Auditions

1. Click on the Application Button below and complete the application indicating your preferred audition date and dance degree program.
2. You will receive a Confirmation of Registration email within one week of completing your application. The email will include any necessary additional information about the audition.
3. Apply to Southeast Missouri State University. The dance program is unable to make any scholarship awards until students have been formally admitted to the university.

1. Arrive at least 30 minutes before the audition to sign-in, change, and warm up.
2. Bring the following materials to the audition:
   • 5”x7” photograph with your name on the back. This does not need to be a formal headshot. The photo is used as a reference for the faculty when reviewing applicants.
   • A dance résumé
3. Prepare a 90 second solo in the dance form of your choice. The solo can feature the choreography of the applicant or another choreographer and should highlight the dancer’s technical strengths and performance ability.
4. Bring music for your solo (ie: iPod, iPhone, MP3 player with a CD as a backup). Remove your passcode from your phone before the audition.
5. Attire Requirements:
   • Women: solid-colored leotard, pink or black tights, ballet and jazz shoes. If you are comfortable en pointe, please bring your shoes should you be requested to wear them.
   • Men: solid-colored tank top or leotard, black tights/bike shorts, ballet and jazz shoes
6. No loose-fitting warm-ups, skirts or jewelry. Hair must be secured away from face and neck.
7. Auditions occur at the Holland College of Arts and Media
   518 S. Fountain
   Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

An in-person audition is preferred but should a student not be able to attend any of the scheduled auditions, he/she may email the Coordinator of Dance, Hilary Peterson (hpeterson@semo.edu) to request either an alternate on-campus audition date or submission of a video audition.

Video Submission Guidelines:

1. Complete the Audition Application selecting “Other” from the list of audition dates.
2. Submit audition video via email to Hilary Peterson, Coordinator of Dance
3. The audition must be submitted via a link to YouTube, Dropbox, Vimeo etc.
4. Attach a dance resume and 5x7 photograph to the email
5. Video must include the following:
   1. Brief introduction stating your name and your interest in The Conservatory Dance Program
   2. Short Ballet Barre: pliés, battement tendu/dégagé, ronde de jambe, frappé, grande battement
   3. Ballet Center Work: tendu with port de bras, adagio, waltz combination with pirouettes, petite allégro and grand allégro
   4. Pointe work (if applicable)
   5. One phrase (at least 16 counts) of modern dance material
   6. One phrase (at least 16 counts) of jazz dance material
   7. Choreographed solo 90 seconds in length
6. NO STAGE PERFORMANCE VIDEOS WILL BE ACCEPTED
7. Your recorded audition MUST include all three technique styles; ballet, modern and jazz
8. Dancers must wear the same dance attire throughout the video
9. Video audition submissions must be received by March 1 for scholarship consideration
10. It is not always possible for faculty to render an admissions decision from a recording. You may be requested to visit campus for subsequent activities such as an interview or class with our faculty.