Passagio Serenata

Thank you for your interest in SundanceX.

SundanceX conducts ongoing and individual auditions for dancers throughout the year. We are looking for dancers that are open-minded, creative and professional with a strong classical technique, excellent partnering skills and experience in classical ballet as well as contemporary/neoclassical ballet. Rehearsal pay + honorarium for performances is available.

To audition, fully vaccinated applicants please send via email:

Resume with personal stats including: name, contact info, age, height, weight, hair color, training, professional experience, citizenship status. Proof of vaccinations is required.
Headshots, Dance Photos: 3 or more (full-length body) classical & contemporary photos, including action shots (no outdoor poses).
Audition video link on Vimeo or Youtube, with classical and contemporary/neoclassical variations (unedited/no quick cuts, full-length body view only), and brief ballet class work (females en pointe).* Please do NOT submit video with one piece of music playing while showing a selection of various dance performances. Musicality is critically important.
Please make sure that your materials are up to date and reflect your current state of fitness.
Dancers residing in the Greater Boston/Southern NH area will be better able to work with SundanceX, as well as having an open schedule allowing attendance to all rehearsals. Transportation will not be provided for dancers living outside of the described area.

Communication is critically important.

For further information: email: SundanceX@iCloud.com.

Dancers under consideration will be asked to attend a company class. Foreign dancers must have an O-1 visa to be considered. All candidates must be fully vaccinated with proof of vaccinations.

* Audition Video Details (Please have any accompaniment with classical music only.) Prefer under 5 minutes if possible.

As is the international standard, please have variations at the start of your video, then class. Camera angle is important, preferably en face, approximately at a standing eye level. No fancy camera work or quick editing please. Musicality is critically important, so musical accompaniment is strongly preferred. Please use the music the various dances are choreographed with. Videos with only one selection of music dubbed to accompany different dances shown will not be considered.

Variations:

Classical: a solo or classical variation (Petipa, Balanchine, et al). Women must be en pointe. One or two minutes in length.
Contemporary: original choreography or modern. One or two minutes in length. No pop tunes, rock songs, &/or vocal music please.

Barre – Grand plié in 2nd and 5th positions

Tendu from 5th, en croix two in each direction
Développé en avant, à la seconde and arabesque
Grand battement en croix

Center – (En Pointe for ladies)

Short waltz

Glissade, développé into effacé, glissade, développé into écarté devant (repeat left), balancé right, left, tombé pas de bourrée to 4th, pirouette finishing sous-sous 5th position (example).

Adagio - must include grands poses and a tour lent/promenade in either à la seconde or arabesque.
Pirouettes en dedan & en dehor, from 5th or 4th.
Petite allegro including: Glissade, jeté, temps levé, assemblé, 3 brisés, royale, Jeté and assemblé with beats
Grand Allegro including tour jetés, grand jeté, sissone, etc.

Women only (en pointe)

Échappés en croix (en face) and add passé/retiré
Échappés en croix (effacé) and add passé/retiré
Piqué turns en dedan & en dehor with chainés, fouétté turns, en diagonale

Men only

Four entrechat quatre or four entrechat six
multiple pirouettes, from 5th, 4th; grand pirouettes in 2nd
Saut de basque, single or double
Double tour en l’air

Clothing Requirement

Please wear a unitard, or tights and tight fitting top, or leotard that clearly enables the viewer to observe your technique
Do NOT wear skirts, loose fitting tee-shirts, leg warmers, or costumes (performance videos with romantic tutus not acceptable), or body concealing attire.
Please wear clothing that contrasts with the filming environment so you can be seen clearly, and stand out from the background

Filming Recommendations.

Audition Video: link on vimeo or youtube, or submit to Dropbox with request.

Please position the camera in front of the applicant to show full height and breadth in pliés and ports de bras; position the camera halfway between front and side for all other sections of the barre to show full range of movements. Position camera for center work to see the entire studio or stage from downstage center.

It is to your benefit to create the best possible conditions for filming. Videos with poor filming conditions are a waste of time, & will not be considered.
Music in the video should be of high quality.
Be aware of the space in which you are filming; the space should have minimal distractions to be reviewed.
Videotapes should have adequate lighting.
Dancer must be clearly visible within the frame for the duration of the recording (Remain in the camera frame at all times).
Review your video before submitting to check for playback quality. Edit out anyone recording themselves while adjusting the camera.
Professionally recorded video is not required. Please do not include quick or frequent edits. Dancer should be seen completing a full dance phrase &/or variation. Full-length view of the dancer’s body at all times. Do NOT crop or cut out parts of the body while recording video. NO close-up of body parts please.
If you are submitting a video of you dancing with a group, please indicate which dancer you are.
It is not necessary to see other dancers perform before you appear, particularly in a section in which you are featured.

Unacceptable Videos include:

Videos older than two years.
Videos that are not representative of you at your current level of fitness. Inaccurate or false, misleading videos will reflect negatively.
Heavily edited video or a video that has one piece of music overlaid over various dance highlights will be ignored. Dancer’s musicality is critical.
Performance videos in which your face, feet, & body are not clearly visible. Blurry, fuzzy, unfocused shots are useless.

Thanks very much.

SundanceX is a member of Boston Dance Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization. Contributions in support of SundanceX are greatly appreciated, and may be made to Boston Dance Alliance, Inc. (click link), earmarked for "BDA artist approved project named SundanceX". All contributions are fully deductible to the extent of the law.