The Casting Team at Cirque du Soleil is seeking high level Gymnasts for immediate needs and future opportunities on stage.
Requirements: - age 18 or older
- male and female
- high level training and competitive experience, at a national/international level in artistic gymnastics
- excellent level of overall fitness including strength and flexibility
- high degree of consistency in skill execution
- ability to adapt to new apparatus, environments and group training styles
- willingness to think and work creatively and outside of one’s comfort zone
- expressive, artistic and able to play in front of a large audience.
- Interested? Then before sending your application, please prepare:
- Your CV
- A headshot and a full body picture
- One demo video featuring the following elements:
- a presentation to the camera (including a faca and a full-body shot) - tell us about yourself, your background and your training and competitive experience - 1 minute;
- recent competition footage (mention date) - 2-3 minutes:
male gymnasts: high bar, rings, parallel bars female gymnasts: uneven bars (full routine plus additional skills and dismounts)
- your most difficult tumbling passes on a competition floor, fast track, air mat and/or rod floor - 2 minutes;
- your highest difficulty trampoline tricks (in the bed or mat) - 1 minute;
- a dance improvisation. Show us how you move, let yourself go. Any Style of dance, use the space and use your imagination! - 45 seconds;
- a demonstration of your skills in other disciplines, if applicable (e.g. parkour, tricking, tramp wall, dance, slackline) - 2 minutes;
- flexibility (the three splits, bridge, shoulders, pike position) - 1 minute;
- strength (legless rope climb, pull-ups, piked leg lifts) - 2 minutes.
All complete applications will be carefully evaluated by our talent scouts. Only selected candidates will be contacted.
- General terms and conditions for applying online:The profile information of candidates will be used by Cirque du Soleil and its partners.
- By applying online, candidates who submit their material via links to demo videos agree that Casting will extract material from these links if necessary to add it to the candidate’s profile.
- Applications may be considered for one or more roles in all our current shows and upcoming creations.
Questions? Visit our Help page.
We can’t wait to discover your talent! Thank you for your interest in Cirque du Soleil.
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