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Organisation: Naomi Turner
Looking for? : Movement Director/Choreographer
Fee: £750 total fee (5 days @ £150). Candidates must be based near the South West area, including Devon and Cornwall and no further than Bristol. We are able to allocate a total travel budget of £250. We request that people travel by train wherever possible as part of our sustainability pledge. Travel costs will be reimbursed on the provision of receipts.
The Job
We are seeking to hire a Movement Director/Choreographer, aged 18+ and based in South West England, to work alongside the whole cast & creative team for Us Against The World, performing at Theatre Royal Plymouth (The Drum) in February 2024.
The Movement Director/Choreographer will work with lead Artist & Writer, Rosie Race, and Director, Katie Villa, to effectively deliver the artistic and creative teams’ vision for Us Against The World to the stage. They will also be working with two physical actors; we would like to see applications from non-classical, unconventional and bold movement styles. The ability to work collaboratively, meet deadlines on time, and have flair and a creative approach to movement direction is essential to this role.
Main Duties
- Providing movement direction & choreography for the rehearsals of Us Against The World;
- Working collaboratively with the team, and working with characterisation techniques, dramaturgy, text, set design, the performers’ abilities & body, and the overarching aesthetic and themes of the play;
- Working within the production timeline and meeting production deadlines;
- Maintaining excellent working relationships with all creative team members & venue staff across the theatre;
- Undertaking any other reasonable task as requested to ensure the effective running of the show.
The Ideal Candidate
To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to demonstrate the following:
- Relevant hands-on professional theatre experience as a Movement Director/Choreographer, with a creative, non-classical & unconventional approach and style;
- A passion for making theatre and art through close analysis of the human body and its role in performance;
- Patience in moulding and getting the best out of the process, the ability to adapt quickly to changes, feedback and complications;
- A willingness to learn & a flexible problem-solving mindset;
- Attention to detail, with a strong visual and spatial awareness of what you’d like to create with fellow collaborators and performers;
- An understanding of how the body works, as well as how it stores and releases trauma (even minimal);
- An empathetic approach, as well as the understanding that all people work, function and study differently;
- Good communication skills;
- Self-motivated and able to take the initiative whilst working within the parameters of the production;
- Excellent organisational & time-keeping skills;
- Experience and an understanding of modern theatre production techniques.
Please do not hesitate to contact Naomi (Producer) at naomiturnerproducer@gmail.com if you have any questions.
DATES
The exact schedule of work will be organised by mutual agreement between the Movement Director, Lead Artist, Director, and the rest of the production team, but the work will need to be completed between Mon 8th January and Fri 16th February (rehearsals) in time for production week w/c 19th February 2024 at Theatre Royal Plymouth (The Drum).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Rosie Race is an emerging artist who graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2019.
As Associate, she is in partnership with Theatre Royal Plymouth to develop and produce her first Arts Council Supported full length show ‘Us Against The World.’
In her poetic, darkly comic and absurd cross-disciplinary style, Rosie explores the difficult subject of psychological domestic abuse. Using highly-visual metaphor, movement and sharp text she draws the audience into the experience of a seemingly perfect relationship which rapidly unfolds into something altogether chaotic and dangerous.
Rosie is also Associate Artist of Theatre Alibi and Documental Theatre and was selected to develop her new play ‘Filthy Animal’ with Soho Theatre Writers Lab 2022-2023. Rosie is an Associate Lecturer at University of Plymouth and Arts University Bournemouth where she is developing a new movement methodology for Actors.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Us Against The World
Ever been love-struck?
We have.
And it hurt.
This is about what happens behind closed doors when you love a little too much.
It is about the slippery slope between care and abuse, the colossal strength it takes to break free and the potential danger in doing so.
Us Against The World is an absurd and often funny reminder that the greatest betrayal is forgetting yourself.
Expect a riot of intoxicating dance-theatre, a very charming man, a much-loved chicken and a bit too much cake in this poetic portrayal of love gone wrong.
(Based on the lived-experience of domestic abuse survivors).
To Apply: Please send a CV, examples of previous work, and a cover letter (no more than 1 A4 side) detailing your suitability as per the person specification above to naomiturnerproducer@gmail.com by the deadline. We are happy to receive this in whichever format works best for you, so we can accept voice recordings or a short video if preferred. Please let us know if you would like to receive or submit information in a way that better suits your access needs.
Please also fill out our equal opps form.
We are committed to equal opportunities for everyone and actively encourage people with different backgrounds to join us and positively impact our team and working practice. We are particularly keen to receive applications from freelancers who identify as female or non-binary due to the themes of the project; it is important that the diversity of our recruitment for this role is intersectional and we also particularly keen to receive applications from underrepresented and Global Majority groups, D/deaf and disabled people, or those experiencing barriers due to their socioeconomic background.
If this sounds like a project you’d like to get involved in, and you feel you have the experience and other qualities we’re looking for, then we’d love to hear from you.
If you would like to submit an Access Rider alongside your application, we would be more than happy to accept it and to work alongside you to ensure that your experience with us is as accessible to you as possible.
Interviews for the role will occur on Sunday 12th November 2023 (provisional date). If you cannot make this date, please let us know when you submit your application.
Deadline: Sunday 22nd October, midnight.
Equal Opps https://forms.gle/U6dwDd3Fi7sNNzbJA
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