Wanted: a theater lecturer for the National Theater Ensembles Brno

27 September 2022, 1:00
Wanted: a theater lecturer for the National Theater Ensembles Brno

The management of the National Theater Brno is creating the new position of theater lecturer/lecturer. Applications for the selection procedure must be sent by the end of the month.

The Brno National Theater is looking for a creative, capable person skilled in the art of improvisation and experimentation. The job will involve creating new lecturer programs for one of the Brno National Theater’s three companies - ballet, drama, or opera, or for one of the three festivals the Brno National Theater organizes. It will involve direct communication with the audience, dramaturgs, actors, opera singers, orchestra members, dancers, and even technicians.

What awaits you and how you can use your talent

A theater lecturer moves between the world of theater and the audience, deepening their mutual contact, curiosity, and respect. Their task is to bring the performing arts to different social groups, to nurture the audience community, and also to create artistic and educational programs for the public. If you feel the same way, this is the job for you! And you have the opportunity to develop and implement all of this at the Brno National Theater.

Lecturing activities

  • You will prepare partial lecturing programs for opera, ballet, and drama from first idea to implementation.
  • You will work closely with dramaturgs and artistic directors. Once you are familiar with the repertoire and the specifics of the operation of each company, you will develop and conceptualize individual lecturer programs together.
  • You will also be involved in the preparation of all three festivals organized by the Brno National Theater (Janáček Brno, Brno Theater World, and DANCE BRNO), where lecturer programs are an integral part of the program offer.
  • You will come into contact with actors, dancers, opera singers, orchestra members, as well as technicians, secretaries, and workshop leaders who will be your collaborators in the practical implementation of individual activities for the audience.

Working with the audience

  • Your task will be to deepen contact with the Brno National Theater’s existing audience and to find new audiences and ways to engage them.
  • You will communicate with schools, teachers, pupils, and students, but also with different communities, associations, or specific audience groups. But don’t worry, you won’t be on your own.
  • Together with your colleagues from the marketing and sales department, you will be involved in the preparation of the promotion of individual programs and events for partners and friends of the Brno National Theater.

What knowledge and skills you will need

  • a university degree (or university degree) in arts or teacher education
  • experience in working with people (educational and creative projects)
  • ability to work in a team as well as independently and to follow through
  • enthusiasm for lecturing and proactivity
  • ability to reflect and evaluate
  • good communication and coordination skills
  • time flexibility
  • English language at a communicative level, both written and verbal, an advantage

What we can offer you

  • stable background in a prestigious cultural institution
  • collaboration with the Brno National Theater artistic team across ensembles and collaboration at renowned international festivals
  • the opportunity to develop yourself and acquire new skills
  • flexible working hours
  • pleasant workplace in the center of Brno
  • form of cooperation either as an employment contract or work project agreement (DPČ)
  • start date – immediately
  • duration of the employment relationship – one year

Please send us a structured CV by 30 September 2022 to the following e-mail address: vyberko@ndbrno.cz and fill in this online questionnaire.

Selected candidates will proceed to the 2nd round of the selection procedure, which will take place between 4 and 9 October 2022 and will consist of the preparation of a given assignment.

Successful candidates from the 2nd round will be invited for a personal interview on 11 October 2022.

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