For Performa 19 is seeking professional multi-versed performers for upcoming performance in November.

We are looking for people with diverse skills and experience including dance, gymnastics, weightlifting, acrobatics. Performers that are interested in topics around labour, independence, body, materiality, responsibility and psychology. Performers of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds are welcome to join a preparatory workshop that is also an audition.

The Workshop/Audition will be held August 15th, 11am – 2pm. Location to be announced.

Please RSVP as soon as possible, at the latest by Tuesday, August 13, to Anne at anne@performa-arts.org

In your email, please mention any specific skills or experience (dance, theater, arts, weightlifting, wrestling, sports etc.) and any other detail you might consider important for us to know. Please attach a headshot and a full-length photo, and don’t forget to share your cell phone number.

Rehearsal and Performance Dates: November 18 – 24, 2019

Compensation: A fee per performance

Requirements: Must be based in New York City. Must be available for all rehearsal and performance days. Schedule TBD.

About Performa:

Performa is an interdisciplinary arts non-profit organization established by the curator and art historian RoseLee Goldberg in 2004. Performa is dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of 20th century art and to generating new directions in performance for the 21st century. We produce a world-renowned three-week contemporary art and performance biennial, inviting national and international artists to take over unique and unexpected spaces around the city.

More information at www.performa-arts.org.