<p>I'm really interested in joining a jazz or hip hop group (or maybe both). I know there are a lot of groups, but in general when are auditions and what are they like? Are you taught a routine that you then have to perform or do you have to come in with your own routine? If anyone can answer for specific groups that would be helpful too.</p>
<p>augh i just wrote a long response and now it got deleted. blah.</p>
<p>First of all, every performance group will take up at the VERY least 6 hours per week of rehearsal. This doesn't include performances, meetings, dress rehearsals, choreography (if you choose to), etc. It's a huge time commitment and I don't recommended doing more than one unless you are sure you can sacrifice the time and energy to groups. Take it from my personal frosh experience. </p>
<p>All dance auditions are similar, whether for a college dance group or a professional one. </p>
<ol>
<li>huge group warmup -- not judged</li>
<li>huge group choreo learning -- not judged</li>
<li>small group "performance" -- judged</li>
<li>small group freestyle "performance" -- judged</li>
</ol>
<h1>3 and #4 will be undoubtedly recorded on video.</h1>
<h1>4 can either be a routine you made up or a spontaneous freestyle vibing.</h1>
<p>It's generally a good time and will take about 3-4 hours of your time. </p>
<p>After this general audition, you may or may not be contacted for callbacks, where you will basically do the same thing, only this time individually or maybe in a pair. This is generally when the freestyle or original routine will count for more because you'll get more attention and can really show off what sets you apart. </p>
<p>Good luck, and have fun!</p>
<p>just for the record, i know several girls who did more than one dance group. i about 3 that did urban styles and were stanford dollies and did another group.</p>
<p>i'm sure their schedule was packed though</p>
<p>here are the sites for stanford student dance groups <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/dance/groups/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/dept/dance/groups/</a></p>
<p>dollies don't audition til winter quarter or after i think</p>
<p>I think I know of the girls you are referring to. Urban Styles is where a lot of Stanford dollies go after finishing their time as dollies. You can definitely do more than one, but you will mostly likely find it more difficult to choreograph within a group because your time will be split.</p>
<p>Sorry, that's what I meant to say! I don't like halfassing participation in my groups, so not being able to choreograph bothered me. If you don't plan on really taking a leadership role or choreographing, though, joining more than one group will be fine. :)</p>
<p>Dollies audition in Spring quarter, I believe.</p>