Dance Bethesda - Call for Auditions

The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is now accepting applications for the 10th annual Dance Bethesda. Local dancers and choreographers from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are invited to apply. Six groups will be selected to perform at the March 8, 2014 dance concert and will receive a $600 honorarium. 

All dance genres are eligible. Dance companies must have been in existence for at least two years. Choreographers, including emerging and established, are not required to have an established dance company. Selected performers must perform the piece submitted on the audition tape.

Auditioning companies and choreographers can apply two ways; apply online at www.bethesda.org or mail in a completed application and DVD including one performance piece that is 8-10 minutes in length, resume including past performances and a nonrefundable entry fee of $15. Applications must be received by Friday, November 22, 2013.

Auditions will be reviewed by the selection panel consisting of Susan Shields, Professor in the School of Dance at George Mason University; Christine
Stone Martin, Manager of the Kennedy Center’s ballet company, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet; and Maida Withers, Founder and Artistic Director of Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, and professor of dance at The George Washington University.