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Houston-based Dominic Walsh Dance Theater is looking for male and female professional dancers with strong classical technique, able to adapt to all the contemporary work of the company’s repertoire.
- 20-28 performances. Four Houston reps plus tours.
- Season begins early August until the end of December, and then picks up early January and finishes in late May, depending on touring.
- 275-$550 per week
Audition class consists of a classical technique class (en pointe for women), followed by learning company repertoire (both en pointe and flat for women), and concludes with a short improvisation.
All interested applicants should send resume with reference names and headshot to Leigh McBurnett. Links to performance videos preferred but not required.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Leigh McBurnett, Executive Director
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
2311 Dunlavy St., Suite 210, Houston, Texas 77006
Leigh McBurnett
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As a principal dancer with Houston Ballet for over a decade, Dominic Walsh received national and international praise for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary roles. Walsh burst onto the choreographic scene when he won the prestigious Choo-San Goh Award in 1998, and he is now hailed as a leading choreographer who is pushing the boundaries of ballet into new realms of theatricality. He won a second Choo-San Goh Award in 2007 and was one of only three choreographers to receive a 2008 Princess Grace Award.
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, launched by Walsh in 2002, is also racking up accolades and honors around the world. This contemporary ballet company has built a stellar reputation for taking the techniques and skills of classical ballet into more contemporary territory where sensuality and intimacy meet muscular fluidity. There are just a handful of companies devoted to this type of work in the United States, and the audiences and critics agree that Dominic Walsh Dance Theater is at the top of the list. After the company’s premiere performance in 2003, Dance Magazine reported: “At last Houston has a contemporary dance company on a par with its symphony, opera, and ballet companies.” More recently, the Houston Chronicle reported: “Walsh is delivering on his promise to bring Houston another world-class company.” The company consists of 8-10 dancers with strong technique in classical ballet and pointe, contemporary and theater. Its repertoire includes works by Walsh, Jiri Kylian, Mauro
Bigonzetti, Matthew Bourne, Mario Zambrano, Ayman Harper, Natalie Weir, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, among others. Visit www.dwdt.org for more information!
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