The Nationale Operette is Looking for Dancers for an Internship with DansBlok

The Nationale Operette is an operette company that works both for a young and an adult audience. We have a great interest in movement/dance next to and together with music and have worked with dancers from different backgrounds several times. For the 2021/2022 winter production ‘Wenen*New York*Parijs’ De Nationale Operette will collaborate with dance collective DansBlok.

DansBlok is a young contemporary dance collective based in Leiden. We create our work as a team as well as individually performing all over the country. Besides that we are a platform for professional dance in Leiden. We organize professional dance training, make dance films, create talent development projects and organize dance festivals at iconic locations in Leiden. Dancer and choreographer Tessa Wouters from the artistic team of DansBlok will work on the choreography. The choreography will be created on several pieces with a total of about 30 min. The classical waltzes are a reoccurring theme that will be given a modern twist through the choreography.

For ‘Wenen*New York*Parijs’ we are looking for 6 dancers BASED IN THE NETHERLANDS that want to collaborate in this project as part of their INTERNSHIP.
We seek dancers that:
– have strong ballet and contemporary dance technique
– possess great musicality and adaptability to dancing with a live orchestra
– embody a natural soft and lyrical movement quality to match the classical waltzes
– are fast in learning new material in the short rehearsal period

The tour will consist of 13 performances across the Netherlands end of December 2021 and beginning January 2022. Rehearsals will take place in 11 days end of November/beginning of December.

AUDITION: September 17th, 9:30-16:30, Leiden, the Netherlands

REHEARSAL PERIOD: November 22nd – December 9th 2021

PERFORMANCES: 10,18,23 December 2021, 2,3,4,5,7,8,9,14,15,26 January 2022

Because of practical measurements we will only be able to respond to applications coming from dancers that are based in The Netherlands and are able to fulfill the role of dancer in this project as part of their internship. We kindly ask your understanding for this.

How to apply: Sent a short motivation, photo, video link (max 3 minutes) and cv to [email protected]

Deadline for applications: September 7th 2021

For more information visit: www.nationaleoperette.nl and www.dansblok.com