Join our Trainee Program

Extra training for preprofessional teenage girls

Description

Epiphany is looking for a few serious, pre-professional dancers age 15-19 to join our team as a TrainingArtist. Although it is not a performing company, the TrainingArtist program offers trainees the experience of life within a professional company. Trainees will get to take classes alongside company members and will have the opportunity to learn performance repertoire. Trainees will also get the opportunity to shadow the artistic director in performance set-up and tech at the theater including setting lighting and sound cues, spiking the stage, and providing backstage assistance.

The program lasts for an entire year with bi-weekly classes on Saturdays from 1-5pm at Epiphany’s new studio space at The Mix (9125 Diceman Drive, Dallas).

Tuition is based on commitment level.

The TrainingArtist program is designed to work in conjunction with the trainee’s home studio. Rehearsals and performances with the trainee’s home studio will remain a priority, but trainees have a responsibility to communicate conflicts with the trainee director at the beginning of the season.

Prerequisites 

Trainee applicants must be technically proficient in ballet and modern on an advanced high school level.

• Trainee candidates must be teachable, able to quickly implement given corrections, and be supportive of each other.
• Potential applicants must have a good grasp on performing as a team and working well together.
• Applicants must complete a formal dance audition and an interview with the trainee director to be considered eligible for admittance into the training artist program.

• Expectation from TrainingArtists 

• Once accepted to the Training Artist Program, trainees are required to come prepared  and on time to every class they agreed to attend and consistently give 100% effort. Regarding home studio conflicts, trainees will be expected to communicate them to the trainee director at the beginning of the season.

• On performance days, the trainees are expected to report to the artistic director at the theater upon arrival and shadow/assist her in whatever tasks need to be completed.

• What Trainees Can Expect from Leadership 

• Mentorship in honing one’s technique and performing abilities.
• Quality training in Epiphany’s unique blend of contemporary ballet and modern dance.
• Detailed attention in classes.
• A willingness to listen to and answer any questions/concerns trainees might have.
• An atmosphere that challenges trainees to become the best they can be and provides accountability in an encouraging environment.