Company and Apprentice Auditions
2026/2027 Season
Ballet Co.Laboratory is looking for versatile and accomplished classically trained dancers with partnering and pointe experience for our 2026/27 performance season. In addition to paid dance contracts, Company Artists are paid to develop arts administration skills in efforts to develop the whole dancer.
Position & Contract deTaIls
34 to 36-week contract beginning
August 2026
Paid Apprentice and Company Artist positions for 2026/2027 season
Health & Wellness perks [PT, massage, personal training, nutrition, shoes for the season, etc.]
Collaborative Company coaching and creating with professional Rehearsal Assistants
Classical & Contemporary work
Story ballets with original narratives
New studios with natural light, shower, gender neutral restrooms, & staff lounge
Artist driven organization
Artists work on administrative team of BCL under a paid, secondary administrative contract
Development of arts administrative skills with Managing Director and Artistic Director
Seeking artists who are collaborative, creative, eager to learn, willing to grow on the job, and interested in all aspects of an arts administration
how to apply
please submit the following:
CV/Resume
References
Cover Letter
Answer the following questions:
Why Ballet Co.Laboratory?
How do you see ballet evolving into the future?
What are you looking for in a dance home?
Audition Video
Must be under 5 minutes in length and include:
Class work (at least two exercises in center)
Classical variation or performance clip
Contemporary variation or performance clip
application Deadline: March 1, 2026
WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER your APPLICATION SUBMISSION
The Artistic Director will take up to four weeks to review your application materials.
Applicants who move forward in the audition process will be contacted about setting up an Artist Interview. Interviews will be 20-30 minutes in length and conducted over Zoom.
Applicants will either receive a letter of intent from Artistic Director with intentions of extending a contract to Applicant or an email informing the Applicant that no contract will be extended.
Pending artist’s signature on letter of intent, an official contract officially extended.