University of alabama dance program auditions

Prospective students wishing to audition in person recommended or virtually must fill out the Audition Form. Forms should be submitted via email to ncalvert ua. Prospective students may also audition at external events, including the Alabama Dance Festival, Dancewave, and a variety of other festivals and conferences. If you have already auditioned or plan to audition for UA at an external event, please complete this form as part of your application to the program.

Virtual auditionees should include a link to their video audition materials within their email. Please send us only ONE video link in one of the following two formats: 1 a single video containing all your work or 2 a YouTube or similar online playlist. See below for audition requirements. Auditionees requiring an accessible entrance should come through the doors in the Woods Quad, where you will find the elevators to your right. Auditionees will check in between and a.

At , one of our graduate students will lead you in an informal warm-up class before you are introduced to the faculty at Some of our audition styles may be less familiar to you, and we will be assessing how you approach new challenges.

Auditionees should wear form-fitting dancewear. Dancers should wear flat ballet shoes during the ballet portion of the audition; pointe shoes during the pointe portion; barefoot for the modern and improvisation portions; and jazz shoes for the jazz portion. Please ensure hair is pulled back and neatly secured, and please refrain from wearing jewelry.

If you do not own specific shoes for a particular technique, please go barefoot, or wear socks. Accepted: You may begin coursework as a dance major. Not Accepted: An indication that we feel you will not be successful in our dance curriculum at this time. Search Everything Go. Search UA Courses Go. Search UA Programs Go. Catalog Home ua. DegreeWorks myBama. Dance, BA. Overview Requirements Career Opportunities Students entering the program should possess technical, artistic and scholarly background, and interest in dance.

Admission into the Major Admission to the dance major is by audition only. Performance Opportunities Performance is at the heart of the University of Alabama Dance program, and each semester students will have multiple opportunities to appear onstage in the program's seat Dance Theatre, as well as additional national and international touring programs. DN Types of Jobs Accepted The goal of the Dance program is professional preparation, and every year the program celebrates its graduates as they begin careers as professional dancers, artistic directors, choreographers, dance teachers, dance therapists, arts administrators, arts managers, production managers, lighting and costume designers, studio managers, and many other fruitful journeys.

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