Auditions for the 2024-2025 season.

Here are some frequently asked audition questions. Updates and reminders are posted to our Instagram page to keep everyone up to date.

 
 

How do I sign up for tryouts?

BDC will hold an interest meeting in Marrs McLean Gym Dance Room, Room 316 which you MUST attend in order to sign up for auditions. Additionally, you must fill out the audition packet provided at this mandatory interest meeting.

The Baylor Dance Company will host an OPTIONAL Open Studio the week of Tryouts. This first hour will include a warm-up with an officer, technique with the director, and a short combo with our current president. At the end the studio will open for dancers to rehearse any dance skills of their choice.


What do auditions look like?

Auditions will take place in the Marrs McLean Gym Dance Room (Room 316).

On Day 1, arrive between 5:00 PM and 5:30 PM to sign in and warm up on your own, followed by a group warm-up. BDC Vets are excused from the first round of auditions. The first round of auditions will include learning and performing a technique combination twice in small groups. A list of those moving on to the second round will be released via email. All second-round dancers will return to learn the jazz and hip hop combinations. BDC veterans will arrive with those returning to warm up, learn jazz and hip hop, and learn the technique combo.

On Day 2, all second-round dancers will arrive between 5:00 PM and 5:30 PM to warm up and review the combinations learned during the first round of tryouts. Dancers will perform jazz and hip hop twice in groups, and callbacks will follow after. Callbacks could be performing any of the combinations learned throughout tryouts.

The final team will be announced by email. A new team meeting will be held on the first day of practice at normal practice time, which is 6:15 PM in the Marrs McLean Gym Dance Room (Room 316).


What do I need to bring to auditions?

We ask that you bring a completed audition application form with a signature page, a printed headshot, and the $35 audition fee in the form of a check or exact change. Most of these forms will be handed out at the interest meeting which is why it is imperative that you be there. You should also bring the proper footwear (jazz shoes for jazz technique and sneakers for hip hop). Clothes should be all black and form-fitting, including but not limited to: sports bra, tank top, leotard, leggings, booty shorts, bike shorts, etc. Something looser for hip hop is permissible. No excessive jewelry. Have your hair pulled back away from the face. Feel free to bring water and snacks if needed, as well as anything else you may need in the audition process. Smartwatches and cell phones are not allowed in the audition room, so bring a small bag with needed items to keep in the warm-up room. Backpacks with homework/schoolwork are encouraged to bring due to downtime between callbacks!


What are the recommended skills that I should practice for BDC tryouts?

Recommended Skills:

  1. Triple Pirouette (Right and Left)

  2. Quad Pirouette (Right)

  3. Turns in Second

    • Two 8-counts of turns

    • May also include other advanced skills in turn combos such as changing spots, attitude turns, pirouettes, double turns, etc.

  4. Right and Left Leaps

  5. Center Leap

  6. Calypso

  7. Renversé

  8. Tilt Jump

  9. Tilt Kicks/Tilt Hold

  10. Kicks (Front, Side, Back, etc.)

Other Optional Skills

  1. Switch Tilt

  2. Switch Arabesque

  3. Aerial (Right or Left)

  4. Leg Turn (Right or Left)