Audition – Les Gens d’Uterpan at the CAC – for exhibition project

French choreographers Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan) investigate the norms that dictate the terms of representation in the performing arts. For the activation of the strategy Géographie https://www.lesgensduterpan.com/proj_geography_uk.html in the exhibition Confinement at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, the choreographers are looking for 3 dancers (male or female).

The audition will take place on Tuesday October 29^st and Wednesday October 30^th, 2019, at 10 am BY INVITATION

(arrival at 9 am for registration and warm-up) in the Black Box at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

Dancers who wish to be considered must be available during all of the following period:

• the entire period of the audition
• 6 days from Friday November 1^st to Wednesday November 6^th, 2019 (4 hours/day) for the creation of a 4 hour long choreography
• 6 days of rehearsal from Friday November 8^th to Wednesday November 13^th, 2019 (4 hours/day)
• 4 additional days of rehearsal in the exhibition space from Saturday November 16^th to Tuesday November 19^th, 2019 (4 hours/day)
• The dancers will have to plan their own individual warm-up 1 hour before each rehearsal at the agreed place.
• Then 2 days/week, starting from Friday November 22^nd, 2019 (opening) to the end of February with 3 performances in November, 8 in December, 9 in January, 8 in February for a total of 28 performances.
• This schedule is not absolutely definitive but should not change more than a day or two

For the project, the 3 chosen dancers will be independent contractors of The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati and

will receive a flat fee of $3,520 for the rehearsals and performances.

Dancers interested in the audition should send a CV, portrait photo, and a short video showing them in a performing situation, as well as a letter of motivation, to the following address: lesgensduterpan@gmx.com

The deadline for submissions is Friday October 11th, 2019. Candidates chosen to audition will be notified via e-mail.

More information about The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati: https://www.contemporaryartscenter.org/

Additional funding for Confinement is provided by Étant donnés Contemporary Art, a program of the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) Foundation.