Having committed to a professional career in the arts, regardless of your choice of discipline, you are an ambitious and determined character.
When it comes to choosing a career as a professional dancer and performer, you need to have a proverbial tough skin and be able to take rejection again and again before landing that breakthrough job.
So, whether you have been auditioning for a while, or else you have just finished your dance training at dance schools in singapore and are about to go out ‘in the world’, then continue reading for a comprehensive guide to auditioning for professional dance shows.
1. Prepare Your Outfit Well in Advance
The audition panel are going to naturally be far more interested in your interpretation of the dance steps and how you feel and react to the music, but what you wear for a dance audition is far more important than just aesthetic appearance.
The dance attire must fit properly, be clean and pressed and when it comes to make-up, job-dependent, of course, it would be strongly advised to own a basic store of theatrical makeup supplies which you keep in your dance case for when you need them.
2. Always Ask Questions in Feedback Sessions
Even if you are told that, on this occasion, you have either been unsuccessful after many callbacks or else have simply not been selected to move on to the next stage, it is important to engage and commit to the feedback session after the audition.
Not only will this make the audition panel see that you are an affable person who is not arrogant enough to assume they know everything, but it will also help you in your next audition to work on the negative points they bring up surrounding your performance.
3. Always Be Early to the Audition
Even though this next point seems, upon first glance, pretty obvious, saying you should be early for an audition does not mean by five minutes or so.
Ideally, if you are travelling to a location for the dance audition which you have never been to before, you should allow around an hour to assess exactly where you need to be, warm up your body, and feel calm and prepared.
4. Be Nice to Everyone
First impressions, whether you like it or not, really do count, especially when you are deliberately and knowingly walking into a situation to be judged.
There are many ways to ensure you make a good first impression before you even start to dance, including the following:
- Make eye contact with everyone in the room in a natural and friendly way
- Be as open as you can and never give one word or closed answers to any of the questions you are asked
- Show empathy
- Smile often but naturally
- Show confidence, even if inside you don’t feel particularly confident at all
- Project the type of person who you would feel drawn to in both a personal and a professional situation
