Audition Information

The dance major auditions for high school seniors will be held on Monday, October 8, 2007 and Monday, November 12, 2007 in the Dance Department, which is located in the College Center at Crozier-Williams. Parents are invited and encouraged to attend the information and the wrap-up sessions with prospective students. The schedule is as follows:

Dress for class. The student should wear tightly fitted dancewear, ballet slippers, and also be prepared to dance barefoot. The restrooms on the second floor may be used for changing.

Warm up on your own in the 2nd Floor Studio or the 3rd floor Dance Lounge in the College Center.

Information session will be held by a member of the faculty in the 3rd floor Dance Lounge.

Audition class – ballet barre and center, a modern traveling phrase and a short improvisation in the 3rd floor Myers Studio.

Presentation of solo pieces in the Second Floor Studio. Please prepare a short piece, or part of a piece, 1 1/2-2 minutes long in any style you like. It can be either your own composition or someone else's choreography. A cassette and CD player will be provided for your use.

Immediately following the showing of solos, the faculty will be available to answer any questions.

Please call us at 860-439-2830 or email dance@conncoll.edu to schedule an audition and to receive more information.

If you need to stay overnight, the following hotels are in close proximity to the campus: Holiday Inn at I-95 and Frontage Road, 860-442-0631 or 800-465-4329 and Spring Hill Suites by Marriott on North Frontage Road, 860-439-0151 or 800-228-2800. Driving directions are available on our Directions Page.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call the Dance Department. We look forward to meeting you.

Cordially,

David Dorfman
William Meredith Associate Professor of Dance

Last Modified: Friday, September 21, 2007 15:07