[Submission due July 22] Casting Movement Artists - slowDANCE

Cora Dance; New York (NY); On-site; USD 9,200 - 11,000; Part time

Job summary

slowDANCE, in partnership with choreographer Uila Marx, invites experienced movement artists to join Dear Young One in NYC. The project blends performance, workshop, and community gathering, with an emphasis on improvisation, collaboration, and driving a queer/trans narrative through kinesthetic storytelling.

Selected artists will participate in July–March activities including rehearsals, workshops, and residency in NYC, with compensation outlined per the schedule: $500 rehearsal stipend, $100

Qualifications

• Experienced movement artists with backgrounds in improvisation and partnering.
• Process-forward folks who are comfortable experimenting and collaborating.
• People who identify as queer/trans and have an understanding of queerness as a lens for worldbuilding.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with choreographer to develop Dear Young One.
• Participate in rehearsals, workshops, and community gatherings.
• Contribute to NYC residency and residency scheduling.

Skills

Movement improvisation

Partnering

Acting

Vocalizing

Job description

Company: slowDANCE
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Compensation: paid project - details below

Photo by Noa Wollstein

Hello, we're grateful for your interest in this project!

What's it about?

slowDANCE is partnering with choreographer Uila Marx to collaboratively produce their new work, Dear Young One (working title). The work is a love letter to and from queer youthhood, an address to the child self who lives in each of us. Among a bold celebration of color and sound, we’re asked to tune in and listen, to pause and honor the queer child whose needs went overlooked. Dear Young One uses joy and connection to explore the heaviness of a queer and trans history that has been deliberately concealed and misrepresented in the interest of "protecting children.” The project has been in development since 2022, and this full-length iteration will emphasize intergenerational community participation, formatted as equal parts performance, workshop, and community gathering, culminating years of teaching and research.

Who should submit?

• Experienced movement artists with backgrounds in improvisation, partnering, acting, and vocalizing
• Process-forward folks who are comfortable experimenting and collaborating
• People who identify as queer/trans and have an understanding of queerness as a lens for worldbuilding
• All racial/ethnic identities, gender expressions, and ages; queer and trans-identifying folks prioritized

Timeline:

• July 22 - Submission form due
• August 5 - Audition invitations sent out
• August 17, 4-6 OR 6-8pm - Workshop audition (NYC location will be sent with invitation)
• September 11&12 (times TBD) - residency in NYC
• September 13 evening - slowSHARE work in process sharing in Brooklyn
• November - March - Rehearsals in NYC (to be scheduled based on cast availability)
• March 2027 - Full premiere, 2-3 run show in NYC

Compensation:

• $500 rehearsal stipend (projected 30-40 hours total)
• $100/show day (2-3 shows)
• $15/hour - September residency (projected 8-10 hours)