TIPS FOR GIVING A GOOD DANCE AUDITION*
Dance auditions are often the scariest part of auditions, unless you’re a dancer. Relax. Unlike the getting all the notes right in your singing audition, you don’t have to do every single dance move perfectly in your dance audition. Okay, sure, we will be looking for people who get lots of the dance mostly right, but that’s not something you can practice for, unless you go back in time six years and sign up for dance classes. Which doesn’t mean you non-dancers can’t help yourselves.
1. SMILE. It’s a deceptively simple trick, but if you are “selling” the dance with your face, you’ll trick us into forgiving a lot of wrong dance moves. Put on your best “show face” the whole time.
2. HAVE A GREAT ATTITUDE. Don’t get angry, frustrated or give up if it’s hard. It will be hard.
3. SHOW YOUR BEST REHEARSAL ETIQUETTE. Don’t chat with your neighbors during the teaching session, listen to instructions, ask questions at the appropriate moment, work hard.
4. DRESS APPROPRIATELY. Looking fashionable is not one of the criteria for the dance audition, but being dressed properly is. Sweatpants, shorts or leggings are preferable to jeans. Good fitting sneakers are FINE for your audition. If you want to wear jazz shoes, go for it-but you don’t need character shoes. DO NOT wear sandals, heels or boots (Ugh to Uggs).
*Adapted, with permission, from Ezra Flam’s Tips For Giving a Good Dance Audition.
Dance auditions are often the scariest part of auditions, unless you’re a dancer. Relax. Unlike the getting all the notes right in your singing audition, you don’t have to do every single dance move perfectly in your dance audition. Okay, sure, we will be looking for people who get lots of the dance mostly right, but that’s not something you can practice for, unless you go back in time six years and sign up for dance classes. Which doesn’t mean you non-dancers can’t help yourselves.
1. SMILE. It’s a deceptively simple trick, but if you are “selling” the dance with your face, you’ll trick us into forgiving a lot of wrong dance moves. Put on your best “show face” the whole time.
2. HAVE A GREAT ATTITUDE. Don’t get angry, frustrated or give up if it’s hard. It will be hard.
3. SHOW YOUR BEST REHEARSAL ETIQUETTE. Don’t chat with your neighbors during the teaching session, listen to instructions, ask questions at the appropriate moment, work hard.
4. DRESS APPROPRIATELY. Looking fashionable is not one of the criteria for the dance audition, but being dressed properly is. Sweatpants, shorts or leggings are preferable to jeans. Good fitting sneakers are FINE for your audition. If you want to wear jazz shoes, go for it-but you don’t need character shoes. DO NOT wear sandals, heels or boots (Ugh to Uggs).
*Adapted, with permission, from Ezra Flam’s Tips For Giving a Good Dance Audition.