Audition Date: Saturday, September 23, 2023
Location: The Dance School (2821 Rockefeller Ave, Everett, WA 98201)
Audition Fee:
- $50 for dancers ages 3-6
- $100 for dancers ages 7+
*Audition fees cover rehearsals, costume rental/cleaning, venue, staffing fees.
*Students on financial scholarship can recieve 50% off audition fee. To apply for scholarship visit our scholarship page.
*What to prepare for the audition: Dancer’s should prepare a 15-30 second “Free dance” this would be some of their favorite dance moves or stylized choreography to share with the judges.
Audition Times:
1:00pm-1:45pm – Dancers ages 3-6
Roles Auditioning for (may include but not limited to):
Sample audition schedule for this age group:
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- 1:00pm-1:05pm – Introduction/Welcome
- 1:05pm-1:10pm – Warm Up/Stretch
- 1:10pm-1:25pm – Learn the audition combination/routine
- 1:25pm-1:45pm – Perform the routine in small groups in front of the judges
- 1:45pm – audition ends
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2:00pm-3:00pm – Dancers ages 7-10 (All Styles of dance + Ballet Levels 1-3)
Roles Auditioning for (may include but not limited to):
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- Party Scene: Children’s Gallop
- Soldiers
- Green Tea
- Truffles
- Sugar Cookies
- Clara (Specialty Role)
- Lead Mouse (Specialty Role)
- Lead Angel (Specialty Role)
Sample audition schedule for this age group:
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- 2:00pm-1:05pm – Introduction/Welcome
- 2:05pm-2:15pm – Warm Up/Stretch
- 2:15pm-2:25pm – Across the Floors Technique
- 2:25pm-2:40pm Learn the audition combination/routine
- 2:40pm-2:55pm – Perform the routine in small groups in front of the judges
- 3:00pm – audition ends
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3:15pm-4:15pm- Dancers ages 11+ (All Styles of dance + Ballet Levels 1-3)
Roles Auditioning for (may include but not limited to):
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- Soldiers
- Hot Chocolate
- Lemon Drops
- Coffee (Duet)
- Gingerbread
- Waltz of the Flowers
- Rat King (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- The Nutcracker (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Drosselmeyer (Specialty Role)
- Dream Clara (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Doll (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Mother Ginger (Specialty Role)
Sample audition schedule for this age group:
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- 3:15pm-1:20pm – Introduction/Welcome
- 3:20pm-3:30pm – Warm Up/Stretch
- 3:30pm-3:45pm – Across the Floors Technique
- 3:45pm-3:55pm Learn the audition combination/routine
- 3:55pm-4:15pm – Perform the routine in small groups in front of the judges
- 4:15pm – audition ends
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4:30pm-6:00pm – Dancers in Ballet 4/5 + Pointe Audition (Flat shoe 4:30-5:30, Pointe 5:30-6:00)
Roles Auditioning for (may include but not limited to):
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- Waltz of the Snowflakes
- Waltz of the Flowers
- Coffee (Duet)
- Marzipan
- Lemon Drops
- Hot Chocolate
- Gingerbread
- Drosselmeyer (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Dream Clara (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Doll (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Rat King (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- The Nutcracker (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Snow Queen (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Sugar Plum Fairy (Specialty Role/Soloist)
- Mother Ginger (Specialty Role)
- Rose Queen (Specialty Role)
Sample audition schedule for this level:
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- 4:30pm-4:35pm – Introduction/Welcome
- 4:35pm-4:45pm – Warm Up/Stretch
- 4:45pm-5:00pm – Across the Floors Technique
- 5:00pm-5:15pm Learn the audition combination/routine
- 5:15pm-5:30- Perform the routine in small groups in front of the judges
- 5:30pm – audition level 4/5 ends
- 5:30pm-5:40pm – Pointe warmup/barre
- 5:40pm-6:00pm – Pointe technique across the floor and center floor
- 6:00pm – Audition Ends