by Avichai Scher | Mar 7, 2019 | Audition Advice, Career, Profiles
Courtney Nitting started her first season with Kansas City Ballet last fall with the normal rituals of company life: headshots for the website, ordering her customized pointe shoes and claiming a spot at the barre. Each of these simple things was a “pinch...
by Kathleen McGuire | Feb 19, 2019 | Audition Advice, Training
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre corps member Victoria Watford recalls the first time she auditioned for the company: Even though she had attended PBT’s summer intensive several times, the Cleveland native felt completely unprepared. “I was treating it like a...
by Hannah Foster | Feb 10, 2019 | Audition Advice, Career
Let’s face it: Auditioning is expensive. Between a $100-per-night budget-hotel room, a $300 round-trip plane ticket, $40 for food per day and $25 to $40 in audition fees, you may be out hundreds of dollars for one audition—and potentially thousands before...
by Grace-Anne Powers | Feb 23, 2017 | Audition Advice
I felt shattered. Cut from the audition at barre. I was 24 years old and had been dancing professionally for eight years already. I’d been very fortunate in my career so far, and although I was no stranger to rejections, this was a first. I thought: I must not...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 23, 2017 | Ask Amy, Audition Advice
How do you “perform” at auditions without being obnoxious? —Mikayla Auditions are no place to hide or act self-consciously—but there’s a fine line between being assertive and being aggressive. Focus on keeping your movements lush without...
by Kathleen McGuire | Nov 21, 2016 | Summer Study
When Lilliana Hagerman auditioned for Orlando Ballet School’s summer intensive, she felt overwhelmingly intimidated. “The other dancers were all so beautiful,” remembers Hagerman, now a dancer with Kansas City Ballet. “I thought that if I made...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 1, 2016 | Ask Amy, Audition Advice
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Should I bother auditioning for companies where I might not “fit in”? I don’t want to miss out on a potential opportunity, but I’m also trying to be realistic. — Abby...
by Ashley Rivers | Nov 24, 2015 | Summer Study, Training
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. By the time Washington Ballet dancer Andile Ndlovu was finishing his training in South Africa, he faced a risky decision. After attending a ballet competition in 2008, he received...