Students must be accepted to the dance division through an audition process. Applicants will participate in a master class which will include a ballet barre, adagio and petit allegro; modern center, traveling and elevation.  The purpose of the audition class is to demonstrate the applicant’s technical ability in a variety of dance styles and his/her ability to take direction.

In addition, each applicant will be asked to perform a short solo dance, not to exceed two minutes in either ballet or modern dance style.  The solo may be from the classic or contemporary repertoire or be an original work composed by the student or a teacher. The purpose of this solo dance is to demonstrate the applicant’s performing skill.  Each candidate is advised to provide an I-Pod  or CD recording of musical accompaniment.

Applicants are to wear appropriate dance attire for the audition.  Please DO NOT wear leg warmers or jewelry.  Men:  tights, ballet shoes, leotards or t-shirts and no head wear (bandanas, etc).  Women:  wear leotard, tights, ballet shoes.  Hair should be pulled back and neat (no ponytails).  For the modern dance section applicants must be barefoot

Criteria For Acceptance

Talent and potential as a performer. The faculty is most interested in those students who show strong performing abilities.
Level and quality of training. Although the purpose of The New World School of the Arts is to train dancers, we are not equipped to deal with the totally inexperienced student.
Musicality

Specifications for Videotape for Out-of-Town Applicants

Videotape must be VHS cassette, recorded at standard play (2-hour) speed.  Other formats will not be judged.  Black and white or color are equally acceptable.  Musical accompaniment is preferable.  Music must be on the videotape.

Make sure that the sound can be heard clearly.  The performance space should be large enough so that the performer’s movements are not constrained.  The camera should be placed sufficiently close to the performer so that positioning and movement of all parts of the body are clearly visible.  The camera should frame the entire body at all times.

The camera should remain in one location during filming and the work should be shot straight on.  However, if the performance space is large, the camera may pan to keep the performer in view.  Zooms are permitted, but only if the full body is kept in view.

The audition should be introduced in the following manner: “My name is …; the first part of my take is…”  The videotape should contain the following types of performance: 

I. Technique (approximately two minutes) Brief demonstration of technical     ability in either ballet, modern or jazz dance styles.  Applicants are urged to enter in their strongest category.  The minimum amount of experience should be several years of concentrated study.

1. Ballet Center floor-Grand Adagio, including steps such as grands pliés, développés, promenades and pirouettes.  Through space – Petit Allegro, including such steps as pas de bourré, entrechats – quatre, sissonnes, glissades, pas de chats, brisés; Grand Allegro, including such steps as grand jetés, grand jetés entrechats (men should include double tours en L’air and entrechats-six).
2. Jazz In place – total body movement at all spatial levels demonstrating rhythm, musical phrasing and body isolation.  Through space – combinations demonstrating weight shifts, locomotion, elevation, turns and syncopation at slow and fast tempos.
3. Modern In place – total body movement at all spatial levels demonstrating balance, extension, use of torso, isolations and control of off-center movement.  Through space – combinations demonstrating turns, falls and elevations at slow and fast tempos.

II. Performance (approximately two to four minutes)
A short solo, dance, not to exceed four minutes, in either ballet, modern or jazz  dance style.  The solo may be from the classic or contemporary repertoire or be an original work composed by the student or a teacher.

Please send video tapes to: 
New World School of the Arts, Student Services,
300 NE 2 Avenue, Miami, FL 33132

Audition Dates and Locations

Friday, December 11th, 2009
February 12, 2010
April 16, 2010
 

All auditions begin at 8:30AM.