If you're applying to audition for international companies or postgraduate programs, we've got some good news for you.
Applying for an audition at an international company or post-graduate dance program has just become a little more straight-forward for candidates applying to multiple schools and/or companies. Thanks to the formation of the International Dance School Directors’ Committee to Standardise Audition Procedures (C-SAP), a set of guidelines for the pre-selection process has been created.
Known as the International Audition Pre-Selection Guidelines or IAP Guidelines, these stipulate the following for an application for pre-selection: video, CV, headshot and dance photos. Importantly, there are clear guidelines about the video component. This means that candidates will be able to make one video that will serve for all applications to endorsing companies and professional schools.
The guidelies have been endorsed by over twenty international professional ballet companies and professional schools, including:
American Ballet Theatre;
The Australian Ballet;
Ballet Arizona;
Birmingham Royal Ballet;
Boston Ballet;
Dutch National Ballet;
Finnish National Ballet;
Houston Ballet;
Miami City Ballet;
Nashville Ballet;
National Ballet of Canada;
Nevada Ballet Theatre;
Northern Ballet;
Pacific Northwest Ballet;
Queensland Ballet;
The Royal Ballet;
The Royal Danish Ballet;
Royal New Zealand Ballet;
Royal Winnipeg Ballet;
San Francisco Ballet;
Semperoper Ballet;
Washington Ballet;
Zurich Ballet
The Australian Ballet School;
Boston Ballet School;
Canada’s National Ballet School;
New Zealand School of Dance;
Palucca University of Dance Dresden;
Queensland Ballet Academy;
School of American Ballet
For more information head to www.iapguidelines.squarespace.com
Pictured: New Zealand School of Dance graduates Tirion Law (now with National Ballet of Canada) & Yuri Marques (now with Sarasota Ballet). Photo: Stephen A’Court.