Audition Requirements

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

Audition Deadlines and 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 in person. (See In-person 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 (BFA)

• 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 (BFA)

• 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.

Audition Deadlines and 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 in person on campus.

Audition Attire

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

Ballet (BFA) 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 (BFA) 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.