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Job Description / Duties

• Assisting in the creation of new costumes and the alterations of existing costume stock for performances.
• Assisting in setting costumes up for performances, dressing for performances and in costume maintenance.
• Coordinating and tracking of footwear on loan from the shoe bank.
• Execute the building and maintenance of the rehearsal tutus and character skirts for sale to NBS Students
• Provides support for Wardrobe Supervisor in dealing with NBS Staff and students when Supervisor is off site and in fittings

Qualifications / Required Skills

• Degree or equivalent in Theatrical wardrobe including but not limited to patterns adaptation, cutting,
• Assembly of new garments and ability to alter existing garments.
• Minimum two years professional wardrobe experience
• Working knowledge of garment construction and pattern grading and cutting. Knowledge of pattern drafting, dying of fabrics and accessory building an asset.
• Knowledge of the care and maintenance of costumes.
• Ability to operate industrial sewing machines, sergers and cover seamer.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with excellent time management skills to meet project deadlines,
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with a diverse community.

Additional Information

Successful candidates must supply Canada’s National Ballet School with a Police Reference Check in accordance with the School’s Child Abuse/Sexual Abuse Prevention Policy; this will be coordinated through the Human Resources Department of NBS.

Salary: starting at $22.14/hr

Contact Information

Join our team today! Please email your resume and cover letter with salary expectations, to careers@nbs-enb.ca and indicate “Wardrobe 2022” in the subject line.

Employer Profile

About NBS

At NBS, excellence, access and inclusion fuel our belief in sharing the transformative power of dance. This is what drives our commitment to making dance a part of all Canadians’ lives. For 60+ years, NBS has been Canada’s leader in ballet education, developing and evolving pedagogy and practices to center the dancer’s experience and wellbeing.
We recognize our responsibility, as Canada’s largest arts training organization and one of its oldest, to address racialization and anti-Black racism, reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and systemic oppression within the sector and beyond. Central to this mission is a commitment to equity-informed practices; driving systemic, progressive change by evolving dance education. Building an inclusive sense of belonging at NBS for every dancer and employee is the School’s primary imperative.
NBS continues to use evidence-based practice to address barriers and expand our program offerings to engage more people than ever before; striving to reach individuals and communities historically and presently underrepresented within the art of ballet.

To realize its mission, NBS strives to:
• Increase the relevance of the art of ballet in the lives of all Canadians
• Reflect a vision of leadership that touches more communities, more partners and greater breadth and depth of talent than ever before
• Address the need to bring new faces to ballet – as prospective professional students and as future enthusiasts for the art form – embracing and nurturing a more diverse spectrum of children and youth to participate in dance and explore training at the highest level
• Deliver the broadest range of impactful, evidence-informed community dance programs of any ballet school in the world

We are dedicated to making our organization stronger by engaging individuals with a wide range of experiences, backgrounds and abilities. When you join us, you will be a part of an organization built on respect, creativity and a shared sense of purpose.

NBS is committed to building a remarkable and talented workforce that is reflective of the diversity in the City of Toronto. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, especially welcoming those with diverse intersectional identities who can provide different perspectives and contribute to the further diversification of ideas.