artistic directors jamey hampton + ashley roland
BODYVOX DANCER AUDITION
(Portland, Oregon) BodyVox announces auditions for the 2012-13 season. The company is looking for dancers with strong technical skills to join both BodyVox and apprentice troupe BodyVox-2 for the 2012/13 season. The company will hold auditions in Chicago on January 18th at the Ruth Page Center.
BodyVox dancers are contracted for 10 and 12 month contracts beginning August 2012. The company performs a full season on it's home stage in Portland, Oregon and tours internationally.
Auditions date: Wednesday January 18, 2012 5:30-7:30pm
Location: Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Dancers are asked to to bring a current resume and head shot or dance photo and arrive ready to dance.
Led by Artistic Directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland, BodyVox is a freewheeling, multi-media, boundary-bending movement troupe. BodyVox's unique approach to theater assimilates all possibilities for movement; endows it with breathtaking physicality; enriches it with striking imagery and embellishes it with humor, wit and whimsy to create refined dancing that knows no boundaries.
On Stage, BodyVox brings its full personality to the fore with a reputation for adventurous and innovative choreography that is challenging and engaging for committed dance fans while also remaining accessible to new audiences. A BodyVox show is a distinctive blend of dance, theater, imagery, unexpected storytelling, original cinema and human comedy.
Based in Portland, Oregon, BodyVox's movement surges from a source informed by years of cross training imbued with a curiosity and fascination with the endless possibilities of the human body in motion. Artistic Directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland are distinguished artists on the world stage, formed by their years working as creators and performers with innovative dance companies Momix, ISO Dance, and Pilobolus. BodyVox builds upon this tradition of excellence with a unique voice that is clearly influenced by its Northwest roots. Created in 1997 to fulfill a commission from Portland Opera, the company has since created eleven original shows (including three operas), and toured across the U.S. to critical acclaim. Adding to its full-evening shows and repertory pieces, BodyVox's films have won numerous awards in national and international festivals. "Modern Daydreams" - composed of "Treadmill Softly," "Islands in the Sky," Unleashed" and "Deere John" - won the prestigious American Choreography Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short film in 2002. Most recently the company's film "Advance" won the Audience Choice Award at Dance Camera West.
Under the direction of veteran BodyVox performer Zachary Carroll, BodyVox-2 provides a mentoring and performing opportunity for talented young dancers as they transition from training to the professional world. They perform in all BodyVox school assemblies, visiting schools throughout Oregon and SW Washington. They also perform and tour a unique show composed of classic BodyVox dances and new work created especially for them. BodyVox-2 dancers train with and rehearse under the dancers of BodyVox; understudying repertory, helping to develop new work and gaining valuable professional and performing experience in the process.
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Media contact: Una Loughran
Phone: (503) 229-0627
FACT SHEET
WHAT: Auditions for BodyVox and BodyVox-2
WHO: BodyVox
Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland, co-artistic directors
WHERE: Wednesday January 18, 2012 5:30-7:30pm
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
1016 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
PRESS: Una Loughran
503.229.0627