-Woodbury (Salt Lake City), Zenon Dance (Minneapolis), and the James Sewell Ballet (Minneapolis) and has created original works on students at Barnard, The New School, Purchase, Long Island University, Ohio University, Southern Utah University, and Miami University.Joanna danced with Wally Cardona from 2000-2010 and again in 2018. She currently dances for Kimberly Bartosik/daela (2009-present), and has worked with Kota Yamazaki, Stacy Spence, Netta Yerushalmy, Sam Kim, Sarah Skaggs, Christopher Williams, the Metropolitan Opera ballet, Daniel Charon, Nina Winthrop, and others.

Joanna has served on panels for New York Live Arts’ Fresh Tracks, The Bogliasco Foundation, New Music USA, Marble House, and Dance New Amsterdam and has curated performances for the 92nd Street Y and Sundays on Broadway. She is on faculty at Movement Research and has taught at Amherst College, Melbourne University, Toronto Dance Theatre, Gibney Dance, Sarah Lawrence College, Barnard College, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, The New School, LIU, Southern Utah University, Ohio University, Miami University, Salt Dance Fest, and the American Dance Festival. She is originally from South Africa and has a BA in Architecture from Miami University.

Photo: Maria Baranova

The post Long Distance Dance Dialogues with Joanna Kotze appeared first on American Dance Festival.