CRLS: Dance Company Director

Cambridge Public Schools; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Cambridge Public Schools seeks a part-time Dance Company Director to produce and direct school and public dance performances. The role requires coordinating the show calendar with the Visual & Performing Arts department and applying an equity lens to casting and process.

The candidate should implement recruitment strategies, teach dance, choreograph and audition students, and ensure rehearsals and backstage operations run smoothly with the tech and costume teams.

Qualifications

• Valid Massachusetts Dance Education certification.
• Current district staff member preferred.
• Any equivalent experience or training that covers required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Responsibilities

• Produces and directs dance performances for school and public events.
• Creates production calendar in collaboration with school and VPA department.
• Applies an equity lens to casting and process and recruits participants.
• Teaches dance principles and techniques to students and demonstrates movement styles.
• Auditions students to select parts and assigns roles with equity in mind.
• Organizes rehearsals and coordinates backstage tasks with tech and costuming teams.
• Sets budgets and coordinates royalties, rentals and payments with the VPA department.

Skills

Dance Education

Education

Massachusetts Dance Education certification

Job description

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Job Details

Job ID: 5932612
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Sep 18, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Description of Service Opportunity:

Produces and directs dance performance for school and public performances, adhering to safety guidelines and creating the production calendar in collaboration with school and VPA department.
Applies a social justice approach and equity lens in all aspects of casting and process.
Designs and conducts recruitment/outreach programs to attract dance participants.
Teaches dance principles and techniques to students
Discusses and demonstrates movement expression to teach dance styles.
Auditions students to select and assign parts, employing an equity lens.
Rehearses and drills students to ensure they master parts.
Works with tech/costume teams to assign non-performing students to backstage production tasks.
Works with VPA department to coordinate budget, choreographers and musicians. Must adhere to formal process before anyone is permitted to begin work.
Selects script for production and coordinates with VPA department so that all royalties, rental fees, and other fees/bills associated with a production are submitted on time and paid. Maintains an accurate record of all expenses and receipts. Presents budget to VPA department.
Secures and reserves rehearsal and performance facilities with building administration.
Oversees proper organization and storage of props, and school-owned equipment and material on the school stage, in the auditorium, and in the dance classroom.
Organizes, plans, and directs the respective dance show.
Ensures process for costume and properties rental and purchase, work with staff for lighting and sound design and application and set design and construction.
Develops a rehearsal schedule
Any other duty necessary to the success of a production.

Requirements:

Valid Massachusetts Dance Education certification
Current district staff member (preferred)
Demonstrates expertise in knowledge and teaching of dance.
Any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Length of Contract:

September 07, 2027 through June 11, 2027

Contract Amount

Flat Rate $2275.00

Position Type: Part-Time

Job Requirements

Contact Information

• Cambridge Public Schools
• 135 Berkshire Street
• Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141
• Email: [e-mail]

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