CNADM College Fair and Auditions

In case there are dancers looking for a college fair and audition in the Midwest, I thought I’d share that CNADM is having one the first weekend in November outside of Chicago. My daughter attended CNADM for several years with her dance studio, and did the college fair/audition there last year. There are usually about 25-30 schools there auditioning, most but not all from the Midwest, and many smaller schools. It’s a well run event that can be helpful for dancers interested in the schools represented there. They have the audition and college fair the same day, and last year there was a board that schools listed the audition numbers of dancers they wanted to speak to. My daughter received many acceptances that day though she ended up choosing a different program altogether. Their website lists the schools attending. Hope this is helpful info for any of you Midwesterners!

Did anyone attend this past weekend?

@NavigatingMom my friends DD attended, but she’s a junior so couldn’t officially audition. There were about 30 schools there and they have a process where the schools list the audition number of dancers they are interested in talking to. They do this for the juniors too so she had the opportunity to speak with schools who were interested in her. Of course any dancer can talk to any program but it’s just a nice way to maybe prioritize who to talk with first .

Thank you! I was wondering if there was more information or if you gathered any about Cincinnati? My D is very interested in the school but there is not much recent info available on any forum that I have found. I do know that several of the dancers who are freshman there this year are really amazing dancers which is why we decided to look at it. We don’t personally know the dancers or would ask them directly about the program. Did you happen to gather any this past weekend? And what schools were you looking at or interested in before/after the weekend?

@NavigatingMom I asked my friend and they did not talk to Cincinnati. I’ve always heard good things about the program but have no specific knowledge about it. When my DD attended CNADM last year Cincinnati wasn’t there. I think the event is great for dancers looking more for Midwest schools, and smaller schools though it does seem they had more schools this year including Rutgers, Cincinnati, etc. My DD ended up focusing her auditions at east coast schools so didn’t end up visiting the ones she was accepted into at CNADM.