Audition ilYoung 2021: Calling emerging contemporary dance artists in Sweden!
ilDance is auditioning for our junior company, ilYoung.
Emerging artists between the ages of 18-27 who are currently residing in Sweden are eligible to audition.
WHAT IS ILYOUNG?
ilYoung is a professional, project based, junior contemporary dance company.
Every year ilDance engages a group of emerging contemporary dance artists to join a full time creation process of 6 weeks in a professional environment. During the project, the dancers work with the directors of ilDance and international guest artists. The creation process is hosted in residencies across Sweden where the cast, choreographers and creative team interact and engage with the local community in various public activities. Following the creation period, ilYoung tours with the new production across Sweden.
AUDITION DATES
Stockholm: 11 October 2020
Gothenburg: 17 October 2020
This year we are broadening the eligibility criteria for the audition, see two options below:
Option 1:
Dancers partaking in a full time professional dance education at: Balettakademien Stockholm, Balettakademien Göteborg or Härnösand Folkhögskola.
Due to ongoing collaborations and partnerships with the schools mentioned above, If you are aged 18 + (by the time of the audition) and are partaking in a full time professional dance education in one of these schools (including graduating students) you are eligible to attend the audition without an initial selection process,
you just need to register.
To register email your name, age, education (and year) and which audition you will be attending
(Stockholm/Gothenburg) to audition@ildance.se. Application deadline 25th September 2020.
Option 2:
Dancers age 18-27, based in Sweden who are not partaking in a full time professional dance education in any of the schools mentioned in option 1.
Applicants will go through a first stage video audition process to be invited to the physical audition.
To apply: Send two videos: 1 minute video of yourself dancing (in which ever style you wish to present yourself) and a 1 minute video where you speak about yourself and about why you would like to join ilYoung 2021. Videos** should be uploaded to Vimeo or YouTube and the links should be e mailed together with your name, age, city you are based in, which audition you would like to attend (Stockholm/Gothenburg) and a short biography (max 500 words) to audition@ildance.se. Application deadline 25th September 2020.
**Please make sure that the videos are clear and the image quality is decent. We want to get to know you and your approach to dance. We are not going to base decisions on your video editing skills. You can keep it simple and clear.
After receiving your application we will be in touch no later than 29th September 2020
ilYoung is a professional development opportunity where young and emerging artists can gain knowledge and experience from professionals in the field and work alongside other emerging artists.
The entire experience is free of charge. The selected individuals are responsible for covering travel costs to and from the creative process. All other travels within the project are covered by ilDance.
Project Dates: 5 July -12 September 2021
More about ilDance and ilYoung
ilDance is an international and independent contemporary dance organisation which initiates and operates several pioneer and international projects. The company was founded in 2012 by its current Artistic Directors, Israel Aloni and Lee Brummer and it is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. ilYoung is one of our ongoing, and reoccurring signature projects.
ilYoung was established by Brummer and Aloni in 2012 with the ambition to structure a platform which would offer professional experience to young dancers who are in the early stages of their careers.
2021 will be the 8th year of the ilYoung project.
To learn more about ilYoung visit www.ildance.se/ilyoung
Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.
We look forward to meeting you at the audition
