Auditions: 17 September 2014
Flatfoot Dance Company in collaboration with the Playhouse Dance
Residency are looking for two classically trained female Bharatha Natayam
and/or Kathak dancers for an up-coming dance theatrework being created by
Lliane Loots to be presented in the Playhouse Drama. The work, entitled Bhakti, is a joint venture between award
winning choreographer Lliane Loots, and the Playhouse Company.
Dancers need to fulfil the following criteria in order to
audition:
Be over 20 years of age
Be available full-time (09h00 to 17h00 daily and some
negotiated Saturdays) over the whole of November 2014,
Have a strong classical Bharatha Natayam and/or Kathak
training but must be willing to work in a contemporary dance idiom that
requires a sharing of skills and dance styles.
Must be open to a workshop process!
Dancers will be working in a paid professional environment
and will need to fulfil the standards required of a professional dancer. The
fee (pending experience levels) will range between R6,000 to R8.000 for the
month of November and the duration of the work from rehearsal to performance.
The auditions will take place on September 17 from sign in
and own warm-up at 16h30 followed by the auditions class and presentation from
17h00 to 19h00. The venue will be the Flatfoot dance studio on the UKZN Howard
College Campus.
The 1st half of the audition will take the form of a basic
contemporary dance warm-up and technique to ascertain dancer’s ability to move
out of and beyond only a classical dance style. Loots will look for dancer’s
ability to pick up steps quickly and willingness to seamlessly move between
styles of dance.
Those auditioning are required to prepare a one-minute solo
to showcase their classical training (either Bharatha Natayam or Kathak). Do
not exceed the one-minute time frame!
Submission of a CV must be done by September 15 before 16h00
and must contain a contact cell/home number where you can be reached easily. The
CV is strictly limited to two pages and should be e-mailed to Craighead@ukzn.ac.za
FLATFOOT will contact you on September 16 (Tuesday) to let
you know if you have been shortlisted for the audition on September 17 (Wednesday).
All queries to be addressed to Clare on Craighead@ukzn.ac.za
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