<p>I am smiling right now. It has been many, many, many years since I was a student.
I am an acting coach.</p>
<p>I am sure someone will post who has experience as a student. In fact, there is a young lady who posts rarely but is a student at Juilliard. You can use the search mode and find her posts.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you. And I do hope you get a call-back.....or even better!</p>
<p>xxx,Mary Anna</p>
<p>thanks alot! another thing i was wondering about-i really hope i didnt make it too obvious that i was working hard and rehearsing my actions in sync with my words. should i just stop rehearsing it and just act it out naturally? or should i go for it the way i've been practicing. argh now im so confused aarrrgh(if anyone cares to see my monologues please just email me) thanks again!</p>
<p>I'd be careful about rehearsing "actions." It sounds a little like you're choreographing your piece...I really don't know exactly how to respond to that, because I haven't seen your work, but in general I'm wary of planning movements exactly. </p>
<p>I'd say, just think about what you're saying, what the character's situation and experience in the moment of speaking is, and see what happens to your body. You don't want to be stiff, but I think the way to deal with that isn't to map out what you're doing with your limbs, but to just breathe and relax and center yourself in the state of the character. </p>
<p>Amadeus and Pericles are great monologue sources (we're actually about to do Pericles as our final project this year!) and I'm sure you'll do fine.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I am told that when a student auditions for The Juilliard School in drama (and perhaps in other arts areas, as well), that student knows the same day if he or she got a callback. If there is no callback that afternoon or eveningt, then the student knows that he has been denied admission. I am wondering, however: once a student has a callback, when does he or she find out whether he or she is to actually be offered admission? Does he or she have to wait weeks to months, or is the acceptance process much quicker?
Lisa</p>
<p>i believe on the website it says that u are notified about admission mid march.</p>
<p>Yes, callbacks are listed right after the morning auditions and again after the afternoon auditions. The callbacks are held the same day, after the regular auditions.</p>
<p>The website also says that after the callback, some students will be asked to stay for an interview. "Students not invited to stay for an interview may reasonably conclude that they are no longer under serious consideration for admission."</p>
<p>Those who get the callback AND the interview then have to wait till mid-March for the final answer.</p>
<p>just curious. when u say dont stress them to death,do u mean for us to just have the monologues memorized and then when we goto the audition, just let it flow out naturally? or is ok if we already have a monologue that u can probably tell has been worked on. my amadeus monologue has been worked on and even some parts i guess u could say choreographed.just enough to stand out.my pericles monologue hasnt been choreographed at all and will just flow out naturally. i just really want to get in,and i believe i have the ability,so i dont want to hold myself back by doing something possibly unfavorable. but then again,taking risks is prolly is better to do.again,ur sage advice would be greatly helpful in these last few days i have.</p>
<p>Um, it's really hard to respond to these questions in the abstract. Let me try to explain what I mean. </p>
<p>It's definitely not a bad thing to really rehearse and prepare your monologues. That's terrific, in fact. But there's a difference between preparing fully and making really set decisions about the ways you're going to move in every instant. It just confuses me that you seem to view having a monologue that you've worked on, and a monologue that "just flows naturally" as two different things. No matter how much you've worked on something, it should still flow naturally. And no matter how "natural" you're trying to be, you should still have done your work. </p>
<p>I think you're perhaps focusing on the wrong things -- I really wouldn't worry about your "movements being stiff" -- I'd worry about as fully embodying your character and situation as you can, on focusing on what Salieri (I'm guessing that's the character you're doing?) is trying to do and say, in how he changes over the course of the monologue, on what discoveries he makes. If you're really living fully and freely in a situation, it's going to be almost impossible to be stiff. </p>
<p>It's not that any thing you do is going to be "wrong" or ill advised, there isn't a right way to do a monologue or any particular thing that they're looking for. But I'm just a little confused by what seems to be your approach to preparing your pieces.</p>
<p>However, I think you should do whatever you feel like best presents your abilities and skills...that's the only thing to worry about. And if you feel like "choreography" helps with that, then go for it. </p>
<p>Have fun!</p>
<p>thanks i really do appreciate the awesome advice. i have a knack of explaining what i mean the wrong way.well,what i meant by naturally is like,i didnt rehearse movements for certain things like i did for my mozart monologue.i do understand what u mean tho,by not understanding what i meant but,but reading over my post lol i do sound kinda stupid. i just was afraid i was overworking that it sounds mechanical. i catch ur drift tho. thanks for the billionth time.ill just try my best and have fun.lol still its a little surreal for me sometimes. im calm but at the same time nervous.but anyway i think i have rambled enough.i guess maybe ill see u there!</p>
<p>Hey i had my auditions on friday. i had a great time but no callback. however it was worth the experience and i learned alot. im trying again next year. thanks everyone for all the help.it really was alotta fun</p>
<p>It's great that you had fun and enjoyed the experience, even without a callback. I know a few students who also auditioned in the past few weeks, and none of them got callbacks, either. Like you, however, they all reported that auditioning was a positive experience. Keep us posted on your other auditions and how you do, and keep a positive attitude!</p>
<p>LDE</p>
<p>Talked with my S at Juilliard (music) last weekend, and he said the campus was overflowing with drama applicants -- that there were so many that acceptance was going to be about 1%. (Don't know if that was a fact or a guess.) You have a great attitude about the process, and that alone will take you far!</p>
<p>Hey like so many of you guys who are posting i'm also going to audition for juilliard this coming year. I am a senior in high school and I have already picked out my monologues and I have been utilizing this summer to practice as much as possible. My main question was to Annabelera. If you could pinpoint what epitomizes a student at Juilliard and what the teachers are looking for in a prospective student that would be phenomenal. That would help me greatly since I've been getting a myriad of odd and misinformation from various sources on tips from getting into Juilliard.
Hope you reply
Lemomo</p>
<p>Lemomo, annabelera has not posted here on CC for close to two years so it's unlikely that she will see your post. She did not enable email notification, unfortunately. Of the students we've known who have attended Juilliard, I don't think I could pinpoint one thing that you could say epitomizes them. They were very different, and unique, individuals who were also very talented. None, though, with the exception of two, were new high school grads. I don't know how admissions have gone in the recent couple of years but prior to that, it was not the norm for 18 year olds to be in the entering class. With the very, very small acceptance rate at Juilliard, it should be looked at as a super reach for ANY student, and just one on a long list of schools at which you audition. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>For what it is worth, a girl from our high school transferred to Interlochen for her junior and senior years of high school. She auditioned and was admitted to Julliard directly from high school which I gather is highly unusual. While very talented and well trained (particularly in Shakespearean acting) , she is also incredibly beautiful with a unique and arresting face.</p>
<p>A girl from here was accepted to Juilliard drama program right out of high school 4 years ago, and just finished in May. She is not incredibly beautiful, but obviously is very talented.</p>
<p>Thanks to all of you who replied. I am aware of the minuscule amount of people who are accepted. I don't view this as a negative but rather as a positive because I truly believe they are accepting the best. So even if I am not admitted it does not bother me because I will have been blessed to even audition among some of the best in the country and that is an amazing honor in itself. Another reason I am not daunted by the small amount of people who are getting in is the fact that I am confident in my abilities and (not to use a worn out cliche) believe in myself. I appreciate all of you who have replied and hope that you all continue to do so.
Sincerely,
Lemomo</p>
<p>Lemomo - my D has a few friends (1 actor & 2 dancers) who all were accepted straight out of high school. They all had some hard to explain things in common, (besides exceptionally talented), but each of them was really unique (I will try to elaborate), and incredibly passionate about their craft. </p>
<p>When I say unique, I don't necessarily mean beautiful or 'stand out in the crowd' when walking in the street, but in a way that they almost seem different people, when they dance and/or act; it feels as if something within them comes alive. I would not say that they are introvert in real life, but there is just something about them that really comes out and shines this powerful "it" when they are on stage. </p>
<p>It appears that Julliard really looks for that factor, because we have seen some very talented, and beautiful (unique-ish) people get rejected over the years, and yet, we somehow understood, because in reality they lacked that extra something that is so hard to explain. </p>
<p>Of course it is important to remember that they only accept a very limited number of people and draw a lot of applicants, so by no means this implies that a rejection from Juiliard is a reflection of your talent.</p>
<p>MTgrlsmom thanks for the insight it was really helpful and wise. I think that you are right and I suppose they are looking for a medley of eloquence, charisma, and confidence that is shown while performing. That trio can distinguish one applicant from the next and is rare.
Thanks a lot,
Lemomo</p>
<p>Ah, the Juilliard mystique ... :) If you want to get in there straight out of h/s, it certainly seems beneficial to have attended a very good arts h/s or have otherwise already had some fairly intensive training although that is by no means a requirement. There are currently five students from my old h/s who go there in years two through four all of whom were accepted straight out. They're all very talented although not necessarily any more so than some of their classmates who went to NCSA, CMU, Purchase, Minnesota, Rutgers, et al. </p>
<p>Here's a link to this year's Juilliard</a> senior showcase to dispel any myth that there is some prototypical "Juilliard actor." To me, they just look like ... actors! :)</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>