Inside the Audition: At Isaac Hernández’s Despertares Impulsa, Mexico’s Young Dancers Try for the Royal Ballet School

by | Aug 23, 2022

A young female dancer, shown hips-up, stands sideways at the barre onstage for an audition. She wears a black camisole leotard and pink ballet tights, and her dark hair is slicked back into a low bun with a middle part. She extends her left arm in allongé out from the barre, looking out past her fingertips with a slight smile, eyebrows raised gently in concentration. She wears a paper number safety-pinned to the front of her leotard. Two other girls, dressed similarly, and a young male dancer in a white t-shirt, black tights, and white socks,complete the same motion in the background.