Casting Contemporary Dancers

Event Performers and Hype Dancers for NYC and New Jersey Events

Job Description

Charismatic event performers and hype dancers are needed for luxury events across New York City and New Jersey. This freelance opportunity includes weekend galas, celebrity events, and private celebrations. Dancers, actors, models, cheerleaders, entertainers, and outgoing personalities are encouraged to apply.

Bring your confidence, rhythm, and stage presence to celebrations where engaging guests and creating an exciting atmosphere are central to the role.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform and energize guests at luxury events and private celebrations.
• Interact with attendees and encourage participation.
• Bring enthusiasm, personality, and professionalism to each event.
• Collaborate with fellow entertainers to create memorable guest experiences.

Requirements

• Have a confident, outgoing personality and strong stage presence.
• Demonstrate rhythm and the ability to engage a crowd.
• Be professional and comfortable interacting with guests.
• Be available for weekend events across NYC and New Jersey.
• Professional dance training is a plus but is not required.
• Submit a headshot or recent photo, a full-body photo, and your phone number.
• Be available for an audition in Midtown Manhattan.

Compensation

• Starting pay of $350 per event, plus tips.
• Many regular performers reportedly earn $400–$600 or more per event; earnings vary.
• Freelance weekend opportunities, advertised as requiring no contract.

Job Description
An Agency is casting contemporary dancers for a new live show at Paradise Club located inside the EDITION Hotel in Times Square, New York City. The production is seeking dancers with strong commercial and lyrical dance abilities who can bring both expressive detail and dynamic movement to the stage.

Selected dancers will perform in a live nightlife production featuring choreographed sequences that combine contemporary movement with commercial performance styles. The show will take place regularly following its premiere, with performances scheduled on weekends.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform contemporary and commercial dance routines in a live stage production

• Participate in rehearsals leading up to the premiere

• Demonstrate strong improvisational skills during choreography and performance

• Execute both delicate, detailed movements and large, high-energy choreography

• Perform movement elements such as floor work, lifting, running, and leaping

Requirements

• Strong contemporary, commercial, and lyrical dance skills

• Comfortable with improvisation and expressive movement

• Physically capable of demanding choreography including lifts and floor work

• Height requirements:

  • Female dancers: 5’8″ and taller

  • Male dancers: 5’9″ and taller

• Must be based in New York City

Compensation

• $300 per show