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School of Dance Faculty Application

Red Clay Dance Company is excited to request applications for our School of Dance Faculty positions. Our search is for dance educators who combine high skill with innovative execution. Seeking individuals who will support our mission to awaken “glocal” Artivism through creating, performing, and teaching dances of the African Diaspora. We anticipate a like-minded candidate with such contagious passion that it stimulates the artistic and social emotional growth of our aspiring Artivist!

This role is a unique opportunity to join a trendsetting, culturally relevant, socially transforming, elite dance organization in the Chicagoland Area. "We envision an Artivist as one who utilizes their artistic genius to become part of the solution for social change. Creatively using the body and movement as tools to gain personal and collective freedom!" (Founder, Vershawn Sanders-Ward)

The faculty position works within our Education Department’s School of Dance to prepare its graduates to enter rigorous pre-professional dance programs or begin a career in the concert dance field. Our training fortifies technical mastery in Classical West African and African Diasporic Dances, contemporary techniques in artistry and performance, and is supplemented with ballet, modern, and other dance forms.

All program types will require the flexibility to provide instruction in-person and/or via remote learning. 

Please note that this form does not autosave so you are encouraged to gather all required information prior to beginning the application. All submissions are final.

 


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Program Interest

Based on the program descriptions above please select all the programs that you are interested in teaching with Red Clay Dance Company.
Based on the program descriptions above please select all the programs that you are interested in teaching with Red Clay Dance Company.
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Pre-Interview Questions







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Availability

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Professional Skill Set

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Please list any techniques you teach not included in the previous questions.

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Document Submission

Please submit the following documents for the Education Department Team to review prior to your interview. Without the required documents we will not be able to move forward with the application process.



Please provide a sample lesson plan for a class you teach.

If there is a password for the link you provide please share that along with the video link.

Citizenship and Affirmation

I hereby affirm that my answers to questions on the application are true and correct and that I have not knowingly withheld any fact or circumstances that would, if disclosed, affect my application unfavorably. I understand that any false information submitted in this application is cause for denial of this application or termination of any contractual services regardless of when or how discovered and that my service is subject to government regulations and Red Clay Dance Company's review and acceptance of fingerprint record and proof of minimum age.
All contractors, whether performing with the company or teaching within our Education department must be fully vaccinated prior to executing a contract and/or attending their first day of teaching and/or rehearsal. In general, people are considered fully vaccinated: • 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or • 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine If you don’t meet these requirements, regardless of your age, you are NOT fully vaccinated. I hereby affirm that I am fully COVID-19 Vaccinated.