News Dance tutors required for HOME - part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012

We are seeking up to 3 experienced Dance Tutors from the West Midlands to deliver wrap-around participatory activities as part of HOME.

HOME is a bold, inventive new participatory production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city centre. Moving through the streets and squares of Birmingham city centre, HOME will be an evolving promenade-style performance event, engaging thousands of people as audiences and participants and presenting a diversity of dance styles. Based on the theme of ‘home’ and what it means to each of us, the work will be developed using ideas, inspirations and choreographic material contributed by a 1000 individuals.

HOME is funded by Dancing for the Games as part of the Cultural Olympiad in the West Midlands and is inspired by London 2012. HOME is part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012, which is funded by the European Union, Birmingham City Council, Arts Council England and Advantage West Midlands.

International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) is a major biennial festival produced by DanceXchange in partnership with Birmingham Hippodrome. Animating the city and capturing the imagination, IDFB brings a remarkable line-up of outstanding dance to theatres, streets and public spaces across Birmingham and the West Midlands and creates a wealth of engaging participatory activity for people of all ages. Already one of the largest dance festivals in the world, IDFB is unique in its diversity and internationalism, programming exceptional dance from across the globe and fostering new collaborations with international choreographers and artists.

We are seeking up to 3 experienced Dance Tutors from the West Midlands to deliver wrap-around participatory activities as part of HOME. This delivery will include workshops, rehearsals and residencies with community groups.  Dance Tutors will take part in an INSET training day and be provided with a resource pack prior to delivery. The sessions will take place across the West Midlands.

We are ideally looking for practitioners who are working as freelance artists, so this work can fit alongside their current activity. Dance tutors would need to have their own public liability insurance and be willing to undertake a CRB if they have not been checked within the last six months.

Skills and experience
- Excellent versatile teaching skills with a proven track record
- Experienced in working with community groups including hard to reach groups
- Experienced and confident in working with individuals and groups with specific needs (working with people with learning disabilities an advantage)
- Motivational and inspiring with the ability to empower participants
- Creative and able to choreograph short dance pieces for performance
- Excellent understanding of safe practice
- Reliable and punctual
- Excellent communication skills and ability to self-manage
- The ability and willingness to travel (especially in rural areas)
- Enthusiasm for dance
- Experience in other art forms welcomed as they can be used as part of this project

To apply:  Please send your CV with a covering letter by post or email, explaining why you wish to apply and how this would sit with your current work. Please also complete a DanceXchange Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (download from our jobs page)

Successful applicants will be invited to take part in a practical session, teach a group and attend an interview.

Application deadline: Tuesday 8 November 2011, 12noon

Audition/Interview: Friday 11 November 2011, Birmingham

Contract: Dance Tutors will deliver approx. 40 half-day sessions around the theme of home leading up to the finale event

Timeframe: INSET session, Monday 21st November 2011
Workshop delivery: approx 40 half days between Nov 2011 - May 2012 (to be agreed in advance)
HOME performance period: 23 April – 11 May, HOME Finale Sunday 13 May 2012

Payment: £85 for a half day dance session including travel and expenses.

Further info or apply: email Gemma Thomas