Audition Requirements

The only audition for the School of Dance that allows uploaded video.

Application Deadlines and Audition Dates

Audition Content Requirements

• A single video link or file uploaded to the UNCSA Admissions application by a designated deadline.
• A single video file no more than ten minutes in length.
• Only one side of each combination shown.
• Must be framed to show the applicant's full body throughout.
• Must not include any dancers other than the applicant.
• Must be no more than three months prior to submission
• Video is not to be uploaded if auditioning on campus. (See On-campus Audition below.)

Audition Attire

• Applicants must wear practice clothes.
• Do not wear skirts, loose fitting tee-shirts or leg warmers.
• Wear clothing that contrasts with the filming environment so you can be seen clearly and stand out from the background.

If applying to Ballet

• Barre Work (maximum of 5 minutes; only one side needed of each combination)
  • Pliés, tendus, adagio, grand battements.
• Center Work (maximum 5 minutes)
  • Adagio
    • Pirouette combination with pirouettes en‐dehors and en‐dedans.
  • Allegro combinations:
    • • Petite allegro
      • Grand allegro (Optional, if enough space to execute the combination safely.)
  • Men, please include tours en l’air right and left.
  • Pointe work (ladies only): échappés, retirés, double pirouettes en‐dehors and en‐dedans on pointe.
  • Classical variation (ladies must present their variation on pointe)
    • one to two minutes in length
• Photograph Requirements
  • Photograph facing front, pointe tendu in second with arms in second.
  • Female ballet applicants: photograph in first or second arabesque on pointe.
  • Male ballet applicants: photograph in first or second arabesque. 

If applying to Contemporary

• Barre Work (maximum of 5 minutes; only one side needed of each combination)
  • Plié, tendu/degage, rond de jambe, passé développé (front, side and back), grand battement and a balance on one leg in attitude back.
•  Center Work (maximum 2 minutes)
  • A one to two‐minute self‐ choreographed solo.
  • Must be performed to ‘classical/art’ music.
  • Examples of composers: J. S. Bach, Ludwig von Beethoven, Aaron Copland, Scott Joplin, Duke Ellington, Philip Glass.
• Photograph Requirements
  • Photograph in a contemporary position.
• Interview (Applicants for Grade 10 only)
  • To determine readiness to enter the Contemporary Dance HS program as a Grade 10 student, applicants and a guardian are required to meet with the Director of HS Life and the HS Academic Dean or HS Associate Dean.

Application Deadlines and Audition Dates

Uploaded video is not permitted.
Applicants who upload video will be determined to be submitting a Video Audition and not receive information on how to schedule an On-campus Audition. To avoid this, do not upload any video if you intend to audition on campus.

Audition Attire

• Applicants must wear practice clothes.
• Do not wear skirts, loose fitting tee-shirts or leg warmers.

Ballet Applicants

• Barre Work (maximum of 5 minutes; only one side needed of each combination)
  • Pliés, tendus, adagio, grand battements.
• Center Work (maximum 5 minutes)
  • Adagio
    • Pirouette combination with pirouettes en‐dehors and en‐dedans
  • Allegro combinations:
    • • Petite allegro
      • Grand allegro (Optional, if enough space to execute the combination safely.)
  • Men, please include tours en l’air right and left.
  • Pointe work (ladies only): échappés, retirés, double pirouettes en‐dehors and en‐dedans on pointe.
  • Classical variation will be taught at the audition.
• Photograph Requirements
  • Photographs uploaded to the application prior to an audition.
  • Photograph facing front, pointe tendu in second with arms in second.
  • Female ballet applicants: photograph in first or second arabesque on pointe.
  • Male ballet applicants: photograph in first or second arabesque.

Contemporary Applicants

• Barre Work (maximum of 5 minutes; only one side needed of each combination)
  • Plié, tendu/degage, rond de jambe, passé développé (front, side and back), grand battement and a balance on one leg in attitude back.
•  Center Work (maximum 2 minutes)
  • A one to two‐minute self‐ choreographed solo.
  • Must be performed to ‘classical/art’ music.
  • Examples of composers: J. S. Bach, Ludwig von Beethoven, Aaron Copland, Scott Joplin, Duke Ellington, Philip Glass.
• Photograph Requirements
  • Photographs uploaded to the application prior to an audition.
  • Photograph in a contemporary position.

• Interview (Applicants for Grade 10 only)
  • To determine readiness to enter the Contemporary Dance HS program as a Grade 10 student, applicants and a guardian are required to meet with the Director of HS Life and the HS Academic Dean or HS Associate Dean.