Auditions

Requirements

Video Submissions (1-2 minutes each)

1. A dance warm-up in a style of your choice (1-2 minutes)
2. A solo in a style of your choice (1-2 minutes)

Essay (500 words or less)

1. Describe your dance background and your aspirations in dance in 500 words or less.
   • Who was your most influential teacher and why?
   • What dance styles have you studied or practiced?
   • Describe your participation in any workshops, cultural events, summer intensives or any teaching experiences in dance.
   • What do you aspire to in your future as a dance professional?

Dance Audition Rubric

Auditions are evaluated on a 0-5 point scale, based on the following 10 movement concepts:

1. Use of Breath
   Effectively uses breath to support movement
2. Spinal Articulation/Flexibility-Stability
   Efficiently uses movement of each are of the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar spine, to coccyx) 
3. Dynamic Alignment/Body Placement
   Effectively uses the body’s placement during movement; Uses alignment appropriate for the dance genre
4. Dynamic Use of Space/Range of Motion
   Effectively uses a wide range of space (levels; near, middle and far reach)
5. Core/Distal Relationship
   Efficiently uses energetic relationship between the body’s center and the limbs
6. Use of Weight
   Efficiently transfers weight; effectively weight shifts; effectively mobiles and stabilizes body
7. Dynamic Use of Effort Qualities/Expressivity
   Physically expresses intention and/or emotion in varied ways
8. Motor Coordination
   Demonstration of efficient coordination in locomotor, axial, and gestural movements
9. Musicality
   Ability to move responsively to music; independent of music, the ability to move with nuanced coherency where movement content is given physical and dynamic expression in and of itself and in relation to its parts
10. Performance Presence
    Ability to express the energy of being fully present and connected within the context of the movement; (Body, Mind, Spirit and Emotions)