Jacob's Pillow - video audition for — 2025 The Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship

Recorded Video
Rolling Audition - No Due Date Provided
Price: $55.00

Video Requirements:

Required Program Application Materials to Upload: 1. Audition Video Footage must be of clear viewing quality. Media-enhanced, highly edited, or promotional type videos are not reviewed. use one of the following file types to successfully upload your video(s): MP4, M4V, AVI, FLV, MOV, WMV, MPG, MPEG, M2V, MKV, and WEBM. Verbal self-introduction, 2 minutes maximum Introduce yourself Share: your current choreographic interests, your choreographic strong points and deficits, how you envision this program impacting your choreographic work, the choreographic projects you envision for yourself in the near future, and whose work interests you today, in dance and in one other art form. Work Sample no. 1 This work should be the piece that you feel best represents you today. Share the complete work, no excerpts Provide title, credits, when and where performed The footage can be from a studio, performance, site-specific, zoom, or other venue shoot. Work Sample no. 2 This work should be no more than three years old Share the complete work, no excerpts Provide title, credits, when and where performed The footage can be from a studio, performance, site-specific, zoom, or other venue shoot. Work Sample no. 3 is optional A complete work, or an excerpt, of your choice, viewed only if questions arise that may be answered by seeing another work sample Not to exceed 10 minutes in length 2. Written Statement of Proposed Artistic Inquiry In 200 words or less, please share: The proposed creative/artistic inquiry you wish to explore during the program. Focus on the choreographic idea(s) to be explored; it is not necessary to have such details as music/composer, length of work, number of dancers, costuming, and other production elements outlined at this point. Finish this statement: “This summer, in thinking about what I know how to do and what I haven’t yet had the opportunity to explore in my life as a choreographer, I’d like to…” 3. Headshot 4. Résumé/C.V. 5. Support Material Selected samples of programs, reviews, and/or articles about your work combined into one PDF document.

Audition Description

Led by long-time transformative dance artists and mentors, Robert Moses and Risa Steinberg, the Choreography Fellowship is fully process-oriented, with no expectations of an end-product or public showing. Each day features extensive studio time for the eight Hicks Choreographers to advance their choreographic ideas through research and experimentation. Individual feedback sessions, as well as discussions and assignments, guide choreographers in crafting and evolving their choreographic voices and material. Each choreographer invites two dancers to ensure that work developed at the Pillow can continue in their home communities if desired. Guest artists, dance presenters, curators, and other professionals in the field will meet and speak with choreographers and their dancers to share insights and career advice. Living on site, researching in the Jacob’s Pillow Archives, viewing dance exhibitions, seeing Festival companies perform, attending artist and scholar-led talks, and acquiring a supportive network makes this a truly dance-immersive experience. After the program concludes, a continued 10 hours of one-on-one mentoring will be available to each choreographer. Participation costs are underwritten, with the exception of travel costs. Each choreographer and dancer receives a modest stipend.

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2025 The Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship
Updated: Nov. 15, 2024
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