Audition Description
In the Meadows Dance Application, applicants will find links to three technique demonstration videos – one ballet, one modern, and one jazz – that must be learned and performed in the recorded audition submission, using the same audio as heard in the videos. You’ll first submit your Meadows Dance Application, then upload your recorded audition via your Meadows Dance status page, which will be made available to your after the Meadows Dance Application has been submitted.
Submit your completed Meadows Dance Application and recorded audition (uploaded on the Meadows Dance Application status page) by or before the following dates:
November 1, 2024 if applying to SMU Early Action or Early Decision I
February 1, 2025 if applying to SMU Regular Decision or Early Decision II
RECORDED DANCE AUDITIONS: WHAT TO INCLUDE
The audition video should include:
Personal introduction (one minute or less)
Re-creation of all three technique videos (ballet, modern, and jazz) as seen in the videos found the Meadows Dance Application status page. Use the audio from the demonstration videos for your recorded audition. In the ballet component, alternate sides for the barre exercises, beginning on the right side for the first combination, then left on the second, right on the third, and left on the fourth.
Solo in your technique of choice that best showcases your abilities, 90-120 seconds. (For example, ballet, pointe, modern, or jazz.)
Follow-up interview:
If faculty want to further consider a candidate who has sent in a recorded audition, the applicant will receive an invitation by email to talk with the faculty via Zoom. In addition to questions, the applicant may be asked to execute dance combinations.
The recorded audition is submitted via the online Meadows Dance Application. Information about how to access the Meadows Dance Application is further below.
For questions and more information about recorded Dance auditions and submissions, email the Dance Division at dance@smu.edu.
