Job Posting

Resident Dance Trainer

The Resident Dance Trainer will be required to:

- teach dance technique for the company as the central focus of our annual training programming, which will include The August Intensive, the Dance Educators' Seminar, and Daily Technique Class, all of which are open to dancers and educators from the pre-professional and professional community;

- teach dance technique for clients of our company who hire our dance instruction services; and

- provide expertise to our ensemble of elite professional dancers in the areas of functional anatomy and motor control, supervising their individual physical training regimens with a view to injury prevention.

The Resident Dance Trainer will have:

- a minimum of 10 years experience as an instructor of dance technique working with professional, practicing dancers as well as with dance students;

- international experience, both as a professional dancer and as a dance instructor; and

- extensive training in functional anatomy and motor control, with specific application to professional dancers, contemporary dance practice, and injury prevention and recovery.

Applicants must demonstrate their experince in the required skills.  Applicants who do not demonstrate that they possess the required skills as listed will not be contacted. Peggy Baker Dance Projects adheres to the Professional Standards of Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists (CADA). 

The salary for the position is $44,460.  The Resident Dance Trainer will receive four weeks of paid leave and no other benefits.

Application Deadline: 
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Start Date: 
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Type of Work: 
Full Time
City: 
Toronto
Province: 
Ontario
Education Level: 
High School
Languages: 
English
Travel: 
No
Prefered Method(s) of Application: 
By E-Mail

Employer Details

Peggy Baker Dance Projects

Meredith Potter
251 Crawford Street
Toronto, ON M6J2V7
Canada

Peggy Baker Dance Projects is dedicated to offering experiences of significance, personal connection, and transformative potential to our audience through the power and beauty of the art of dance. Established in Toronto, Canada in 1990 and incorporated in 1996, Peggy Baker Dance Projects is a charitable non-profit organization led by one of Canada’s foremost modern dancers – Peggy Baker. Distinguished from the outset by collaborations with extraordinary creators and performers, the company has built an exceptional body of work and a growing slate of education, engagement, and enrichment programs. Peggy Baker Dance Projects began as a vehicle for solo dance expression; the company’s work now encompasses solo and ensemble dance repertoire, performed to both live and electro-acoustic music, and features a company of outstanding dancers.