What happens at the Dance Audition?
Dance combinations…
What type of dance shoes and attire should I wear?
The dance area opens at 5:30pm. The first thing you MUST do is sign in as soon as you arrive. You will register what combination/combinations you will be doing. You may do more than one combination but no more than two. A secured area for your belongings will be provided. There will also be a large rack to hold dance shoes allowing easy and quick access for changing for the tap audition. Courtney and her crew do an amazing job at keeping the auditions organized and moving to get you to your call backs on time. They need you to sign in to be able to do that.
At 6:00pm, we will hold a brief and basic warm up containing isolations, basic floor stretches, and Grand Battements. Keep in mind that some companies begin watching you during warmups. Make sure your number is visible. Pin it up and to the left side of your body so company reps can see it easily. A quick information/chat session will immediately follow warmups to let you know exactly how the rest of the dance audition will run.
At 6:30pm, a very rapid review of each combination will begin in the order listed below. Once again, you may do more than one combination – but no more than two.
At 7:00pm, the audition process begins.
Dance Combinations
Dance Combination #1 (Mover)
A combination of simple dance moves set to up-tempo music.
Dance Combination #2 (Jazz and/or Ballet – Trained High Intermediate/Advanced level dancer)
This combination contains both the jazz choreography and the ballet choreography. If you consider yourself a strong jazz dancer and only wish to do the jazz section, that is fine. The same goes for the ballet section. You can do both combinations if you’d like – it would still be considered one combination. Please remember when choosing your preferred dance shoes (character or jazz) there is not time to change shoes during this combination.
Dance Combination #3 (Tap – Intermediate and above level dancer)
Obviously, tap shoes should be worn for this combination. Everyone will be given time to quickly change into their tap shoes before the review. After each group has executed the combination during the actual audition process, each person will be given the opportunity to individually demonstrate 4 wings and/or 4 double pullbacks without music. You are not required to do wings and pullbacks. Please watch the video with a demonstration of the wing and pullback portion of the tap audition.
We constantly hear from company reps, “Why did they wear that?“
SUGGESTIONS:
- Don’t dress like you are going to a hip hop class.
- Don’t wear your tights over your leotard.
- Don’t wear really baggy sweatpants/baggy clothing.
- Do wear dance attire that fits and flatters you.
- Do wear athletic trousers that are stretchy and look like dress pants.
- Dance belts and bras are good things…….wear them!
Put thought into choosing your attire for the dance call back. Try out that dance attire and hair style doing the audition choreography. Make sure you look and feel good in it. Remember, they want to watch you dance, not constantly make adjustments to your hair and attire.
I don’t consider myself a dancer. What should I wear?
Fitness attire that looks nice. Stretchy active wear trousers that look like dress pants. Something that allows you to move easily and freely but is not too baggy. Wear split sole jazz shoes if you have them. Lightweight workout/walking shoes would be the next best thing.