UPCOMING AUDITIONS:
AUGUST 22, 2006
11:00am - 1:30pm
NOVEMBER 3, 2006
2:30pm - 5:00pm
FEBRUARY 23, 2007
2:30pm - 5:00pm
MARCH 23, 2007
2:30pm - 5:00pm
AUGUST 28, 2007
11:00am - 1:30pm
OCTOBER 26, 2007
2:30pm - 5:00pm
Auditions for all prospective freshman and transfer dance majors or minors are held 3-4 times each academic year. Beginning in 2004-2005, specific audition dates for transfer and freshman students will be designated. (see dates listed above).
To receive an audition application form by mail, please phone the Dance Department at 562-985-4747 and clearly leave a voice message with your name and address with zip code. A form will be mailed out to you at the address you specify. This form must be returned to the department in order to reserve a place at the audition since auditions are limited to 60 participants per audition. Upon receipt of your application, you will be notified by mail confirming your audition date. If the preferred audition date is full, students will be asked to schedule for the next audition.
The Dance Center is located on the North side of campus, directly off of Atherton Street and near the Pyramid. You can locate the Dance Center using the following maps:
The audition is a technique class divided into three parts: a ballet barre and center, a modern center, and across-the-floor movement sequences to include aerial work such as leaps, skips, and turns. The Dance Department faculty will conduct the audition class and serve as panelists for assessing potential students. Students will be evaluated on their technical proficiency including alignment, rhythm, body articulation and coordination, qualitative range, and ability to accurately replicate movement sequences. As well, the audition panel is most interested in the individual expression and performance quality of each auditioner. Wear solid color leotards and tights or unitard, ballet shoes for the ballet barre, and bare feet for the remainder of the audition. Cover-up clothing such as sweatshirts and t-shirts, is not allowed.
Visitors are not allowed in the studio during the audition, but can observe the audition through the studio windows. The videotaping or taking of photographs of the audition class is strictly prohibited.
California students must attend an on-campus audition; however, out-of-state and international students may audition via videotape. The taped audition should include an abbreviated ballet barre, center work with modern vocabulary, and across-the-floor phrases which show virtuosity in spatial awareness and aerial movement skills. A short individual piece of choreography must conclude the presentation. The tape should be a maximum of 20 minutes.
All levels of technique classes are entered through placement auditions. A recommendation will be made as to the appropriate level of technique for students accepted into the Dance Major or Minor. Further screening will take place the first week of classes to determine final placement.
Students may audition twice for entrance into the dance major or minor program, however, they may only audition once per semester.
A separate application is required for admission to the University. You may apply on-line at csumentor.edu or phone the automated information line at 562-985-4111.
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