Smuin Contemporary Ballet is now accepting applications for our 2025-2026 season under Artistic Director Amy Seiwert.

Interested and qualified applicants with a minimum of two years of professional performing experience may submit their audition materials digitally. Smuin Contemporary Ballet anticipates that it will engage its Artists for 36-38 weeks for the coming season. Salaries start at $1,100 per week and go up from there based on experience.

Auditions are in-person and by invitation only. Please, only serious candidates prepared to move to San Francisco should apply. Smuin Contemporary Ballet will hold in-person auditions at the following locations and dates:

New York City:

Sunday, February 2, 2025
School of American Ballet
70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Studio 1

3:30-4:00 pm, Registration
4:00-5:30 pm, Technique Class
5:30-7:30 pm, Partnering/Repertoire

San Francisco:

Sunday, January 26th, 2025
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
1830 17th St., San Francisco CA, 94103

10:30-11:00, Registration
11:00-12:30, Technique Class
12:30-3:00 pm, Partnering/Repertoire

 

Email submissions will only be considered through March 1, 2025, if positions remain available.

To Apply

  • Candidates must be eligible for employment in the United States as US citizens or possessing a current O-1 visa
  • Minimum 2-years of professional experience is required
  • Please send CV, photo(s), and video link to audition@smuinballet.org.
  • Include “Name/Audition 2025-26” in subject line (i.e. Anna Ballerina/Audition 2025-26).

Video material should include 3-4 minutes of center work (no barre work) demonstrating adagio, petite allegro, pirouettes, grand allegro, and, for male identifying dancers, double tours. Female identifying dancers should demonstrate class work en pointe. Rehearsal or performance footage in classical repertoire and contemporary work, including partnering samples, should also be included. Entire video should not be longer than 8-10 minutes. If file is too large to email, applicant may send a password-protected link via Vimeo, etc.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet is a San Francisco Bay Area organization in its 30th year. The Company was founded by Michael Smuin in 1994, and has been led by Artistic Director Celia Fushille since 2007. Smuin has announced that current Associate Artistic Director and nationally known choreographer Amy Seiwert will become Artistic Director in July 2024 with the start of the 2024-25 Season. As a protégé of Michael Smuin’s, Seiwert is uniquely poised to carry on the legacy of the Company.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet presents the works of its founder as well as the works of established choreographers. Recent repertoire includes works by Jiří Kylián, James Kudelka, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Val Caniparoli, Amy Seiwert, Trey McIntyre, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Helen Pickett and Osnel Delgado. The Company performs and encourages the work of emerging choreographers as well.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet offers competitive dancer contracts, presenting approximately 60 performances per season. Smuin pushes the boundaries of contemporary ballet, incorporating diverse dance styles and musical genres. Smuin creates art that is original and evocative, engaging and delighting audiences with works of uncommon physicality and expression. The Company attracts and engages versatile dancers who meet and are excited by the challenges of our varied repertoire.