Associate Director, Dance - Plymouth, United Kingdom - Theatre Royal Plymouth

Theatre Royal Plymouth
Theatre Royal Plymouth
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Plymouth, United Kingdom

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Part Time - 25 hours per week (flexible as required)

Permanent
The Theatre Royal Plymouth is the South West's principal Centre for performing arts. We welcome hundreds of thousands of people through our doors every year, creating a special experience for everyone.
Theatre Royal Plymouth is one of the UK's largest regional producing theatres.

We engage and inspire our communities in Plymouth and the South West especially those who feel the arts aren't for them.

We do this through understanding and influencing the cultural, social and educational needs of our community, engaging and creating talent.

Our producing and programming strategy at TRP will be led by a creative team of artists working collaboratively together to shape our creative vision.

If you'd like to play a part in contributing to our success then we have created three new Associate Director opportunities within our creative team:
one for Theatre, one for Dance and one for Children, Young People & Families.

As an Associate Director, Dance you'll work with the wider creative team you'll set the creative vision for the organisation and provide artistic leadership to TRP's dance programme.

Working alongside world-class and high-profile creative artists, you will commission new and diverse work, supporting emerging and mid-career artists and providing talent development opportunities on TRP's stages.

This role is on a part time contract, working approximately 25 hours per week. Please note that weekly hours may vary depending on current projects and demands of the business.

As an Associate Director, Dance you will:

  • Oversee all aspects of our theatre programme working closely with members of the Executive and Leadership teams.
  • Take responsibility for the creative policy for TRP's theatre programme, working in conjunction with the rest of the producing and programming team.
  • Develop and deliver dance productions and projects.
  • Deliver an ambitious and distinctive programme that brings to life the vision and ensures a strong artistic identity and reputation for TRP at a regional, national, and international level.
  • Nurture a new diverse generation of theatremakers in close collaboration with TRP's Head of Artist Development.
  • You'll work collaboratively and develop coproductions using existing and new artistic relationships with creative artists, theatre makers, writers and companies, that support the delivery of the artistic vision.
As an Associate Director you will be creative and ambitious with an innovative and collaborative approach.

You'll be well-connected within the theatre industry and understand the need for balance within the artistic programme, delivering a diverse programme of work which will appeal to a broad range of audiences.

You will push boundaries and take creative risks whilst ensuring that TRP continues to sustain and build its audiences and deliver against agreed financial objectives.


  • Experience as a dancemaker / choreographer / dancer or creative producer with a genuine passion for dance in multiartform venues.
  • Professional experience with producing theatre environments, as a dance maker across UK Theatres.
  • Experience of working with commissioned choreographers with a strong understanding of the theatremaking process.
  • A genuine interest in creating work for a variety of theatre spaces and diverse audiences.
  • Experience of delivering work against budgets with excellent timemanagement and project planning skills, yet able to be flexible and adaptable within a changing environment.
  • A brilliant communicator, able to articulate fresh ideas and integrate these into an artistic vision.
  • The ability to articulate TRP's artistic vision to inspire and excite a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Have an innovative and creative flair which also having strong commercial awareness.
  • Recognises that this opportunity will be a significant developmental step in their career and will seize upon the potential to learn and develop their knowledge, skills and experience in support of a longer
- term career plan.

For more information on our creative roles please click on the link below

Inclusion and Diversity

We are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion at TRP with a workforce, participants and audiences that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

The collective power of each team member's life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression and talent creates the very best environment for us to achieve our ambitions and lead the sector.

In recruiting for our team, we recognise the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.


Long list video interviews - likely to take place on 3rd April

Assessment day - later in April

Job Type:
Part-time


Salary:
£32,
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