Call for dancers for opera production with Les Arts Florissants

Deadline

15th of April 2025

French choreographer Martin Chaix seeks two female-identifying and two male-identifying dancers for the 12th edition of Le Jardin des Voix, an opera academy in Thiré, France.

The call is for professional dancers who are a maximum of 30 years old and have experience in contemporary and classical dance technique, compositional experience, and improvisation.

Created in 2002, this biennial academy is designed to welcome young opera singers at the beginning of their careers. After two weeks of intensive work, the winners are invited to present a show that will be toured internationally. This year, the Academy will be dedicated to the preparation of the operas Les Arts Florissants and La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, staged by Marie Lambert-Le Bihan & Stéphane Facco, choreography by Martin Chaix.

Dancers need to be available for all the below dates; two rehearsal periods, shows and tours.

Travel costs, accommodation, per diem including salary will be given for the creation and performance process.

Further details will be discussed after pre-selection.

Rehearsal Periods

Düsseldorf, Germany

June 30 – July 6th, 2025

Thiré, France

August 4-24th, 2025 (including shows)

Additional programmed Tours

September 6 - 9th, 2025

October 16 – November 9th, 2025

February 11 – March 6th, 2026

June 22 – July 17th, 2026

August 1 - 10th, 2026

Martin, along with his assistant Eleanor Freeman, look forward to receiving your applications.

Please send 

- short CV (must include age, height and gender information)

- headshot and full length body shot

- video footage (no commercial showreels) 

- Send your video as a link (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo or WeTransfer). Please ensure that if your video is password protected, you also send the password. Do NOT send the video as an attached file

to martin@martinchaix.com & eleanorfreeman33@gmail.com in Cc 

No in-person audition is planned. If deemed necessary, travel costs and accommodations will be provided.