This is the DanceBreak 2019 Application Fee. By purchasing a $100 ticket to this event, you are paying the application fee. If you came here via a direct link from Intstagram, etc. Please visit http://dancebreaknyc.org/apply/ and use the form to submit your name and resume.
DanceBreak is an annual showcase of emerging musical theatre choreographers presented to Broadway industry professionals and the New York community.
Out of a pool of applicants, six choreographers are selected to showcase their work with an eye to advancing their careers towards a Broadway choreographers job. Our selection committee is often comprised of theatre’s foremost talents including – but not limited to – Tony Award winners Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blond), Kathleen Marshall (Grease), Rob Ashford (Promises, Promises), along with director Larry Fuller (Evita), Robert La Fosse, Michael Grief,Jack Viertel, Andrew Lippa, director Jack O’Brien (Coast of Utopia), producer Kevin McCollum (Avenue Q, 9-5), composer Stephen Schwartz (Pippin,Wicked), and the legendary dancer/choreographer Marge Champion.
The DanceBreak Foundation’s overarching goal is to promote and advance the art form of musical theatre dance while creating a broader audience for rising musical theatre artists and their work. DanceBreak aligns with this goal by providing the financial, administrative, and technical support necessary to develop new choreographers who are diverse in their ethnicity, training, style and background. By promoting emerging choreographers and their work, we will enrich the Broadway community, the dance community, and the arts in New York City.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Starting September 1, the preliminary applications, in the form of resumes and a link to one of your works, will be accepted from anyone, anywhere, with the exception of someone who has previously held a Broadway choreographer’s contract. There is an application fee of $100. This transaction will be processed here at our storefront.
All the resumes and links submitted will be screened. Although it is not possible to give detailed feedback for every applicant at this stage, all submissions will be look at. After this initial screening, a list of semi-finalists is sent to the DanceBreak advisory committee to approve or disapprove. Semi finalists will then be notified.
The deadline for these first resume/link submissions will be October 30.
The next round is the submission of a proper 5 minute reel, probably in mid November, along with a letter of recommendation from someone you have worked with.
Finalists will be chosen. Probably about 15-20. We will continue to work with these finalists to tweak their reels to get them into the best shape for the Full Selection Committee to look at.
This usually takes place in late Dec., early Jan. with the showcase in February. In most years, 6 choreographers are chosen, but that number may vary, depending on what we are seeing. (less)
