From Studio to Stage: Audition

Audition Information

Registration begins one half hour prior to all audition times. No pre-registration required.

Students who wish to audition should bring with them:

Three photos: a Head Shot, one in First Arabesque and one in Tendu A La Second
Audition Form. Please fill in the form and then print it.
$25 audition fee (cash, check or money order payable to University of Hartford)

Dress Code

pink tights
solid colored leotard
ballet shoes and bring pointe shoes if applicable
hair neatly styled in a bun

From Studio to Stage strongly encourages all students to audition in person. However, we do accept digital auditions if there are circumstances which prevent you from attending one of our audition locations. There is a $30 DVD audition fee. We accept check (payable to University of Hartford) or money order.

The DVD must be recorded between October 1, 2011 and February 17, 2012 to be eligible for submission. Please mark the DVD with the creation date on it. We must receive this DVD by Saturday, March 3, 2012, however the sooner we receive it, the sooner the results will be processed. The DVD should be in a format viewable on American DVD players. Other formats cannot be viewed and therefore cannot be evaluated.

DVD Auditions: Guidelines for Submission

Ladies' Attire:
Solid colored leotard, pink tights (no skirt), shoes (ballet and/or pointe)

Men's Attire:
Black tights, white t-shirt or leotard top, ballet shoes

DVD should include the following:

Complete barre (one side only)
Center floor work including: adagio, pirouette combination, petit allegro, grand allegro, Pointe work-if applicable, echappés, relevés in arabesque, pirouettes en pointe, diagonal turning combination
The video should not exceed 15 minutes in length.
Completed audition form
$30 fee
Full-length dance photo in first arabesque

DVD format will be accepted (not returnable)

Deadline

Must be submitted by March 25, 2012, to be considered for a scholarship. We will continue to accept DVDS after March 25 however student acceptance will be on a space available basis.

Send all materials to:
From Studio to Stage
HCD Dance Department
35 Westbourne Parkway
Hartford, CT 06112

Audition Dates

Registration is 30 minutes prior to the audition.

January 7

2:30 pm
BalletMet
322 Vernon Ave,
Columbus, OH 43215

January 15

3:30 pm
Joffrey Ballet School
434 Avenue of the Americas
5th Floor: Studio 6
New York, NY 10011

January 15

3:30pm
The Hartt School Community Division Dance Department
Handel Performing Arts Center
35 Westbourne Parkway
Hartford, CT 06112

January 29

2:00 pm
Shreveport Dance Academy
2537 East 70th Street
Shreveport, LA 71105
shreveportdanceacademy.com

February 12

2:00 pm
Boca Ballet Theatre
7630 NW 6th Avenue
Boca Raton, FL 33487

February 26, 2012

2:00pm
The Hartt School Community Division Dance Department
Handel Performing Arts Center
35 Westbourne Parkway
Hartford, CT 06112
(860) 768-6000

For more information, contact the Hartt Community Division office at (860) 768-6000 ordancedesk@hartford.edu.