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We are currently recruiting for the following position. Click job title for further information:
Dance Trainee
Salary: £17,517.50.
We very much look forward to welcoming a young person to the Shaper/Caper team as our Dance Trainee supported by Creative Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018 Creative Traineeship fund. Download the full Job Application Pack here
The Dance Trainee will:
· Perform in our critically acclaimed touring productions across Scotland & the UK;
· Perform in our hugely successful creative learning productions such as Well Good and A Day to Play;
· Work closely with our multi award winning choreographer and Artistic Director Thomas Small to devise new work for performance on tour, online and in community settings.
The Dance Trainee will have a hands-on experience within a busy touring dance company whilst being mentored by our Artistic Director, learning from our Executive Team, Board and world class dancers. They will be given opportunities to develop their craft and learn new skills to give them a solid foundation for a successful career in dance. There will be lots of opportunities for the young person to take the lead and develop new projects and ideas. The trainee will work 38.5 hours per week and will be required to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends according to the demands of the post.
To Apply:
To apply for this post, please email the following items as attachments to jobs@shapercaper.com with ‘Dance Trainee’ in the subject line by the deadline of 11.59pm on Sunday 11th March 2018:
1 Completed Application Form (Download Application Form here)
2 Online link (via YouTube, Vimeo or other) of recent work. This link should demonstrate you dancing so we can get a sense of how you move. It doesn’t need to be a polished performance just something that shows us how you move.
3 Headshot/Face photo
4 CV (2 page max)
Applicants must be:
· 16 – 24 years old
· Based in Scotland
· Experiencing barriers to progressing a career in the arts through lack of opportunity
We will invite shortlisted applicants to an audition led by our Artistic Director, Thomas Small. This audition day will take place on Tuesday 13th March 2018 We will not be able to consider applicants who cannot attend this audition day. Please keep this date available and we will let you know as soon as possible after you apply whether you have been shortlisted or not. The start date for the role is Monday 19th March 2018.
The traineeship is a fixed-term role for 12 months and is supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
If you have any questions about the role please email Yolanda Aguilar, Director of Operations via hello@shapercaper.com or call 01382 413007.
Tour Booker
Fees: Daily fees in the range of £150-£175 depending on experience.
Shaper/Caper is led by multi award winning choreographer and BBC Radio 2 Artist in Residence, Thomas Small. Our critically acclaimed dance theatre work has been presented internationally, including venues in Sao Paulo, New York City and Berlin (including a recent sold out performance at 9/11 Memorial & Museum at World Trade Center in New York City). Our work ranges from a dance theatre production exploring the events of 9/11 to a site-specific promenade performance, based on Bizet's Carmen, and an immersive production for young children looking at 18th and 19th century poetry. We are currently developing a new show for young people aged 12 to 15 that explores what it’s like for young LGBT+ people to come out in the 21st century.
We are recruiting for a freelance Tour Booker with the proven experience and skills to deliver all aspects of tour booking across Scotland.
SUMMARY OF KEY TASKS
• Develop new and nurture existing relationships with presenters across Scotland the rest of the UK
• Book tours in line with targets set by the Director of Operations
• Negotiate financial deals with venues & festival presenters, including the agreement on fees, travel & accommodation arrangements, technical & marketing contras as appropriate
This is a freelance contract and we have secured initial funding for five months and plan to extend the contract for the right candidate. We hope to develop a long-term relationship with the successful candidate. We anticipate the Tour Booker working around 6 days a month, split over a number of days as and when venues respond.
Shaper/Caper is based in Dundee, but we are happy to accept applications from elsewhere across Scotland. There is no requirement to work from Dundee for this role. Applicants will be able to work from home with regular catch up meetings with the Artistic Director and Director of Operations (often via Skype).
The ideal applicant should have:
- demonstrable experience of successfully booking tour dates across Scotland and, ideally but not essentially, across the UK and internationally
- a proven ability to meet touring targets
- excellent knowledge of Scottish touring circuit
- current strong networks with venues and programmers
- exceptional organisational skills
They should also be proactive and confident; and friendly and responsive.
Apply:
To apply for this role, please email a letter of interest explaining your experience of tour booking along with your CV to jobs@shapercaper.com by the deadline of 11.59pm on Monday 12th March 2018. Please put ‘Tour Booker’ in the subject line.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited for a chat on either 14th or 15th March (this can be done via Skype if necessary).
We would very much like for the successful candidate to join us at FST’s Emporium event on Tues 20th and Wed 21st March.
This role has been made possible thanks to funding from DSEN’s Dundee Futures Fund.
If you have any questions about the role please email Yolanda Aguilar, Director of Operations via hello@shapercaper.com or call 01382 413007.
Board of Trustees recruitment!
We are looking for dynamic people to join our Board of Trustees, with an interest in the arts and the skills required to help us achieve our future ambitions to diversify and broaden our activity.
Shaper/Caper is a charity based in Dundee presenting the work of multi award winning choreographer, Thomas Small. Thomas is a Clore fellow and the first ever BBC Radio 2 Artist in Residence. Shaper/Caper presents critically acclaimed performance work around the world and is complemented by a diverse Creative Learning programme for people of all ages. We run two major creative learning programmes – Well Good, a partnership with NHS Tayside, which visits 116 primary schools each year, and Cmd-Shift, a year long digital arts project for young people aged 10 to 25 taking place in Dundee, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. With Well Good alone, we will work with 7000 children this year. Thomas’ work includes Within This Dust, an acclaimed piece of work exploring the events of 9/11 and interactive children’s show The Adventures of Isabel. Both works have received 4 star reviews. We became a charity in November 2016.
We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals who have knowledge or skills in these areas: Marketing, Fundraising, Health & Safety and Environment. We hold quarterly board meetings, which take place in Dundee and one Board Development Day. Whilst this is a voluntary role, expenses will be paid to cover Directors’ travel costs to attend meetings.
If you are interested in joining our board, please send your CV and expression of interest, stating why you think you would be a viable candidate to join our board to thomas@shapercaper.com