Battery Dance provides internships for students interested in gaining hands on experience across the gamut of practices in the field of non-profit performing arts management that go into producing an iconic international NYC dance festival and advancing the roles that dance and dancing can play in society. 

The Internship Program seeks to engage the unique and particular interests and aptitudes of each individual intern while helping develop a fluency with new and perhaps unfamiliar skills. 

This internship program promises particular benefit for students wishing to pursue a career in arts management, budding choreographers, curators and dance artists seeking to learn the logistics of running and maintaining a dance festival and company, and individuals who desire to affect social change through the arts. You will help further the art of dance both abroad and in NYC, and/or gain volunteer/community service hours in a creative and engaging environment. 

We currently seek 2 interns for the Battery Dance Festival. Individuals from backgrounds under-represented in the professional dance field especially encouraged to apply. 

Length of the term:
Mid May-August 22
 
Position Summary:
Interns actively handle the logistics for New York City’s longest running dance festival, now in its 39th year, alongside the Artistic Director, the COO, and the Festival Manager. Battery Dance values and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion across all its activities and endeavors. 
 
Responsibilities will include:
-Help organize chosen participants’ information for media and marketing purposes
-Assist with visas for international artists
-Assist international dance companies with their travel and stay in the United States
-Conduct outreach to local business soliciting sponsorship
-Assist Festival Manager on coordination of volunteers, day to day Festival execution, and dance workshops with international artists/companies
-Help with theater logistics for closing event of the Festival and the final celebratory reception 

 
Preferred Qualifications:
-Aptitude for and Orientation to Detail 
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills
-Ability to multi-task and maintain stability and awareness under pressure
-Previous experience with event management (previous experience with arts festivals preferred but not required)
-Interest in performing arts, particularly dance
-Enthusiastic, inquisitive nature and ability to be both poised and outgoing in dealing with co-workers and the public

Email resume and cover letter to: internships@batterydance.org 

More information about Battery Dance can be found at www.batterydance.org