ABOUT BIG DANCE THEATER
Founded in 1991, Big Dance Theater is known for its inspired use of dance, music, text and visual design. The company often works with wildly incongruent source material, weaving and braiding disparate strands into multi-dimensional performance. Led by Co-Artistic Directors Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, Big Dance has delved into the literary work of such authors as Twain, Tanizaki, Wellman, Euripides and Flaubert, and dance is used as both frame and metaphor to theatricalize these writings. For more than 25 years, Big Dance Theater has worked to create over 20 dance/theater works, generating each piece over months of collaboration with its associate artists, a long-standing, ever-evolving group of actors, dancers, composers and designers. Big Dance Theater received New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards in 2002 and 2010; the company was awarded an OBIE in 2000 and BDT company members have received 5 other “Bessie” Awards and an OBIE award for their work with Big Dance. In 2007 the company received the first-ever Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Big Dance Theater has been presented around the world including France, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Brazil and Germany and in the USA in venues including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, City Center, The Performing Garage, New York Live Arts, The Chocolate Factory, Classic Stage Company, Japan Society, Under the Radar, American Realness, PS122’s COIL Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Walker Art Center, Yerba Buena, On the Boards, UCLA Live, ICA Boston, American Dance Institute (ADI), Fusebox Festival/Austin, CounterCurrent Festival/Houston, and Spoleto Festival USA. Additionally, in 2013-2014, the artistic directors and design team were invited to create a commission featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov, and under the Big Dance Theater creative umbrella in partnership with Baryshnikov Productions, Man in a Case toured nationally to Hartford Stage, Shakespeare Theater in D.C., Berkeley Repertory Theater, the Broad Stage in L.A., ArtsEmerson/Boston, and the MCA/Chicago. Other recent commissions have been from Les Subsistances in Lyon, Chaillot Theatre National in Paris, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Walker Art Center, Carolina Performing Arts, and the Old Vic/London.

ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROLE
The Executive Director (ED) is the key management leader of Big Dance Theater (BDT). The ED is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Key duties include booking, fundraising, marketing, and audience development. The position reports directly to the Artistic Directors (AD) and Board of Directors (Board).

The position works with and oversees a mobile workforce administration team at ArtsPool, as well as a mobile, part-time finance/development manager, digital content manager, company manager, and development consultant, in addition to project-based technical personnel (production manager/technical director and stage manager).

Big Dance Theater does not maintain its own offices, and its workforce team operates via mobile/remote technology. The ED will be expected to maintain regular and consistent “office” hours online, and to weekly/bi-weekly in-person meetings with AD, Board, and Presenters in New York City.

The Executive Director role is supported through December 31, 2018 by lead funding from the Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust. Part of the ED responsibility throughout the year will be identifying a clear path forward in terms of organizational structure, developing a cohesive creative and administrative 3 -5 year plan, and identifying replacement revenue to support the position into the future.
 

Leadership
+Maintain the connection between the mission and the balance sheet.
+Coordinate the artistic vision and goals with the AD, ensuring that they are in alignment with the mission as well as programming and financial goals.
+Identify, assess, and inform the Board of internal and external issues that affect the organization.

Operational Planning and Management
+Oversee the efficient and effective day-to-day operation of the organization, in tandem with ArtsPool, the mobile workforce administration collective
+Ensure that the operation of the organization meets the expectations of its Presenters, Board and Funders.
+Develop and maintain an operational plan which incorporates goals and objectives that work towards the strategic direction of the organization.

Production
+Liaise with AD on project development and planning, rehearsal structures and production scheduling
+Pursue and secure ongoing production development residencies, premiere venues, and touring engagements
+Liaise with partnering presenters and maintain presenter relationships
+Review and execute external agreements 
+Liaise with production managers and designers
+Supervise Company and Production Manager positions

Development
+Maintain government, foundation and project grants and identify new funding prospects
+Liaise with AD on project narratives and program-specific language
+Creation Circle: communicate with and identify new high level individual donors
+Oversee annual individual donor campaign; create and implement annual giving strategy
+Develop and maintain funder relations

Marketing/Public Relations
+Maintain and increase company image and presence in online media, press and public spheres
+Liaise with presenting organizations for strategic and company-specific marketing
+Oversee digital content management and maintain e-blast, social media and company website updates and scheduling

Financial Planning and Management
+Build on the fiscal success BDT has established over the last two and a half decades, working with the ArtsPool and the Board Treasurer to prepare a comprehensive budget.
+Provide AD and Board with comprehensive reports on revenue and expenditure.
+Ensure the organization complies with all regulations covering taxation, withholding, governance, policy, and insurance
+Maintain and oversee general operating budget and cash flow
+Develop and oversee budgeting for all projects, programs, and grants
+Conduct Annual Board Meeting

Applicant interviews will commence immediately, with a start date of February 1, 2018. 

Please submit cover letter, resume, and 2 - 3 writing samples via PDF to aaron.mattocks@bigdancetheater.org

Big Dance Theater is an equal opportunity employer. 

We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other basis. Big Dance Theater welcomes applications for a broad range of qualified individuals, and we actively seek to ensure diversity and inclusivity in our workforce. All applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment.