The 2012 University of Toronto's Festival of Dance (FoD) is currently accepting applications for various production positions. The festival will take place March 22nd and 23rd, 2013 at Hart House Theatre.
Applicants should submit a resume with any relevant experience to uoft.festivalofdance@gmail.com no later than November, 6th, 2012. For more information please see the brief job descriptions below, or contact the festival director Melanie Mastronardi at uoft.festivalofdance@gmail.com.
Assistant Directors (up to 3)
Assistant Directors will collaborate with the festival director in creating the artistic vision of the 2013 festival, as well as organizing and running the submission/audition process. Assistant directors should have experience as a dancer and/or choreographer. Assistant directors may also assist backstage during the FoD performances, but will be able to perform in the festival if desired.
Stage Manager
The Stage Manager will be responsible for organizing all technical aspects of the festival performance, including preparing all technical cues collected from the performance groups, running the technical rehearsals, managing the assistant stage managers, and calling the show from the booth. The stage manager will also be involved in the audition process. Because there are so many different groups that participate in the festival and each number has different requirements, the stage manager should be very organized and attentive to details, ideally with prior stage management experience.
Lighting Designer/Operator
The lighting designer will be responsible for designing the lighting cues for all dance performances in collaboration with the festival and assistant directors, and the choreographers of each piece during technical rehearsals the week leading up to the festival. The lighting designer must also be available to operate the lighting board from the booth during all the festival performances.
Assistant Stage Managers
Under the supervision of the stage manager, assistant stage managers will be responsible for running cues backstage during the festival performance and keeping all the performance groups organized. Assistant stage managers will be required to attend all technical rehearsals the week of the festival and be available to work backstage for all performance dates.
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