Red Nightfall Dance Theatre is seeking dancer-collaborators for the upcoming immersive and interactive production MoonFall, May 9-11 & 17-19 2024 in Austin, Texas.

This Creative Workshop will include phrase-work, devising of new movement, story workshopping, and experiments in audience interactivity.  Come join us for some creative playtime!

Dancers are welcome to attend one day, two days, or all three days of the workshop.

There is no fee for the workshop, however preregistration is requested.

Link to Registration Form HERE

More info about MoonFall here

All positions are paid.

All workshop participants will be properly (and gratefully!) credited for their creative contributions. ✨

Thursday January 4th - 3:30-5:30p

Friday January 5th - 11:30a-1:30p

Saturday January 6th - 10:15a-12:15p

First Street Studio

701 Tillery St

Suite A7B

We are also seeking rehearsal assistant, social media assistance, other creative and collaborative roles - this workshop is open to all artists!  Please feel free to reach out with any question to dorothy@rednightfallproductions.com

MoonFall is a co-presentation of:

Red Nightfall Dance Theatre

and

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with

original music by Sam Lipman

Thank you to our project sponsors KMFA Classical 89.5

Photos by Jack Kloecker, from the MoonFall Act 1 Preview Performance, April 1 2023 at KMFA Draylen Mason Theatre

 casting workshop

The Watchmaker’s Song

Wednesday, November 1, 11:30a-1:30p

First Street Studio - 701 Tillery St, Suite A7B

Registration Form here

The Watchmaker’s Song is an immersive, culturally inclusive re-imagining of The Nutcracker, now in its 6th year of production.

We are looking for dancers with strong theatrical presence, the style is contemporary ballet with jazz influence. A few roles are en pointe but most are not - as always, we welcome dancers of all training backgrounds!

Casting Workshop will consist of a two combinations in flat shoes, one en pointe, and Meisner theatre exercises.

All positions paid. Please feel free to audition even if you are not available for all performances - we usually double cast to accommodate schedules.

Performances:

December 1-2, Comfort, Texas

December 7-10, 14-16, Austin, texas

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Why is the Watchmaker’s Song different?

Act 1 is set to the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn reinterpretation of the Tchaikovsky score - it’s a party! We are up close with the audience on the porch of the historic Neill Cochran House Museum.

In Act 2, instead of ballet dancers dancing in the style of world dances, we invite ACTUAL REPRESENTATIVES of these global cultures to share their dance traditions.  In the past we have featured: Flamenco from Spain (Andalusia), Egyptian Belly Dance, Traditional Chinese Dance, American Tap Dance, Argentine Tango, Bollywood, Irish Step dance, and drag performance.

If you are a practitioner of a cultural dance tradition, and you are interested in participating we would love to hear from you! Please email us, addresses are below!

video audition instructions

Below are links to TWO AUDITION PHRASES. If you are unable to attend the Casting Workshop, you can film yourself doing these phrases and submit by 7pm on Sunday November 5.

Please fill out registration form linked above and email your video to BOTH DIRECTORS:

Dorothy O’Shea Overbey: dorothy@rednightfallproductions.com

AJ Garcia-Rameau: info@ventanaballet.com

(If you are a practitioner of a cultural dance tradition, no need to learn these phrases, just shoot us an email.)

Thank you! :)

Audition Combination #1: https://youtu.be/ikzEDxFZdSM

Audition Combination #2: https://youtu.be/Nyh4_WbqR-4