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2009-2010 Dance Placement Audition Dates
Upcoming Audition Dates:
Friday Novemeber 6th, 2009
Friday February 5th, 2010
Friday April 16th, 2010
To attend an audition, please complete and mail the Dance Program Audition Form .
This form helps the USF faculty get an idea of your background and your goals in dance. We prefer that you mail the form in advance. In the event that there is not enough time to mail to form to USF before the audition date, please call the dance office to reserve your spot and bring the completed form with you on the day of the audition.
For more information on auditions, please contact Danielle Boe,dmboe@arts.usf.edu, 813-974-3867.
Directions to USF and the Dance Department can be found on the Contact Us page.
Audition Information
USF Dance Program Auditions: New Dance Majors / Dance Minors *
This placement audition is part of a process to help students learn about our programs and the choices we offer in studying dance as a focus of the college experience. We want to learn about your abilities as a dancer in order to provide the best starting place within our program and to help guarantee your continuing success in dance. We encourage you to take this opportunity to discover the potential of your professional career beginning at USF.
- This audition is designed for students who intend to major / minor in Dance at the University of South Florida. (Note: Students not choosing to major in dance who have an interest in an assessment of technique placement in order to take a specific course will be auditioned at the beginning of each semester. Currently enrolled students will receive placement recommendations from USF faculty based on individual progress in each course.)
- Students will be required to audition in both Ballet and Modern Dance techniques in classes taught by USF Dance Faculty. A solo of 90 seconds or less is also required of all prospective dance majors. The solo may be student choreography or part of a work choreographed by someone else.
- Students should be prepared with appropriate dancewear (tights / leotards) and footwear for both Ballet (ballet slippers) and Modern Dance (bare feet). In selective instances some students may be asked to participate in pointe work during a section of the ballet placement class. (Note: Pointe work is not required as part of the audition process.)
- In order to assess both technical ability and learning styles, each 1-hour audition class will be structured as a condensed version of our typical majors level classes, which are scheduled for 1 hour and 50 minutes during the academic year. (All dance majors are required to take both Ballet and Modern Dance throughout their program of study at USF.)
- USF dance technique classes are sequential over the academic year. Students who enter during the Spring Semester (January) will be recommended for placement according to the ongoing level of progress within the course.
- Once the student has enrolled for courses, the faculty within the Dance Program has the opportunity to recommend a change in course level during the first week of classes in order to provide the student with the most appropriate level of entry into our technique curricula.
- The faculty in the Dance Program place great value on each student’s individual potential in dance as well as in academic success. Please be reminded that acceptance to the Dance Program is contingent upon acceptance by the University of South Florida.
Spring and Fall Audition Schedule
| Registration |
8:30 am |
| Orientation |
9:00 am |
| Modern Class |
10:00 am |
| Ballet Class |
11:00 am |
| Lunch Break |
12:00 pm |
| Solos |
1:30 pm |
| Dance Concert ** |
8:00 pm |
* It is highly recommended that prospective students wishing to become Dance Majors or Minors attend one of the auditions that focus on Majors and Minors.
** Attendance to the Dance Concert is optional but strongly recommended.
August Audition Schedule
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Registration |
9:30 am |
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Modern Class |
10:00 am |
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Ballet Class |
11:00 am |
This audition is an abbreviated version of our normal audition and is only offered for students who have missed the previous audition dates and are attending the upcoming Fall semester.
Video Audition Information If you are unable to attend one of the above audition dates, please send video audition to:
USF School of Theatre and Dance
4202 E. Fowler Ave., FAD 204
Tampa, FL 33620.
Video Auditions should be received by regularly scheduled audition dates.
(May be submitted as CD/DVD or a VHS tape)
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Video Audition Requirements:
Wear only leotards and tights.
BALLET
grande plies in 1st, 2nd, 5th positions (photographed in profile)
battement tendu a la seconde facing barre (photographed from behind)
developpes front, side, back (photographed in profile)
grand battement front and side (photographed in profile)
grand battement derriere (from behind)
cambres forward and backward (photographed in profile)
CENTER
Standing naturally with arms at side face each direction (front, side back) for 10 seconds each standing in both parallel position and then 1st position
Arabesque in profile
Pirouettes en dehors from 4th position
Changements and echappes sautes
If you are an advanced student:
A petit allegro combination to include simple beats and jumps on one leg
A grand allegro combination to include moving steps, (such as balances and grand jetes)
Pointe work: Optional
Releves on 2 legs and 1 leg
Pique turns en dedans en diagionale
MODERN
The audition tape should include the following:
Roll down and up through spine in slow counts in parallel, 1st and 2nd facing front and side.
Upper body swings high to low using both arms - repeat 8x.
Leg swings in turned out position brushing through 1st position - 8 swings each leg.
From a standing position, spiral down to floor, roll and recover standing.
ACROSS FLOOR WORK
Triplet
Low run in demi plie in parallel 1st position
Run, Run Leap pattern
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