Today we started discussing the assessment criteria for the auditions unit, going through each of the grade boundries and what we needed to do for each one. We are starting with choosing the two institutions that we will prepare audition material for so that we know what we need to prepare, e.g. songs and monologues.
I have chosen to audition for Performers College and Urdang. Now I am going to research monolgues and songs that I could use.
Audition for Performers
The auditions will consist of a ballet class and a jazz class. Candidates will also be auditioned in singing and acting.
Ballet - You will be expected to wear the correct dancewear for the ballet class. Pointe shoes will not be required.
Jazz - You will be expected to wear suitable dancewear for the Jazz class.
Singing - You will be expected to perform a song of your choice. It is an audition requirement that auditionees do not sing unaccompanied. Please ensure that you bring with you the appropriate sheet music.
Acting - Auditionees will be required to prepare a contemporary monologue of approximately 1 min 30 seconds in duration.
At this stage, you may be given an examination by our chartered physiotherapist and have an interview.
You are required to present:
- One Shakespeare monologue
- One monologue from a modern play (written after 1979)
- Last no longer than two minutes each
- Be from published plays and should not be extracts from poems, novels, films or television scripts
- Involve a character chosen from your own gender and close to your own age
