Audition/Casting Call

Queensboro Dance Festival

Queensboro Dance Festival

Borden Ave &, Center Blvd
Queens, NY 11101

Deadline

Mar 26, 2022

Posted

Mar 16, 2022

The Queensboro Dance Festival is a summer tour of performances and classes by Queens-based dances of diverse cultures & styles. We bring programming to Queens indoor and outdoor public venues including theaters, parks, plazas, and open streets all across the borough. We also feature QDF Dancebacks (audience dance lessons), choreographer talkbacks, and QDF Class Xchanges (professional classes for the dance community).

The 2022 tour will run June 4 - Oct 2 as predominantly outdoor, on-site performances at various Queens locations for in-person audiences. Performances will also be live-streamed on our social media. All outdoor programming is free to the public. Performance and venue protocols will be in compliance with any current city or state COVID guidelines.

QDF aims to uplift Queens dancers & companies’ career endeavors in Queens by connecting them to local resources and expanding new audience reach. We encourage a Queens dance community that has an interest in connecting with local audiences through their dancework, and is proud of the neighborhoods our dancers live and work in. QDF Choreographer testimonials

Requirements

Participant Eligibility Overview

  • Aligned with our mission, choreographer or company must be based in Queens NYC (mailing address). Dance schools with professional companies welcome. Pre-professional students may perform if included on stage with their professional company members. Please note performance slot priority is given to professional-level groups.
  • Professional-level dance forms of all cultures and techniques welcome
  • Disabled dance artists and integrated dance companies welcome
  • BIPOC-led group or BIPOC majority dance cast, and/or Queens-based dance cast strongly encouraged
  • Unedited video footage of your entire proposed work is required with your application
  • Flexible availability during application process: In your application, select all possible dates you/your company are available to perform. If your application is accepted, you will be assigned a schedule of approximately 4-6 performances from the available dates you selected.
  • Dances have a 12-minute maximum
  • As we live in the world’s borough, we encourage World and Queens premieres!
  • Collaborations with Queens musicians encouraged
  • Free to apply, free to participate
  • Tour Commitment: 4-6 bookings total throughout the entire season, attendance in at least 2 QDF Class Xchanges and/or Professional Development workshops, and active engagement with your Queens dance community on tour!

Technology Requirements & Support

  • Participants must have access to internet and to at least 1 device (cell phone, laptop, or tablet)
  • Participants strongly recommended to have a Gmail e-mail address
  • Participants strongly encouraged to have their own Instagram and Facebook account (free)
  • Participants must have a Paypal account (free)
  • Participants’ performance contracts may include some self-production of sessions on IG/Facebook Live from their own space, as well as creating and submitting video and photo content for social media posting.
  • QDF can help with internet support, device support, space, or offer social media training as needed

Suggested choreographic prompts
We want to uplift your untold stories and heritage through your dance works, but as a nod to the Queens’ arts & culture, public spaces, and celebrations we will be a part of, here are some suggested prompts we welcome you to incorporate into your work. These are suggested but NOT required:

  • Queens Pride
  • Juneteenth
  • Lewis Latimer (in partnership with the Lewis Latimer House in Flushing)
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Happenings or history of your Queens neighborhood, or summertime in Queens