Tag: audition

Be the Clear Choice

Catch the judge’s eye at your next audition! Keep your style simple but sophisticated to make the competition fade into the background.

"So You Think You Can Dance" Wants YOU!

Do you think you can dance? Let me rephrase that: Do you know you can dance? “So You Think You Can Dance,” aka America’s Favorite Dance Show, is back for its twelfth season this year—and the audition tour kicks off in two days. That’s right: In fewer than 48 hours, you could be on your […]

The Dance Coach Is in Session

(via thedancecoach.com) Ever feel like you’ve been rehearsing and rehearsing (and rehearsing) your audition solo, but you’re not sure if it’s really working yet? What you probably need is an extra set of eyes. And NYC–based choreographer and teacher Bob Rizzo (who’s also on Dance Spirit‘s advisory board) is here to help with his new […]

How'd You Like to Be a Brooklyn Nets Kid?

The Brooklyn Nets Kids performing at Barclays Center (Photo by Adam Pantozzi) Picture this: performing in a packed arena for 17,000 screaming fans, dancing alongside some of the most talented kids out there, learning from one of the top choreographers of the commercial dance industry…and getting paid to do it all. Sounds pretty surreal, huh? […]

And Australia's Next Favorite Dancer Is…Jesse Tyler Ferguson

“So You Think You Can Dance” has undergone a number of format changes over its ten seasons—some good, some bad: Adding the All-Stars? Awesome. Male and female winners? Great. No separate results show? Meh. Elimination at the beginning of the show? Awful. Elimination no longer at the beginning of the show? Phew. You’ve gotta admit, […]

The Worst Audition of My Life

Seven dancers share their biggest audition mishaps—and how they pulled through. Lockhart Brownlie onstage with Katie Perry (photo by Rex Features/Brian Rasic) Lockhart Brownlie commercial dancer I went to an audition for “True Blood” right off a plane from India. I was jetlagged and swollen and felt gross. As a guy, it’s not uncommon to […]

The 6 Toxic Girls at Every Audition

It’s summer-intensive audition season, and you’re ready to go. You’ve got your head shots, your dance shots and your resumé prepped and polished. You’re in the best physical shape of your life—you’ve been nailing your turns, and your leaps have never been higher. You’re cool, confident and totally collected. But once you get to the […]