All students auditioning for a program at Elon University must also submit a separate admissions application by the final application deadline of January 10.
All students wishing to major in Music Theatre, Theatre
Arts or Dance must be accepted to the program through
departmental auditions and interviews. The same
audition/interview can also qualify the student for
consideration for a department scholarship. No audition
is required 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
beginning at 1:15 p.m. on each audition date. Each
audition or interview will be approximately 10 minutes
in length.
The following dates may be used for acceptance into
the department and for scholarship consideration:
BFA in Music
Theatre, BFA in Acting and interviews for BA in
Theatrical Design and Production:
Friday, October 5 (This date is for BFA Acting
only- no music theatre auditions this date)
Friday, October 26
Friday, November 2
Friday, November 16
Friday, February 8
Friday, February 15
Friday, February 22
Friday, February 29
Friday, March 14
BFA in Dance
Audition Dates:
Friday, October 19
Friday, November 2
Friday, November 16
Friday, February 8
Friday, February 15
Friday, February 22
Friday, February 29
Friday, March 7
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.
* 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 front office at 9 a.m.
9 a.m.–noon - Check in/observe classes
10 a.m. - Rehearsals with accompanists begin and
are
scheduled
throughout the day (Music Theatre only)
1:30–1:50 p.m. – Information Sessions
in each area
(Required)
2 p.m. – Auditions begin
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 45-minute
technique class led by one of our instructors. 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,and
phrasing in dance. This may be ballet, jazz, modern,
tap, or any other style depending on your training and
experience. 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.)
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