Audition - Fertile Ground new programme 2025-26
Newcastle-based company Fertile Ground is looking for dancers for the creation of our new programme for the coming season, working with Fertile Ground Artistic director Renaud Wiser on a new participatory creation and with North East dance makers. Funding dependent, selected dancers will be required for up to 8 weeks of employment from June 09 to September 06 with the potential to continue working with the company for a tour of its new season at a later stage.
To apply, you must:
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• Be an emerging professional dancer. Fertile Ground offers paid engagement to dancers at an early stage of their professional career.
• Have a meaningful connection to the North East of England - candidates would be born, trained or have lived for a significant amount of time in the NE in the last few years.
• Have an interest in collaborative practice and in working with children and young people, as an important part of the company’s activity consists of delivering workshops to students at primary, secondary, FE and HE levels.
To be considered for the position please send the following information to audition@fertileground.org.uk using FG audition 2025 as subject title:
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• A recent CV including your date of birth, your training history and any performance experience to date
• A motivation letter stating your interest in the company and your relation to the North East of England
• A video link of you dancing - maximum 10 minutes long. If the footage shows you dancing in a group, please, identify yourself clearly in the recording.
The deadline to apply for the audition is midday on the 2nd May 2025.
The positions are paid. If selected, an in-person audition will take place on May 4 2025 at Dance City, Newcastle.
During our audition, we will also consider offering positions to join Fertile Ground’s 360 professional development programme.
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The 360 programme will support a number of newly trained dancers aged 18-25. It is aimed at recent graduates who might be struggling to obtain their first professional job in the sector. Running alongside our professional artistic programme, it offers mentoring and practical sessions with Fertile Ground staff and collaborators, support with managing self-employment, audition preparation, maintaining and improving dance technique through regular training with the Company. It is designed to increase performance and broaden professional capabilities with the aim of enhancing confidence and skills amongst talented dancers who face difficulties in achieving their goals due to personal or environmental circumstances.
Beyond the free professional development opportunity, Fertile Ground will offer bursaries to support the costs of participation in this programme.
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Time frame: Selected participants will be offered professional opportunities with the Company during the period of June 09, 2025 - May 31, 2026.
To be considered for our 360 programme, you must:
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• Be a newly trained dancer aged 18-25.
• Have a meaningful connection to the North East of England - candidates would be born, trained or have lived for a significant amount of time in the NE in the last few years.