<p>@pmcolorado - good luck to your DD in her audition for ailey / fordham on the 4th! Let us know how it goes.</p>
<p>DD had her Fordham audition this past Saturday in Washington DC. There were 30 names called for attendance but about 3-4 were no shows. There were 5 boys, ouch! The room was very small and there were no barres so they did a center barre that she said was tough. For the modern section they did 3 combos that she said were difficult for some of the kids that had clearly not had any Horton experience. She said there were no real stand out kids and that everyone looked pretty decent, so it will be tough for those that auditioned that day I think. During the pre-audition talk they told us that they will audition 400 dancers and give out about 45 offers of admission. A competitive program to be sure.</p>
<p>@pmcolorado - thanks for the update. Sounds like your daughter benefitted from her Si for the Horton portion. I agree, a very competitive program. If you don’t mind, how diverse we’re the attendees? At my DDs audition, it wasn’t diverse at all.</p>
<p>@Fordham19 - out of the 26-27 there were I think 3-4 dancers of color at the audition, including 1 boy, and one of those girls had been at last summers’ Ailey SI with my DD. Nice girl and a good dancer. The 1 boy had also been at the SI, also talented and a sweetheart. That was it for diversity, unless you count blonds in which case my DD was the only one! :)</p>
<p>@pmcolorado - thanks for the info. Ailey / fordham is my DDs #1 choice. And I agree w/ others on this post - applying to these dance programs certainly adds another layer of stress.
In my DDs case she is looking for a strong academic school w/ an equally strong dance program as she intends to pursue a dance career professionally. But recognizes that there may be a need for a career beyond dance. In addition to fordham, We visited tisch and purchase but, walked away with Ailey / fordham as the “best fit.”
Both my wife and I are fordham grads, so we obviously have a strong bias towards fordham. DD has a good dance pedigree - having danced with the Garth Fagan performance dace company for the past 3 years and studied dance for 12. She has solid test scores and academics from a small, private school. That said, like all of the folks posting here, we all have very talented kids!! I honestly believe the waiting is more challenging for me and this post has been great for moral support.
I wish the best to you and your DD in her remaining auditions, and the same to others on this post.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if for the Pace prescreen for the video if I can take a group dance I was in, and just highlight myself in the video? I have friend who knows how, or should I just shoot a solo video?</p>
<p>@Jdancer </p>
<p>Hi! I’m a current student at Pace. You need to send in a solo video in any style you choose. 
A lot of people do contemporary, so I suggest a jazz solo. :)</p>
<p>Thanks @ohiodancer I was planning on doing a jazz solo :)</p>
<p>Any advice on how to video an audition? Distance, side angle, editing, etc. Tuesday will be the first try to create a video audition for summer intensives for the summer before junior year.</p>
<p>Had my Point Park audition today in NYC, it was held at Alvin Ailey there was 65 dancers, at least 10 males and the studio we were in was small. It was very competitive and I felt it to be challenging. Not sure if I’m going to get in, and I’m a little upset considering it was one of my top choices, but oh well. Everyone was very nice there, answering lots of questions. I saw a lot of girls I knew from previous auditions as well as summer intensives. During our improv section of the jazz combo, I did a tilt, tilted to far causing me to slip and fall and there was what must of been the loudest bang I’ve ever heard. I didn’t even realize what happened until I was the floor. It sounded worse than I felt, I felt nothing until I got home. I got up right away though and the judges asked me multiple times if I was okay, which I was. Just disappointed because I didn’t get to shine in something I do well in. I love improv and usually receive compliments on mine. Embarrassing. Some of the dancers asked me after if I was okay, one even said to me that when I got up I had a huge smile on my face and kept going, which doesn’t surprise me, but it just seems like a blur now. Kinda wished I stayed on the floor and went from there, but it was just a huge shock to me. Hopefully the judges noticed that and aren’t thinking this girl has no technique, she’s not in. Anyways, sorry for the rant, I don’t think I got in, especially after that. I’m holding out for Pace and a couple others as my top now!</p>
<p>So sorry JDancer:( but I wouldn’t be discouraged, you can audition again right? Also, do mistakes automatically disqualify you? I would say no. I’m pretty sure they didn’t just judge you on that mistake! Beat of luck to you. Everything happens for a reason’</p>
<p>Don’t be too hard on yourself JDancer! Mistakes happen - it’s how you react to the mistake that shows what kind of dancer you are. You got right up with a big smile on your face and kept going - that is exactly what you should have done. I agree with dancemomdee–I don’t think your slip will necessarily mean you are automatically out at Point Park. But if Point Park doesn’t work out for whatever reason, I have no doubt you will end up exactly where you belong. Don’t worry–a year from now when you are in a great program you will barely remember this little blip. Just be proud that you came up smiling!</p>
<p>JDancer: A few years ago, my DS auditioned at University of Arizona. Was going all out and did a face plant that stopped the entire audition - people running over to her, asking if she was ok, etc. End result - accepted with a scholarship offer! She didn’t wind up going there, but just goes to show. Dancers who are putting it all out there do fall and faculty and artistic directors know that.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reassurance everyone! I hope that didn’t cost me, but I don’t know there was a lot of competition and talent. <em>fingers crossed</em> Hoping for some better auditions in the following weeks.</p>
<p>Hi Has anyone auditioned for UC Irvine? Our DD auditions there on Feb.1. They held an audition on Jan 18 and wondered if anyone attended and could let us know how it went?
Thanks</p>
<p>Has anyone auditioned for LINES Dominican yet? I’m looking for info about the audition itself and also how soon do they give an answer?</p>
<p>My daughter auditioned for the LINES/BFA program in November. It wasn’t a group audition though, she just attended the Friday freshman ballet class that was at 9:30am, taught by Marina Hotchkiss, the BFA program director. She was the only candidate visiting that day. They did a barre and center, and then she met with Ms. Hotchkiss for about 30 minutes afterward for an interview. She was told at that time that her acceptance decision would come after the group auditions in January as she wanted to see how my daughter would fit in with the rest of her prospective students. She was also told that if they didn’t want her they would have told her on the spot. So … sort of a waiting list decision I guess.</p>
<p>Well, I guess that’s a pretty good answer from Dominican. This constant waiting for answers from the dance departments is killing us. Did your daughter like the class? Has she been to LINES before for a summer intensive? My daughter was there two summers ago and she really liked it. She 's thinking about doing one of the group auditions.</p>
<p>UCLA and University of Arizona auditions coming up for my daughter on Friday and Saturday; then, Univ of the Arts the following weekend. Later in February is the marathon week, when she has 3 auditions: Loyola Marymount, Pace, and NYU. And then she has a long break until the end of March when she auditions at Point Park, where she has been academically accepted. Audition season is really ramping up. Most of her teachers are supportive, except for one, Calculus. When she missed a school day for her first audition, she told her, “you’ll have to learn this material on your own, and don’t expect me to help you with it.”
My wife and I were shocked and ready to talk to the Principal, but she did learn it on her own. What especially surprised us about this teacher’s reaction is that the school has a very strong musical theater program, and there are a number of prospective MTs we know who are missing school for auditions. Our daughter is a great student with almost a 4.0 GPA. Has anyone else experienced an unsupportive teacher?</p>
<p>^^
My DD’s drama teacher gave her a hard time when she had to miss class, not rehearsal, for an interview for theatre. Her physic’s teacher gives her a hard time about missing for any reason and now that she has several back to back out of town auditions for dance it is going to get interesting. You would think he would realize by now that her heart is in dance and acting and not in physics…her dad gets it I do not know why her teacher doesn’t, LOL</p>