<p>There are threads about schools with strong dance components, but I was wondering which schools do -not- have a dance part to their audition (not non-audition schools).</p>
<p>I thought this might be helpful for other students like myself who may not have much or any dance training, but who are eager to improve on the dance aspect of MT in college.</p>
<p>Personally, I don't want to go to a school that dismisses dance as I think it's a very important part of MT, but I know I probably won't compare to other students in a dance audition who have been dancing their entire lives.</p>
<p>So! Which schools don't have dance auditions?</p>
<p>I think this topic has been discussed here at length – you might try doing a more detailed search to find it. Meanwhile – Ithaca does not require a dance audition.</p>
<p>Unless things have changed this year, which they may have, Marymount does have a dance call. I auditioned there last year on campus. The dance call, however, is VERY short (maybe 24 counts of music at most) and very easy.</p>
<p>I likely should not have posted about Marymount Manhattan, sorry. I didn’t take the time to look up the audition requirements my students had done there in the past. I only checked their site. On their site, they only mention a physical warm-up but nothing about dance. So, I don’t know if I am misleading anyone and would not want to do so. I should go back to see what my students did at MM in the past before posting. But the MM site is not mentioning an actual dance audition currently. I would check with the school therefore, as I don’t want to give out any misinformation.</p>
<p>Marymount does have a dance audition, but like music<em>is</em>life wrote it is about 24 counts and ranges from easy material to some material that will show who the seasoned dancers are. The auditors said that the dance audition is just for placement. I was accepted there for MT and have had minimal dance training, so definitely give it a shot! They spoke very positively about wanting to turn their students who have not had much dance training into dancers and that if you put in the effort they can help you get to a good level.</p>
<p>My D has been a competitive and performing dancer for many years. I thought she was quite talented, but she has auditioned for two programs (Western MI university - which we thought was a safety school) and Butler, and she was declined at both - not academically, (she was accepted to the honors programs at both)but for the dance portion. I don’t know if I should put her through any more dance auditions. any advice?</p>
<p>A353178, it appears that your post is about dance programs and you have posted in the musical theater major forum. If I am correct in my assumption, you may want to post in the dance major forum where you will get responses from other dance major students and their parents. See [Dance</a> Major - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dance-major/]Dance”>Dance Major - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, any audition based BFA program, whether it be dance or MT, is going to be extremely competitive for admissions. Admissions are very subjective which is why must students apply to multiple programs, fully expecting that there will be rejections as well as hopefully some acceptances. If your daughter has a passion to be a dance major at a BFA audition based program and has the years of study and involvement necessary to be competitive, I wouldn’t let a couple of objections dissuade her. She should keep applying and auditioning. If, however, she does not have the resiliency to handle rejection, then a BFA program may not be for her; rejection is a typical part of performing arts life and after graduation, if she intends to try to make a career of dance, a dancer’s life is filled with more auditions and often rejections.</p>
<p>Two sentences really jumped out at me in your post. First of all, ANY school that has an audition cannot be considered a safety school. As MNK mentioned, it is not uncommon to receive a rejection at an audition; it is unfortunately part of the process.<br>
Second – you said “I don’t know if I should put her through any more dance auditions.” If YOU are encouraging her to audition for dance programs, and she is not fully committed to the idea herself, I would agree with you – no more auditions. It takes 100% passion and commitment to be successful in the performing arts. If, however, SHE is the one who wants to pursue this career, go for it.</p>
<p>My D was a competitive dancer in HS, but she experienced very wide range of dance auditions last year for BFA MT. Some schools used a typical intermediate broadway jazz routine, but a couple schools had very difficult dance auditions. One, in particular, apparently used an afro-jazz dance with very difficult rythyms that my D even found difficult. She said that the “non-dancers” in her audition group were in tears after the dance portion. (she was accepted to that school, but turned it down!) So, be warned - dance auditions vary widely in difficulty. </p>
<p>Her non-dance auditions - Otterbein (at Unifieds), Webster (at Unifieds) and American (BA)</p>
<p>I just noticed the January comment by Jacksdad. Penn State did have a dance call at the LA Unifieds last year. Singing and acting was first, with a call-back by invitation for the dance portion. This may be a new thing. I believe that if you do not get a dance call-back, you will probably not be accepted.</p>