Audition submissions are accepted between January 1-March 15 for the performance season beginning the following September.  Applications submitted after March 15th are given consideration pending an opening in the company. Casting decisions are made at the discretion of the Artistic Director in consultation with an audition panel and are impacted by the number of open positions each season as well as the artistic vision for the work being created.  At this time, our professional Christian ballet company auditions are only open to dancers who are authorized to work in the United States.

GDT Company Artists are divided into 4 ranks:

• First Soloist
• Second Soloist
• Corps de Ballet
• Apprentice (Information about our Apprentice program can be found here)

All applicants must have strong classical ballet training and feel confident performing classical, contemporary and neoclassical ballet choreography. Company Artists, regardless of rank, should also be actively invested in their faith in Christ Jesus; spending time personally and in community with believers to grow in their knowledge and love of the Lord. 

First and Second Soloist positions are open to dancers who graduated from a college or trainee program, who also have several years of professional performing experience and are at a highly advanced level of ballet.  Corps de Ballet members must have some professional performing experience or have graduated from a college or trainee program and should be highly trained, continuing to pursue excellence in ballet technique. 

Contracts run from September to May and consist of approximately 30 weeks of rehearsals/performances. Rehearsals are held in at Time To Leap in West Chester Tuesdays-Thursdays from 9:15am to 2:45pm. 

Dancers cast as First & Second Soloists, and Corps de Ballet members must be over 18, and will receive a bi-weekly stipend as well as a small pointe shoe stipend.