HEAD OF MOVEMENT
Art of Acting Studio – Los Angeles
A Conservatory of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting
The Art of Acting Studio seeks a visionary and rigorous Head of Movement to lead and evolve its Movement Department within our professional conservatory rooted in the Stella Adler tradition.
Movement at the Art of Acting Studio is foundational. We train the actor as one tunes a musical instrument — with precision, imagination, discipline, and care. We develop actors who are grounded, expressive, and capable of meeting the demands of any style, period, or theatrical form.
This is a leadership position — artistic, pedagogical, and institutional.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Head of Movement serves as:
- Artistic leader of the Movement Department
- Architect of curriculum across all programs
- Mentor to movement faculty
- Supervisor of movement integration in productions
- Director of the Summer Physical Theatre Intensive
- Collaborator with Artistic Directors and Department Heads
Movement training spans:
- 2.5 Year Professional Conservatory
- Workshops & Teen Programs
- Summer Intensives
Training emphasizes:
- Use of Self & somatic awareness
- Strength, technique, and physical discipline
- Impulse and successional movement
- Character transformation (outside-in / inside-out)
- Ensemble devising
- Style & physical comedy
- Stage combat integration
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and refine multi-year movement curriculum
- Hire, mentor, and evaluate faculty
- Lead departmental meetings
- Coordinate scheduling with administration
- Select and oversee movement coaches for productions
- Visit rehearsals and support physical storytelling
- Sit on student evaluation panels
- Direct the five-week Summer Physical Theatre Intensive
QUALIFICATIONS
- Extensive experience teaching movement in a conservatory setting
- Strong grounding in somatic practices (Alexander, Feldenkrais, etc.)
- Experience in physical theatre, ensemble work, and character physicalization
- Comfort teaching dance fundamentals and period style
- Stage combat experience preferred
- Production movement coaching experience
- Departmental leadership experience preferred
- We seek a leader who believes movement is central to the making of an actor — someone who can build rigor, inspire faculty, and develop actors who are physically alive, imaginative, and precise.
- Full-time leadership position including teaching responsibilities.
To apply:
Submit cover letter, CV, teaching philosophy, references, and optional teaching video to Johhny Patrick Yoder johnny@stellaadler.com