After a 5 year hiatus, Move Through Life is relaunching its performing company to present a season in the 2021 Adelaide Fringe Festival.
The aim of the company is to give adult dancers an opportunity to perform and to continue to develop their artistic practice, even though they probably have another career. We believe that being a dancer can be part of your identity without having to commit your whole life to dance.
We are looking for adult dancers who:
30 June 2020 RSVP to attend information session
1 July 2020 Information session held
8 July 2020 Register to audition
15 July 2020 Audition held
29 July 2020 Rehearsals commence
The information session, audition, and rehearsals will be held at:
Clovelly Park Memorial Community Hall
16 York Avenue, Clovelly Park
The company is based on a collective model, where company members with a monthly contribution of $100.
The contribution will be paid each month from Wednesday 29 July until the end of February, by automatic payment (via credit card or direct debit) through the booking system Zen Planner.
Move Through Life is not a professional company.
Instead, it is a non-funded company that has been established to provide adult dancers and choreographers who are not professionals with an opportunity to train, create, and perform.
In line with the MTL philosophy that if we work together we can make amazing things happen, the company is more like a collective of dance artists who put together their time, money and other resources to realise their dreams.
As such, dancers and choreographers are not paid, and instead pay a monthly contribution so that it is possible to provide the opportunity to create and perform.
$100/month
From when rehearsals start at end of July 2020 until the performance in March 2021
The contribution paid, along with box office income, will go towards expenses such as rehearsal venue hire, theatre hire and theatre staff costs, marketing and promotion, administration, costumes and sets, hire of lighting and equipment, professional fees for the company director as well as other mentors
Each company member will be asked to sign a Company Agreement.
The purpose of the agreement is to ensure a shared and clear understanding of the responsibilities of each party, rather than as a contract to lock you into something.
The commitment you will be asked to undertake will be to:
7.15pm, Wednesday 15 July
Clovelly Park Memorial Community Hall
16 York Street, Clovelly Park
I will go for somewhere between one to two hours.
Complete our online audition registration form.
Once I receive your registration, I’ll send you a confirmation email (it won’t be immediate, as I’m doing these manually).
If you missed the night, you can find out what we covered by watching the Facebook Live video of the session on our Facebook page.
Unfortunately, the internet dropped out a bit, so my apologies for that. We spent some time going around the circle so everyone could share a bit about their background and reason for being interested in the Company. If you want to watch that part, you can, but if you’re short for time, skip to about 35 minutes in.
A couple of people have let me know they aren’t available on the date of the audition, because they had previously planned to go away as it is school holidays.
I am considering holding a second audition on the following Wednesday (22 July) if there are enough people who can’t make the 15th. If you are in that situation, please email me to let me know if you can make it on the 22nd instead).
You don’t need to prepare anything special for the audition.
My objective is to get a sense of”
There is room in the Company for people with different levels of experience, so it is not just about technique. The choreography I’ll offer in the session will not be at a super high level, as I want all in the audition to be able to show me their best dancing, not feel overwhelmed with advanced technique.
Wear whatever you would normally dance in. As long as you feel comfortable and can move well enough to show your best dancing, whatever you choose is fine.
If you are interested in choreographing, make sure you indicate that in your audition registration.
Even if you just want to choreograph, I would still like to see you dance in the audition. If part of the reason you don’t want to perform is because you don’t think your body is up to it, let me know and we will adjust things to suit your body. I just want to see how you move.
I will send out separate information to people interested in choreographing about the process. You might have a fully fledged idea, or just know that you want to choreograph but haven’t made any firm decisions yet.
I am still putting together information for choreographers, so I will send that to anyone who has expressed an interest in choreographing. Don’t worry, saying you’re interested in choreographing on the registration form doesn’t mean you are committing to it yet.
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Move Through Life Dance Studio offers dance classes to adults of all ages in ballet, contemporary, and jazz. We pride ourselves on offering you a place to indulge your love of dance, whether you’re a complete beginner, had a long break from dance, or danced all your life. Our classes have a broad mix of ages, and our philosophy is that you are never too old to dance, it is never too late to start, and you can dance forever!
If you have any questions, get in touch with Anne on 0408 240 772 or info@movethroughlife.com.au