Auditions are required for students interested in the following programs:

• International Summer Dance Intensive
• Post-Secondary Programs*
• Professional Training Program
• Afternoon Professional Training Program

*Applicants to the Arts Umbrella/VCC Post-Secondary Program must also apply to VCC by April 1, 2021.

Due to COVID-19, live auditions will only be available to BC residents.

Audition Dates

Sunday, February 7 2021 – REGISTRATION CLOSED*

• Pre-Elementary Program
• Half-Day Professional Training Program
• Afternoon Professional Training Program (APT)
• International Summer Dance Intensive (ISDI)

*Please note that the February auditions are at capacity. If you wish to continue for the above programs, please register for the April dates.

Monday, February 15 2021 (Family Day)*

• Post-Secondary Programs
• International Summer Dance Intensive (Post-Secondary Level)

*Please note that candidates attending the auditions scheduled for February 15^th must be graduating/graduated high school and at the Post-Secondary level.

Sunday, April 18 2021

• Post-Secondary Program
• Afternoon Professional Training Program
• Pre-Elementary
• International Summer Dance Intensive (ISDI)

Due to COVID-19, all out-of-province and international applicants must submit a video audition.

Video Criteria

• Close up of face
• Three minutes of barre work (one side only), including plies, tendus and degage, adage with arabesque and attitude lines, grands battements
• Centre practice and pirouettes from fifth, second, or fourth position on both the right and left sides, en dehors and en dedans
• Allegro, including one warm-up jump, including saute, glissade, and assemble; travelling jumps, including grand jete en tournant and jete avant
• Pointe work (for girls already en pointe): echappe releve in second and fourth positions, retire releve, and diagonal pique turns
• Male dancers: tour en l’air (single or double), and batterie
• 1-2 minute solo variation in classical and contemporary
• Completed videos should not exceed 10 minutes.