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Audition Information

Students who wish to audition should bring with them:

  • full-length dance photo in leotard and tights (in first arabesque)
  • $20 audition fee (cash, check or money order payable to BalletMet)

Registration begins one half hour prior to all audition times. No pre-registration required

Audition form (PDF)

Dress Code:

  • pink tights
  • black leotard
  • ballet shoes and bring pointe shoes
  • hair neatly styled in a bun

 

 

 
 

Audition Tour 2010

Jan. 9, 2010
Ballet Theatre of Toledo
1124 Corporate Drive
Holland. OH 43528
419-861-0895
Registration: 12-12:30pm
Audition: 12:30-2pm

Jan. 9, 2010
The School of Ballet Arizona
3645 E. Indian School Road
Phoenix, AZ 85018
602.381.0188
Registration: 2:30-3pm
Audition: 3-4:30pm

Jan. 10, 2010
University of Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music-Dance Division
Corbett Building
Cincinnati, OH 45221
513-556-2700
Registration: 1-1:30pm
Audition: 1:30-3pm

Jan. 10, 2010
Rochester School of Dance
1800 S. Livernois
Rochester, MI 48307
248.652.3117
Registration: 12:30-1pm
Audition: 1-2:30pm

Jan. 10, 2010
Black Mountain Dance Centre
12285 World Trade Drive, suite L
San Diego, CA 92128
858.674.1006
Registration: 1-1:30pm
Audition: 1:30-3pm

Jan. 16, 2010
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School
2900 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
412.281.6727
Registration: 2:30-3pm
Audition: 3-4:30pm

Jan. 17, 2010
The State Theatre Stage Door@Playhouse Square
1650 Chester Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-348-5250
216-771-5537-Stage Door
Registration: 2-2:30pm
Audition: 2:30-4:00pm

Jan. 17, 2010
BalletNova
3443 Carlin Spring Road
Falls Church, VA 22041
703.778.3008
Registration: 1-1:30pm
Audition: 1:30-3pm

Jan. 18, 2010
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
15 Vernon Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Registration: 1:30-2pm
Audition: 2-3:30pm

Jan. 22, 2010
Northwest Ballet Academy
1069 N Salem Drive
Schaumburg, IL 60194
847.885.3370
Registration: 5:30-6:00
Audition: 6:00-7:30

Jan. 22, 2010
The Harid Conservatory
2285 Potomac Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561-997-2677
Registration: 6:30-7pm
Audition: 7-8:30pm

Jan. 23,2010
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Lou Conte Dance Studio
1147 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60607
312.850.9766
Registration: 11:30-12pm
Audition: 12-1:30pm

Jan. 23, 2010
Sarasota Ballet of Florida
5555 N Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243
Registration: 2-2:30pm
Audition: 2:30-4pm

Jan. 24, 2010
Minnesota Dance Theater and The Dance Institute
528 Hennepin Avenue, 6th floor
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612.338.0627 #6
Registration: 11-11:30pm
Audition: 11:30-1pm

Jan. 24, 2010
Orlando Ballet School-Central
1111 N Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32804
407-426-1733
Registration: 1-1:30pm
Audition: 1:30-3pm

Jan. 30, 2010
Kansas City Ballet School
1616 Broadway Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64108
816.931.2299 #1
Registration: 1-1:30pm
Audition: 1:30-3pm

Jan. 31, 2010
BalletMet Columbus
322 Mt Vernon Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
Registration: 12:30-1 (ages 12-15)
Audition: 1-2:30pm
Registration: 2:15-2:45pm (ages 16-19)
Audition: 2:45-4:15pm

Feb. 7, 2010
Atlanta Ballet
Center for Dance Education
1400 W Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-873-5811x212
Registration: 11-11:30am
Audition: 11:30-1pm

Feb. 14, 2010
Academy of Classical Russian Ballet
24300 Catherine Industrial Drive Suite 412
Novi, MI 48375
248-982-7882
Registration: 12:30-1pm
Audition: 1-2:30pm

Feb. 21, 2010
BalletMet Columbus
322 Mt Vernon Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
Registration: 12:30-1 (ages 12-15)
Audition: 1-2:30pm
Registration: 2:15-2:45pm (ages 16-19)
Audition: 2:45-4:15pm

For more information please call 614.229.4860 or email.


VIDEOTAPED AUDITIONS: Guidelines for Submissions

Ladies' Attire: black leotard, pink tights (no skirt), shoes (ballet and/or pointe)
Men's Attire: Black tights, white t-shirt or leotard top, ballet shoes

Video should include the following:

Barre: Plies, tendus (slow and quick), rond de jambe a terre, frappe, developpe, grand battement. (Please alternate sides with exercises; you need not show both sides with each exercise.)

Center (Please show right and left side, one time through of each exercise):

  • Adagio
  • Pirouette Combination (en dehors and en dedans)
  • Petite Allegro (more advanced students should include beats)
  • Grand Allegro
  • Men: Exercise show entrechat quatre or entrechat six (depending on level of advancement) and single or double tours
  • Ladies: Pointe work (two combinations that demonstrate the student's technical strength and level of accomplishment)

Please include with your videotape:

  • Complete audition form
  • $30 fee
  • Full-length dance photo (snapshot or Polaroid), preferably in first arabesque, or men may use the position standing en face point tendu a la seconde, arms in second.
  • Video--VHS or DVD format will be accepted (not returnable)

DEADLINE: Must be submitted by Feb. 21, 2010, to be considered for a scholarship. We will continue to accept videos after Feb. 21 and accept students on a space available basis.

Send all materials to:
Summer Intensive, BalletMet Dance Academy
322 Mount Vernon Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215


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