ilDance is Looking for Male Identifying Experienced Dancer for a New Project
Israel Aloni, artistic director of ilDance, is looking for male professional dancers – self-identifying male – including trans masculine, male presenting, non-binary & sic male for their new production. Applicants must be aged 18 and up.
The workshop-audition will take place on 29 and 30 October 2022 (full days) in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Since 2014, Aloni’s work has been addressing gender and sexuality in both direct and indirect ways. After numerous projects in which Aloni addressed these themes through non-binary and female perspectives.
In this project, they address homoeroticism and toxic masculinity (and how they influence the perception of male figures in modern society) to embody post-humanist-feminist agenda through deconstruction and redefinition of the male.
The creation process will include short research residencies in October-November 2023 and an intensive rehearsal period into the premiere and tour in March-May 2024.
The work on the project in 2023-2024 is paid. The fees will be in accordance to the rates recommended by the Swedish performing arts trade union – Scen & film.
Out of respect and appreciation for artists’ time and resources, we will invite a maximum of 20 participants to the workshop-audition.
Requirements:
Self-identifying male – including trans masculine, male presenting, non-binary & sic male. Experienced dancers. Applicants must be aged 18 and up.
Artists who are comfortable with blurring the lines between art and reality, working with exposed and vulnerable honesty and sincerity in a performance context, artists with profound physical work experience (as performing dancers) with interest in physical expressivity and articulation as means of uttering and narration as well as the physical body as both the material and the concept.
The artists need to be comfortable with English being the main working language but there is no need for English to be their mother tongue. They also need to be willing to refer to their life experience during the creative process, within consensual and respective frameworks, as well as be comfortable with improvisation and tasking to contribute to their creative process.
Where:
Gothenburg, Sweden
The exact location will be communicated with the invited artists.
When:
29-30 October 2022
Full days
How to Apply:
If interested, please proceed with the following:
Fill in the application form in the link below
Including your CV
And links to two videos:
Video #1 – you moving/dancing (2-5 mins) This can be improvisation and/or set materials from informal and/or formal settings (e.g performance).
We want to learn what you want to share with us.
Video #2 – you talking (max 1-3 min) about your motivation to apply for the workshop-audition.
Note: please make sure the video quality is good enough for us to see and hear what you want to share with us.
We will be in touch with all applicants and send out the invitations to the workshop-audition by 16 September 2022.
Deadline for applications:
04 September 2022 midnight Central European Time
Learn more about the audition at:
https://www.ildance.se/news/open-call-workshop-audition-boys-just-want-to-have-fun
Visit website to learn more about the company:
Contact info:
Unfortunately, due to the immigration and tax regulations in Sweden for non-EU citizens and residents, we are forced to take into account whether or not the applicants have EU citizenship and/or existing work rights in the EU. This does not mean you should not apply if you do not have the mentioned status, we are open to dialogue and can take the necessary actions and apply for the necessary permit for selected artists. We want to be honest about the reality we are working in.
Photo credit: Hedda Axelsson from #ghetto by Israel Aloni & cast