Pre-professional Director and Choreographer

Job description
About Us:

We are a large, well-rounded, full-service dance studio in Northern Virginia. We are growing and expanding our pre-professional division to continue offering top notch training in a safe, positive environment.

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced and passionate director to join our team. The ideal candidate for this position has a background in management and partnership relations, and is capable of elite dance training, community enrichment, and collaboration with guest and in-house artists. This is the perfect opportunity for the successful candidate to become a part of an innovative and energetic team that is training some of the area’s best dancers.

Responsibilities:

Teach and choreograph top level dancers while engaging and connecting with the students to create well rounded dancers and individuals.
Oversee the contemporary dance department and lead a team of dance professionals.
Supervise and monitor student and staff performance.
Create a plan to implement and enforce department procedures that will help run the department efficiently.
Review financial documents to ensure they are in line for the program and within budget.
Be innovative in your approach to continuously grow the pre-professional program and contemporary department.
Qualifications:

College degree and/or professional level dance performance experience.
5 plus years of experience teaching advanced level dancers.
Winning choreography and routines at top level competitions (YAGP,
NYCDA, etc).

Ability to engage with students to build confidence and skills.
Ability to prepare dancers for auditions and professional dance.
Management experience leading a team, department, or studio.
The salary is based on full-time and would need a commitment of Saturdays,
Sundays and three weekdays.

Depending upon skillset and qualifications, we can offer a remote position with at least once a month on location here at the studio. Schedule on-site would need to be a commitment of at least once a month with dates set in August for the full school year. On-site requirement days are Friday evening, all-day Saturday and all- day Sunday OR all-day Saturday, all-day Sunday and Monday evening. Salary for part-time will be negotiated.

Please send resume and videos of choreography in order to be considered.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: $60,856.60 – $165,854.78 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
Schedule:

Evening shift
Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:

Commission pay
Ability to commute/relocate:

Leesburg, VA 20175: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: One location
The Dance Academy of Loudoun, Inc