Employment

Positions Available:

NEW- Team Member #3
NEW- Grant Writer
Company Teacher
Dancers (2014)

Seeking Team Member #3

Our company is growing, and now we are expanding our full-time behind-the-scenes team to three.

The job entails everything you might imagine would be involved in being part of a three member team on the business side of a start-up ballet company.

Interested applicants should send a resume and a video of exactly one minute in length explaining why they want to be part of ACB, and why they would be great for the company.

Salary negotiable.

Send to acb@acbdances.com

Part-Time Grant Writer

ACB seeks a part-time grant writer experienced with corporate and foundation grants and organizations with budgets over 1 million. Knowledge of classical music, collaborative grants, new organizations and Los Angeles based philanthropic organizations is a plus.

Please send a resume, cover letter, and samples of your work to acb@acbdances.com Rate negotiable.

Company Class Teacher

ACB is seeking part-time ballet teachers to supplement our current staff.

We are seek individuals who are able to understand and assimilate the technical and aesthetic needs of the company, and to help the dancers achieve them through class exercises and combinations. There is potential for growth into rehearsal director/ballet master positions for the right individuals.

Please send a cover letter which describes your goals and teaching philosophy along with a resume and teaching video. Strong professional credentials are required.

American Contemporary Ballet, now in it’s second season, produces original contemporary classical ballets in Los Angeles, California. ACB’s repertory is choreographed by Artistic Director Lincoln Jones and is performed to live music played by some of LA’s finest musicians. Details on the company can be found at www.americancontemporaryballet.org

Please send materials by email to:
auditions@acbdances.com
Please write “Dance Teacher Application” in the subject line

You may also send materials by post mail to:
American Contemporary Ballet
5803 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Please send all materials by email or post. Please do not call or drop materials off in person.

Dancers (2014)

Our season runs from January through mid-August. Most dancers are hired for our summer series, MUSIC+DANCE:LA. Every season features new, original ballets, choreographed on the season’s dancers by ACB Director Lincoln Jones.

Full-season contracts begin in January, and are generally filled with dancers hired for the previous year’s M+D:LA performances. Contracts for M+D:LA I generally begin mid-April, and contracts for M+D:LA II begin mid-June.

Company contacts available for female and male ballet dancers at $250-$700 per week + physical therapy and pointe shoes.  Apprentice contracts are also available.  Limited housing and transportation assistance may be available.

We hold live auditions annually in Los Angeles and New York City between January and March. Audition dates are announced in the fall. The audition will consist of a ballet class, women on pointe. 
Professional level classical technique required. 
Please bring a headshot and resume.

We also accept video submissions by mail and email, although we prefer to see dancers in-person at an audition. To audition by mail/email, please submit:

  1. A video of center classwork, females on pointe
  2. A resume/CV
  3. Current photos:
    1. Arabesque (profile)
    2. Tendú in second position (facing the camera)
    3. Headshot

Audition materials may be mailed to:

American Contemporary Ballet
Attn: Auditions
5803 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Audition materials may be emailed to:
auditions@acbdances.com

Please do not email or drop off submissions in person. Due to the number of submissions received, only those accepted will be notified. JetBlue is the official sponsor of American Contemporary Ballet Auditions.