Chance to Dance 25/26, Area Coordinator(s) - Freelance - Covent Garden

Chance to Dance 25/26, Area Coordinator(s) - Freelance - Covent Garden

The mission of the Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO) is to enrich the cultural life of the nation by growing the public enjoyment and appreciation of exceptional ballet and opera.

Learning and Participation (L&P) is central to RBO`s mission to enrich the cultural life of the nation. An extensive programme, based at our Covent Garden and Thurrock homes and across England, aims to inspire creativity and give people of all ages the chance to discover, question and respond to the power of our artforms.

The L&P programme is distinctive in its scale and ambitions, involving more than 50,000 annual participants across three strands:

• an award-winning, multi-disciplinary National Schools Programme including a dedicated schools` website( which encompasses our role in supporting important school and pupil outcomes via our RBO Schools classroom schemes and teacher training, as well as a programme of work in the East of England,
• talent development work through opera and ballet training networks, and
• enriching participatory events in our Covent Garden home.

Chance to Dance (CTD) is the RBO`s flagship young talent programme. As the longest running access programme in the Ballet sector, since 1991 CTD has introduced over 30,000 children to ballet. In 2018, after 27 years of London centric delivery, the RBO made a commitment to build a national model to expand access. Launching in a new area of England each season, the programme has now delivered residencies across Essex, the West Midlands, Doncaster, the Northeast, Bradford and Luton. We aim for all children to leave the programme with a love of dance and new-found appreciation for Ballet. Some CTD graduates have gone on to join vocational schools and are working within the creative industries as performers, teachers, and choreographers in professional companies across the sector.

To support with the expansion of the programme we are looking for area coordinator(s) to join us in a freelance capacity to support the CTD Programme Manager in the delivery of the programme in each area, and act as the main conduit between the programme manager, Primary Schools, Associate Dance schools and all artists per cohort.

The Area Coordinator commitment is a total of 40 days (up to 8 hours a day), which should be spread across the deliverables roughly as one day a week for 40 weeks across the 25/26 season. Regular check-ins with the CTD Programme manager will be in place to discuss proposed grouping of days around events and busier periods across the season.

The rate of pay for this work is £250 per day

To declare your interest, please send an up-to-date CV and supporting statement (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your relevant experience and two referees to [email protected] by, Monday 4 th August at 9.00am 2025.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role ahead of applying, contact Laura Bray (Chance to Dance Programme Manager) via the above email contact

The Royal Ballet and Opera is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from those who are from a global majority background and/or those who are disabled, as they are under-represented within our organisation.