Video Requirements:
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 finishing 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 Ladies only En pointe: • Échappés en croix (en face) and add passé/retiré • Échappés en croix (effacé) and add passé/retiré 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.
Women's Dress Code
Black or other solid colored leotard, pink ballet tights, pink ballet slippers and pointe shoes. Hair should be secured in a proper ballet bun.
Men's Dress Code
white dance t-shirt, black ballet tights, and black ballet slippers