Casting 6-8 performers in experimental dance-theater work!

Casting 6-8 performers from all ages, races, genders, and abilities. BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ performers are encouraged to participate. Emphasis on casting those interested in experimenting with performances of girlhood.

Project description: In an American suburb a dance teacher mysteriously never arrives to class, leaving a studio full of middle school-aged girls unsupervised. Without a designated authority figure, lesson time turns into a playpen for a warped TikTok remix of Dance-Moms-meets-Lord-Of-The-Flies. Together, the group must re-negotiate their relationship to movement, mastery, and desire, thrashing their way through the contracts their bodies fell into without ever knowing they signed.

Compensation: At this time I cannot offer monetary compensation to the performers, but I am working towards a modest stipend for the September 15th performance. At a bare minimum, I can promise documentation to be used for your own portfolios, a generative rehearsal process, and snacks at every rehearsal.

Requirements

No previous dance experience necessary though the project would be a great fit for experienced and novice dancers/performers to work together. Additionally, this is a project for a performer who is interested in being more involved in the devising process rather than being instructed top-down.

Weekly rehearsals begin in NY July 14th or 18th. Workshop showing on August 13th and performance premiere on September 15th in New Brunswick, NJ.