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Dance Auditions

Undergraduate performing arts applicants will select their audition date through their applicant portal after submitting their application. There are no prescreening requirements. All School of Dance applicants are required to complete an audition before they will receive an admissions decision. UArts hosts both on-campus and virtual audition days. View our 2023-2024 audition day schedule.

In-Person/On-Campus Auditions

What to Expect

If participating in an in-person/on-campus audition day, please prepare the following materials:

  • Headshot/portrait (this can simply be a "selfie" you print or email to your admissions counselor)
  • Résumé
  • Solo featuring the area of dance in which you are most proficient and feel most comfortable. It may be choreographed by you or someone else with a time limit of 2 minutes. Plan to share the music from a phone or other playback device.

During the workshop/audition, you will participate in a welcome from the School of Dance, a special class led by several faculty offering a variety of forms, a small group experience sharing solos, and a Q&A with current students.

Please wear comfortable attire. Sneakers should be worn for hip hop and ballet shoes are optional.

Virtual Auditions

What to Expect

If participating in a virtual audition day, you must upload the following items to your UArts applicant portal at least two weeks before your audition day.

  • Headshot/portrait (this can simply be a "selfie")
  • Résumé
  • Information form (available in your portal)
  • Solo featuring the area of dance in which you are most proficient and feel most comfortable. It may be choreographed by you or someone else with a time limit of 2 minutes. Your solo can be footage from a performance or recorded in a studio or an alternative location.

During the virtual audition, you will participate in a welcome from the School of Dance, a group audition and small-group experiences, and join a Q&A with current students.

Can’t Make an Audition Day?

 

In extenuating circumstances, students who can’t make an audition day can schedule a campus visit through Admissions on an alternative date to audition in person or submit their materials for asynchronous review. A live audition, either in person or virtual, is strongly preferred. Students participating in an asynchronous audition may still be asked to complete an individual interview via phone or Zoom once they have uploaded the following items to their UArts applicant portal:

  • Headshot/portrait (this can simply be a "selfie")
  • Résumé
  • Information form (available in your portal)
  • Video of yourself demonstrating each of the five phrases you'll find in our Instructional Dance Video for Asynchronous Review
  • Solo featuring the area of dance in which you are most proficient and feel most comfortable. It may be choreographed by you or someone else with a time limit of 2 minutes. Your solo can be footage from a performance or recorded in a studio or an alternative location.

Vimeo is the preferred platform for uploading, and we request that you use a landscape view. Before you upload your audition footage, be sure to check for sound levels, framing, focus and lighting. If you have any questions or concerns about what to include in your video, please don't hesitate to email us and we will work with you.

UArts reserves the right to re-audition any applicant admitted on the basis of a submitted audition. In such cases, the university also reserves the right to reconsider and withdraw the original offer of admission or scholarship, if necessary.

 

Questions for the School of Dance before or after an audition?

Please contact Cameron Childs - cchilds@uarts.edu, Senior Administrative Assistant for the School of Dance.