Video Applications

Ballet

Start with a still shot, standing facing the camera in 1st position, arms in bras bas. Then dégagé to 2nd position a terre, arms to 2nd position, hold for a moment, then close back to 1st position and repeat with the other leg.

Barre

• Pliés – 2 positions only
• Tendu, glissé and grand battement together

Centre

• Pirouette exercise – 32 counts only
• Adage – Please learn the adage sequence provided below
• Petit Allegro – 16 counts only
• Grand Allegro – 16 counts only

If you have selected classical ballet in your application, please also perform a ballet solo.

The solo should demonstrate performance, artistry, musicality and physicality within your classical technique. This can be a piece of ballet repertoire or your own choreography. The solo must be performed en pointe by female applicants; practice skirts or tutus may be worn. Solos should be no more than 2 minutes in length.

Contemporary Dance

Please learn the dance sequence. Applicants who have selected contemporary must show a contemporary solo.

The solo is an opportunity for you to creatively show your natural movement style. It should include the use of weight, gravity and moving in and out the floor with physical freedom. This is not a choreographic assessment and can therefore be created collaboratively.

Solos should be no more than 2 minutes in length.

Jazz & Commercial Dance

Please learn the jazz sequence shown below and demonstrate the following:

• Forward leap
• Floor work – Splits on each side, stretch body forward with legs stretched to side

In addition, applicants who have selected jazz must show a jazz solo that demonstrates performance quality and versatility showing the style of jazz dance in which you feel the most confident. It may include any of the following genres: hip hop/street, commercial, lyrical or musical theatre jazz. Solos should be no more than 2 minutes in length.

Musical Theatre

Song: Present 2 contrasting musical theatre songs (from any era). The songs should be 2 minutes in length and demonstrate your vocal and acting ability.

Monologue: Please present 2 contrasting monologues in your own accent. One contemporary monologue no longer than 1.5 minutes chosen from a full-length stage play (not from a musical), written any time after 1985.  A second contrasting classical monologue no longer than 1.5 minutes male or female, from any Shakespeare play.