Audition Notice

Clod Ensemble is holding auditions to meet with new dance artists for projects we have coming up in 2027 and 2028. 

Over the last 30 years, Clod Ensemble has worked with dance artists from a wide range of backgrounds, styles, ages and approaches. For these two auditions, we would love to meet with new dance artists who:

• have at least 3 years of professional experience
• enjoy improvisation and creating material
• have strong musicality and enjoy working with musicians from a range of different styles including classical, electronic, jazz or blues
• have strong technical skill and precision
• enjoy bringing themselves and their movement language into the space
• enjoy processes that develop ideas and material over time
• approach their work with curiosity and openness
• enjoy collaborating with artists from different backgrounds to their own
  

ABOUT THE AUDITION

Auditions will be by invitation only and will take place at Clod Ensemble Studios in North Greenwich. We are hosting two auditions, both will be improvisation and task based, and you can choose which you would like attend based on the following information:

Audition on Thursday 5th November (2:00pm – 4:30pm) –  is for dancers with strong contemporary dance training alongside another style or skill including breaking, tricking, parkour, tumbling, hip hop theatre, gymnastics and floor based acro. 

Audition on Friday 6th November (10:00am – 12:30pm) –  is for dancers with strong classical ballet or contemporary ballet training and are interested in bringing this language into a choreographic process, rather than executing preexisting steps.

If you are happy to attend either audition, you can indicate this in the application form. We are organising the auditions in this way because for one project in particular, we are interested in ballet vocabulary.

TO APPLY

Complete this short online application form

If you have trouble accessing this form, please email recruitment@clodensemble.com and include the following information:

• A CV or short biography
• A headshot 
• A video that demonstrates your work (ideally this would be a Vimeo or Youtube link)

The deadline to apply is Wednesday 28th October at 5pm.

AFTER THE AUDITION 

We will invite some dancers to attend a paid professional development workshop. The aim of this workshop will be to explain and explore some of the principles and methods which underpin Clod Ensemble’s making process.

This workshop will take place on Wednesday 11th November, it will be a full day and you will be paid to attend.

If you have any further questions, please contact recruitment@clodensemble.com.