What is the open audition day like?

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On the open audition day, please wear comfy clothes that you can dance in and wear with trainers or dance shoes if you have any. Do remember a water bottle too! Arrive at the registration at the time you’ve been allocated and bring along your registration form that’s been signed by your headteacher, if you haven’t already returned it.
Rebecca, our production supervisor, will be on hand to sign you in. She will have your your details from your online application. Give her your full name and she will check you in and give you a sticker with a number on. Make sure you stick this to the clothing that you will be dancing in, rather than a sweatshirt that you will probably take off. Remember what your number is, just incase your sticker falls off during the day, as this is how we can double check your details.
You’ll need to wait until everyone has signed in and then you’ll all move into the audition room with the choreographer.
We ask all parents or guardians to stay in the building, just incase your child needs you. Although we can’t give you exact timings in advance, we will know more on the day and will keep you updated.

Our professional choreographer will teach all the dancers a routine and there will be plenty of time to ask questions, practise moves and rehearse it until everyone is happy. We will then break up into smaller groups so that everyone will have use of the space and to give you time to go over it again.
If ,at any point, you’re not sure of anything please just ask or if you’re feeling unhappy at any time, just let us know. We want everyone to have a fun time and to be happy and enjoying themselves.
We will be looking to cast around 16 performers (plus 8 for the reserves team), depending on the show. Once you have performed your rehearsed piece for Rebecca and the choreographer, we will have to reduce the number of auditionees.

Once we have made the group smaller, we will then start thinking about casting the teams. We cast for three teams, a Blue, a Red and a Reserve team.
There are many factors that we have to think about when casting, so please don’t get disheartened if you don’t get cast this year, it could be for several reasons, so please do come back next year!

What is the open audition day like?

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