Audition Requirements
Applicants to the Contemporary Dance (B.F.A.) and Ballet (B.F.A.) concentrations are required to audition for the School of Dance. Applicants may choose either a Video Audition or an in-person On-campus Audition. Each audition has specific requirements.
Audition Requirements
Video Audition
Audition Content Requirements
- A single video link or file uploaded to the UNCSA Admissions application by a designated deadlines.
- 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:
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- Petite allegro
- Grand allegro (Optional, if enough space to execute the combination safely.)
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- 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
- Adagio
- 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.
On-campus Audition
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.
- Adagio
- 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.