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TEACHING ARTIVIST

Red Clay Dance Company is excited to request applications for the Teaching Artivist position. The Teaching Artivist position works within our Education Department’s Community Engagement, Education, and Partnership (CEEP) Programs. Our CEEP programs provide transformative learning opportunities where participants activate their passion for artivism (art + activism).

This role is a unique opportunity to join a trendsetting, culturally relevant, socially transforming, elite dance organization in the Chicagoland Area. "We envision an Artivist as one who utilizes their artistic genius to become part of the solution for social change. Creatively using the body and movement as tools to gain personal and collective freedom!" (Founder, Vershawn Sanders-Ward)

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Teaching Artivist will:

  • Develop contextually relevant and developmentally appropriate lesson plans based on Red Clay Dance Company’s curriculum framework.

  • Deliver highly engaging and excellent dance instruction.

  • Prepare/coordinate and obtain equipment, materials and supplies for classes from Program Manager, Academy Manager or Site Coordinator.

  • Manage learning environment including attendance tracking and reporting.

  • Assist participating youth at community-wide events, showcases/ recitals, etc.

  • Actively engage in mandatory staff meetings, orientation(s), and professional development.

  • Evaluate participant learning and curriculum effectiveness in your class settings, reporting findings to RCD management.

TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS

The ideal candidate will:

  • Have a personal passion for dance and advocate for dance education.

  • Demonstrate an ability to engage, challenge and interest youth through dance technique and dance making.

  • Possess authentic care for the people and communities served.

  • Facilitate a safe, inclusive, supportive and creative environment in the classroom.

  • Employ exceptional communication encompassing public speaking, active listening, and interpersonal skills.

  • Demonstrate willingness to be a team player deeply engaged with all stakeholders and understand their diverse needs and interests.

  • Exude contagious excellence and professionalism.

  • Desire to share dance with diverse populations.

  • Consistently be involved in exploration, skill development, and growth as an artist.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dance or 3 years of teaching experience.

  • Access to automobile is a plus but not required.

To Apply:

Please complete the application below.

Compensation:

$31.00 - $52.00 hourly rate - Contract

All materials submitted will be kept confidential. All submissions will be acknowledged.

Red Clay Dance Company is a Black, female-led, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt for-purpose organization that awakens "Glocal" Artivism through creating, performing, and teaching dances of the African Diaspora.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values a diverse workforce. Employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, citizenship status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

CAREERS 

Red Clay Dance Company lives to awaken “glocal” change through creating, performing and teaching dances of the African Diaspora–change that transforms cultural and socio-economic inequities in our local and global community.

The company aspires to be a global model for synergy in dance creation, performance and education that elevates the stories of people of African Diaspora. We accomplish this through:
● Artistic collaboration through research, investigation and refinement
● Employing dance artivism as the vehicle to shift cultural and socio-economic imbalances.
● Nurturing artivists from novice to professional by providing an authentic pipeline.
● Building a global community through strategic partnerships.
● Inspiring audiences to strengthen community through artivism (art + activism).

Our Core Values:

● We celebrate diversity while still embracing unity.
● We embrace cross-cultural collaborations.
● We demand honest and open communications.
● We expect integrity and originality in all of our work.
● We value honoring history and using that information to inform and create our company’s future.
● We promote healthy lifestyles and choices.
● We encourage comprehensive dance education
● We understand that non-profits need to demonstrate more clearly than ever how we deliver on our mission, while operating in an efficient, accountable and transparent manner.