In preparation for its 30th anniversary season, Odyssey Dance Theatre seeks strong jazz/ballet male and female dancers, ages 18-29 who can also do hip-hop and tap.
Available contracts include a one-show contract for the fall production of the Halloween spectacular “Thriller,” which runs Aug. 19 to Nov. 2, and/or the company’s entire season that runs Aug. 19 to April or May 2025.
Auditions will be held from noon-6 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, at the COPA/Odyssey Studios, 352 W. 12300 South, Suite 400, in Draper.
Dancers should be prepared to dance ballet, jazz/contemporary, hip-hop, ballroom and tap combinations that will be taught to them at the audition.
For additional information, visit odysseydance.com.
Dancers who cannot attend the preferred live auditions on April 20 may audition via video submissions by doing the following:
- Learn and record yourself performing the six combinations in the following link: dropbox.com/scl/fo/ldiqcwfwrph29dha3jqh2/h?rlkey=50p69lq87vctd0p7n0ecjyf3w&dl=0
- If you do pointe work, include a short video of echappes, arabesques on each side, and a double pirouette en pointe.
- Fill in the audition form at odysseydance.com
- Submit links to the videos, audition form, a picture and resume and any additional dance reel you may have to avanalstyne@odysseydance.com
All links to videos, audition form, dance reels and pictures and resumes must be submitted by April 15.
Founded and directed by Broadway, Ballet West, Film and TV veteran Derryl Yeager, Odyssey Dance Theatre is a professional jazz/ballet company with performance opportunities, including three home seasons in Salt Lake City with over 30 performances, plus a European Tour in the Spring. Some of Odyssey Dance Theatre veterans have appeared on “So You Think You Can Dance.”
After 28 years of providing the community with innovative and exciting performances, Yeager and his wife, costume designer and costume production director Cheryl Yeager, took a little sabbatical and are feeling re-invigorated and re-inspired.
During this time, there have been no scheduled performances, but Odyssey has continued to make dance accessible with its Community Outreach Program.
Odyssey Dance Theatre’s mission remains to train Utah’s talented dancers, from nurturing emerging artists through Odyssey 2, its pre-professional scholarship training program and giving hundreds of students the opportunity to perform in such productions as “Thriller,” “Redux Nut-Cracker” and “It’s A Wonderful Life” performances.
Odyssey has also provided live performance-art access to thousands of at-risk youth by donating 8,989 free tickets and delighting 7,885 with free school performances.
During the 2023-2024 season, the company granted 10 dance scholarships to young people who showed promise but didn’t have the means to continue their training.
In addition, Odyssey is collaborating with Salt Lake County Youth Services Afterschool Programs to provide dance classes in schools of underserved students.
Odyssey Dance Theatre has also won a string of awards including Best of State in Dance for 17 years in a row; Best of State of all Arts and Entertainment in 2007 and 2015 and Best Choreographer in 2009.
Odyssey 2 and Odyssey Dance Theatre also represented Utah on the world’s stage, and was invited to perform at the 2008 Booking Dance Festival that coincided with the Beijing Summer Olympics.