MAKING THE ARTIVIST FACILITATOR
Red Clay Dance Company is excited to request applications for the Making the Artivist Facilitator position. The Making the Artivist Facilitator position works within our Community Engagement & Education Department (CE&E) as apart of our Making the Artivist Apprenticeship Program. Our CE&E programs provide transformative learning opportunities where participants activate their passion for artivism (art + activism).
This role is a unique opportunity to join a trendsetting, culturally relevant, socially transforming, elite dance organization in the Chicagoland Area. "We envision an Artivist as one who utilizes their artistic genius to become part of the solution for social change. Creatively using the body and movement as tools to gain personal and collective freedom!" (Founder, Vershawn Sanders-Ward)
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Facilitator will:
Clearly articulate and demonstrate a personal creative process that models disciplined artistic exploration.
Lead choreography and movement creation grounded in storytelling, cultural expression, and strong performance.
Mentor emerging artists with strengths-based guidance that supports the development of their creative voices.
Implement the Making the Artivist curriculum with fidelity while adapting to diverse identities, abilities, and learning styles.
Integrate complementary artistic, cultural, or pedagogical practices to enrich weekly sessions.
Facilitate inclusive, community-centered learning spaces that empower participants to take creative risks.
Maintain professionalism through reliable attendance, organization, collaboration, and reflective assessment of student growth.
TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
The ideal candidate will:
Demonstrate a personal passion for dance, embodied storytelling, and the power of arts education.
Engage, challenge, and inspire youth through both dance-making and a clearly articulated creative process.
Show authentic care for the young artists and communities served, honoring their identities and experiences.
Facilitate a safe, inclusive, community-centered environment that supports creative risk-taking.
Communicate with clarity and confidence—including modeling artistic ideas, active listening, and culturally responsive dialogue.
Collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders, adapting to diverse needs and learning styles.
Maintain a high level of professionalism, curiosity, and ongoing artistic growth.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's Degree in Dance or 5+ years in Choreography & Composition experience.
Access to automobile is a plus but not required.
How to Apply
Please include “Making the Artivist Facilitator” in the subject line and email your cover letter, resume, and references in a single attached pdf file to destine@redclaydance.com. We respectfully request no phone inquiries. Only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Compensation:
$35.00 - $60.00 hourly rate - Contract
All application materials will be treated with strict confidentiality, and we will acknowledge every submission.
Red Clay Dance Company is a Black, female-led, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, for-purpose organization dedicated to inspiring "Glocal" Artivism through creating, performing, and teaching dances of the African Diaspora.
Red Clay Dance Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a deep commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in all aspects of our work. We believe that diverse ideas, cultures, and traditions strengthen our organization and enrich the art we create. We honor the intersectionality of identities and strongly encourage candidates who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+, gender non-conforming and non-binary, neurodiverse, and people with disabilities to apply. Employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, merit, and organizational needs, without discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
CAREERS
Red Clay Dance Company lives to awaken “glocal” Artivism through creating, performing and teaching dances of the African Diaspora–change that transforms cultural and socio-economic inequities in our local and global community.
The company aspires to be a global model for synergy in dance creation, performance and education that elevates the stories of people of African Diaspora. We accomplish this through:
● Artistic collaboration through research, investigation and refinement
● Employing dance artivism as the vehicle to shift cultural and socio-economic imbalances.
● Nurturing artivists from novice to professional by providing an authentic pipeline.
● Building a global community through strategic partnerships.
● Inspiring audiences to strengthen community through artivism (art + activism).
Our Core Values:
● We celebrate diversity while still embracing unity.
● We embrace cross-cultural collaborations.
● We demand honest and open communications.
● We expect integrity and originality in all of our work.
● We value honoring history and using that information to inform and create our company’s future.
● We promote healthy lifestyles and choices.
● We encourage comprehensive dance education
● We understand that non-profits need to demonstrate more clearly than ever how we deliver on our mission, while operating in an efficient, accountable and transparent manner.
