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Job Description / Duties

We are seeking Teaching Artists for a 2-to-5-week position as part of our faculty for the summer Musical Theatre Intensive (MTI). The MTI is in its 21st year of providing professional training for young artists with a passion for musical theatre performance.

Collaborating with the MTI Program Director, Peter Jorgensen, an MTI instructor is a curious, innovative, creative theatre artist who loves to teach as part of their artistic practice.

Successful applicants will be asked to join our faculty for one or both of our summer programs:

- Junior MTI (for ages 12-16) runs from July 8 to 19, 2024 at the BMO Theatre Centre in Vancouver.
- Senior MTI (for ages 15-19) runs from July 22 to Aug 9, 2024 at the BMO Theatre Centre in Vancouver.

Our aspiration is to provide professional level training to young artists who are passionate and curious about Musical Theatre Performance.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Get to know the principles and values at the core of the Musical Theatre Intensive.
- Devise and/or select content for group and breakout classes with the Program Director and fellow faculty.
- Lead activities in a classroom/rehearsal hall setting with participants.
- Liaise with students/parents as needed and/or as requested.
- Attend all classes as scheduled by the Program Director.
- Attend pre and post mortems with our MTI Instructors and Education Department.
- Create a safe environment for our participants and faculty.
- Work one-on-one with students as required/requested.

Qualifications / Required Skills

We want MTI to be a space where teaching artists can explore what they are passionate and curious about with younger, inexperienced artists. We are not looking for instructors to teach what we teach – but rather instructors who have something exciting of their own to offer. We want our young artists to experience training of all forms that include voice work, movement, musicianship, etc. To that end, we are looking for instructors with some, but certainly not all of the following qualifications:

- A passion for the performing arts, especially in musical theatre
- Professional experience as an actor, director, choreographer, or musical director
- Completion of post-secondary training in Education, Music, Theatre, or Performing Arts.
- We are particularly interested in finding instructors with strong foundations in movement/dance/choreography.
- Training outside typical educational institutions (universities, conservatories, etc.) in:
- Voice (singing)
- Movement
- Dance
- Acting
- Non-traditional and/or underexplored forms of theatre training
- Experience leading classes.
- Experience co-teaching.
- Experience as a private voice coach.
- A proficient piano player with competent sight-reading ability.
- A high level of musical understanding/appreciation.
- Exceptional attention to detail and deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Applicants will need to provide a police information check for working with youth.

Additional Information

Prep Work:
1 day in May/June TBD

Class Schedule:
• BMO Theatre Centre – July 8 to 19, 2024 – 10am-4pm – Monday to Friday
• BMO Theatre Centre – July 22 to Aug 9, 2024 – 10am-5pm – Monday to Friday

Employment Type: Part-time according to the program schedule with limited flexibility in hours.

How to apply?

The Arts Club is fiercely dedicated to being an organization that continually respects, champions, and uplifts underrepresented voices in all jobs; and we strongly welcome and encourage those who self-identify as coming from underrepresented communities to submit.

Access and inclusion are deeply important to us. For those who have barriers to access to any part of our process as laid out, please don't hesitate to reach out to us and we will happily work with you to create a process that is accessible to you.

To enhance accessibility, you are also welcome to submit your application in one of the following formats: Word Document, PDF Document, Audio File, Video File, request a face-to-face Zoom application process, or suggest a format that is more accessible to you.

If this role sounds exciting and you’d like to learn more, please send your resume and cover letter to humanresources@artsclub.com. with the subject: Teaching Artist MTI– Arts Club Theatre Company.

Salary: $60 per hour

Contact Information

Bruno Urbina
humanresources@artsclub.com

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About Us

The Arts Club Theatre Company is Canada’s largest year-round not-for-profit theatre company. Now in our 60th season, the Arts Club offers the best in professional theatre and has staged over 630 productions. Arts Club is grateful to have our offices, rehearsal halls, workshops, and theatres on the unceded, ancestral and traditional shared lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

We are British Columbia’s largest non-profit cultural employer- hiring more than 500 artists, staff, and crew to stage up to 20 shows annually. We educate and cultivate students and theatre lovers of all ages—over 2,500 people engage in our education and professional development programs annually. We support artists and other arts organizations through professional engagement activities, believing firmly that an investment in the industry benefits all. We are a major economic driver in the areas surrounding our venues—our theatres attract a quarter million theatre patrons to dine and shop in the South Granville, Olympic Village, and Granville Island neighbourhoods.

Our Mission

To inspire and nurture artists and audiences through cultural experiences that are engaging, thought-provoking, and artistically innovative.

Our Vision

A community that, through storytelling, is inspired to reflect on who we are and who we can be.

Our Values

- Determination: We have the drive to continue to move forward, with a respectful nod to our tenacious past and a fearless embrace of our future. It is through this forward momentum that we ensure we are the artistic leaders of our community.

- Curiosity: We have a strong desire to know more; about ourselves, our art, and our patrons. This spirit is reflected in our willingness to make room for diversity of thought. This exploration of different viewpoints and ideas is reflected in our engagement with each other, with our art, our peers, and our community.

- Creativity: We use our imaginations to explore our artistic practice and champion innovation in all the work that we do. We believe in the depth of our local talent and use our resources to showcase it.

- Comradery: We interact with each other with good-fellowship and levity. Our spirit of generosity and warmth is seen in our empathy towards each other, our artists, our patrons, and our community. This allows us to embrace differences and makes us stronger.

- Safety: The health and well-being of each other and our community informs our work and creates a safe, inviting, and inclusive space for all who enter and interact with us. We commit to constantly review our practices to ensure they are anti-racist and non-discriminatory. We are fiercely dedicated to being an organization that continually respects, champions, and uplifts underrepresented voices in all jobs.

We also strive to provide a safer work environment, both physically and mentally, and we have made ongoing commitments to inclusion, anti-racism and anti-oppression. We want the stories we work together to tell to have nuanced and varied perspectives.