All students auditioning for the Performing Arts program at Elon University must also submit a separate university admissions application by the final application deadline of January 10, 2010.
All students wishing to major in Music Theatre, Acting or Dance must be accepted to the program through departmental auditions and interviews. The same audition/interview can also qualify Music Theatre and Acting students for consideration for a department scholarship. Students wishing to enroll in the Theatrical Design & Production Program must complete an interview/portfolio review. No audition is required for the B.A. in Theatre Studies major or for a minor in Theatre Arts or Dance.
Auditions and interviews are conducted in the Elon University Center for the Arts on the dates listed below. There is a required information session on each audition date.
(All auditions are held on Fridays)
*You do not have to be admitted to the university to audition on these dates.*
BFA in Music Theatre:
October 30
November 6
November 20
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 12
BFA in Acting:
October 9
October 30
November 20
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 12
BFA in Dance:
October 23
November 13
November 20
February 12
February 26
March 5
Interview/Portfolio Review for BA in Theatrical Design and Production:
October 9
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 12
Please send your application at least two weeks prior to your desired date. We cannot guarantee an audition spot if we have not received your audition form at least 14 days prior to your requested date. Your exact audition time and accompanist rehearsal schedule will be confirmed one week prior to your audition date. If you have specific scheduling needs, please notify the auditions coordinator. Your requests will be accommodated as best we can within the schedule and in the order received.
* There are NO auditions by mail for domestic students. International applicants must make arrangements for submitting a videotape of their audition by contacting the Auditions Coordinator at (336) 278-5600 or via e-mail – krippy@elon.edu.
Please plan on spending the entire day with us. A typical audition day might look like this:
- Please check in at the Center for the Arts front office at 9 a.m.
- Observe classes
- Rehearsals with accompanists begin in the morning and are scheduled throughout the day (Music Theatre only)
- Information Sessions in each area (Required)
- Auditions begin in each area
- Attend a performance on applicable weekends
To request forms or get more information about the audition process, contact Kimberly Rippy, auditions coordinator, (336) 278-5600.
Please see below for information about auditions
and interviews for each program:
• The Audition: Applicants should prepare two selections from the standard Broadway repertoire, a ballad that shows a sustained legato line and an “up tempo” number. Each selection should be no more than 32 bars in length. Additionally, auditionees perform a one-minute comic or dramatic monologue from a contemporary play. The entire audition must be memorized.
• An accompanist is provided. No taped accompaniments allowed.
• All applicants participate in a Dance Audition (warm-up across the floor and combination). The audition is used to assess dance class placement as well as potential. Auditionees should wear standard dance attire or clothing that allows for ease of movement (close-fitting sweat pants and tops that do not obscure the body). Please bring dance shoes (including tap shoes if you tap) but also be prepared to dance barefoot. Dancers with prior training may be asked for additional demonstration of skills at the end of the general class. Prior dance training, while desirable is not a requirement for acceptance to the Music Theatre Program.
• Please bring additional resume and photograph to leave with the audition team.
• Prepare two contrasting monologues.
• Do not use dialect in either piece.
• Try to find variety in your selections (one serious, one comic, for example).
• One selection may be classical, but that is not required.
• Only attempt classical material if it is one of your strengths.
• Each monologue should be no more that two minutes in length.
• Choose pieces which demonstrate your abilities at their best, and allow us to get to know you as a performer.
• Your monologues must be memorized.
• Partnered scenes are not allowed.
• The interview provides an opportunity to discuss your experience and career goals with our faculty.
• Your experience is best shown through a portfolio (this can include photos, programs, technical drawings, reviews, etc.) and a resume.
• Other artwork (drawings, paintings, photography) may also be presented.
• Your materials may be presented in traditional portfolio (paper form), on computer disk or traditional slides (please pre-load slides into a carousel). Please indicate which format you will present on your application to insure appropriate equipment is provided.
• Those without formal portfolios should prepare to discuss their experience with the faculty.
• You will be expected to take a 50-minute technique class led by two of our professors. The class will include the following: ballet barre, ballet center, modern center, and traveling combinations in ballet and modern.
• Following the technique class, you will present a short dance (no longer than two minutes in length) which demonstrates your technique, musicality, phrasing and creativity in dance. This may be ballet, modern or jazz. The choreography may be your own or someone else's. A cd/tape player will be provided for your audition. If you wish to bring your own accompanist, a piano is provided. Professional dance attire is expected (leotards, tights, ballet slippers, etc.)
Immediately following your individual presentation, you will have a short interview with the faculty.
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