Guest pointequeen Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 At what age should you audition for a company? I heard that companies like it when students audition earlier but why? Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted November 25, 2002 Administrators Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 Erin, there is no specific age when one "should" audition. It's more important that you are company ready when you audition, or at least ready for a trainee or apprentice position. Most companies rarely look at anyone who has not at least graduated from high school. Link to comment
Guest dance4life87 Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 what happenes if you audition one year and you dont get in... can you audition for the same place the next year or do they not allow you to audition twice? Link to comment
CalMia Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 you can auditoin for companies as many times as you want. Most definately you should audition the following year, if you don't get a contract the first time, you have an entire year to improve, and try again. I know several dancers who auditioned on year, and didn't get a job, so they auditioned again the next year, and then got it. Merde!! Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted November 25, 2002 Administrators Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 Yes, you certainly can audition again for the same company. And you can audition for lots of companies, if you can get to their auditions! Be prepared to do some traveling, or to stay in NY for a while during audition season. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 Sometimes not getting into a company has relatively little to do with how good you are. Some friends who are auditioners for their companies tell me they have awful agonies over turning down perfectly good dancers they would hire in a moment, if they weren't thinking of one particular type, or role they were hiring for. Sometimes, only one slot is available, and if that gets filled, they have to finish the audition process on the chance that somebody better will show up, but as you can see, it may have very little with how good a dancer you are at one go of auditions. Link to comment
Guest dance4life87 Posted November 27, 2002 Report Share Posted November 27, 2002 well i didnt know that when you audition for a company it is to get a certain role in the company. I thought that when you were in a company throughout the years it would change around and you'd do different parts for different ballets and stuff. Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted November 27, 2002 Administrators Report Share Posted November 27, 2002 No, that is not quite what Mr. Johnson meant. Dancers are hired to do many parts in a ballet company. What he meant, I believe, is that sometimes there is only one position open, and the dancer they are looking for must be somewhat like the dancer who left, especially in size and perhaps type of dancer, in order to be able to step into those parts in the repertoire. This would apply particularly to smaller companies, more so than companies with a large corps de ballet. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted November 27, 2002 Report Share Posted November 27, 2002 That's what I meant, all right, and you see it happen a lot with companies with fewer than 30 dancers! And there are a lot of those around today! Link to comment
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