Springboard Danse is a not-for-profit contemporary dance organization that centers career development and connects professional dancers, choreographers, and companies. Springboard’s dynamic ecosystem facilitates jobs, mentorship, and ethical practices in the larger international dance field. Springboard believes that the future of the field comes from the artists, and commits to supporting their s
uccess both within and beyond the existing institutional frameworks. Dancers for the project are selected during auditions during the month of February. The dancers live a unique, intense experience, working closely with as many as 10 principal companies and 7 emerging choreographers from around the globe, all internationally renowned. Over a three-week period in May/June, dancers participate in workshops, rehearsals, creations and auditions– in contemporary dance– wherein they explore different artistic approaches and choreographic processes to further each individual’s professional development. On the final day of the project a showing of “works in progress” is presented in a theatre before an invited audience. Members of the dance community, as well as presenters, choreographers and artistic directors from companies in the United States, Canada and Europe, will be invited to this presentation. During this annual artistic “rendez-vous”, the dancers are provided with a rare opportunity to demonstrate their abilities in a context other than an audition, and to touch the pulse of the dance world through contact with several prominent and current creators. The artists not only engage in exchanges with the other participants but also get a chance to be seen by many choreographers and company directors. For their part, artistic directors from the participating dance companies have the chance to see the dancers’ potential within a professional working context of daily classes, rehearsals, creative process and showings.
