Video Requirements:
Please provide an audition video that is 5-7 minutes in length. Be sure to clearly state your name and age at the beginning of the video. The simple and concise combinations outlined below will help us to accurately assess where you are in your training. AUDITION EXERCISES 1) At the barre – camera view from the side or diagonal • Demi Plie in 1st using four counts of music, grand plié in 2nd and 5th positions with port de bras. • Tendu from 5th, en croix two in each direction, balance sur le coup de pied. • Développé en avant, à la seconde and arabesque • Grand battement en croix 2) In the center • Short waltz o Glissade, développé into effacé, glissade, développé into écarté devant (repeat left), o balancé right, left, tombé pas de bourrée to 4th, pirouettes en dehors f inishing in 5th position • Petite allegro o Sautes in 1st, 2nd, and changement o Glissade, jeté, temps levé, assemblé, 3 brisés, royale o Jeté and assemblé with beats 3) Ladies only - En pointe: • Échappés en croix (en face) and add passé/retiré • Échappés en croix (effacé) and add passé/retire 4) Gentlemen only • Four entrechat quatré or four entrechat six • Pirouettes a la seconde for advanced young men; en dehors pirouettes from fourth to fourth for less advanced young men. • Double or single tours.
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