Dance Auditions

An audition is required for all dance majors.

Applicants who want to pursue a dance minor are encouraged to audition to be considered for a performing arts scholarship.

Requirements

  • Submit the appropriate application: First-time students | Transfer students
  • Auditions are required before applicant notification, as Nazareth accepts students directly to our programs. If you are applying to another major and auditioning for Dance, you may receive notification earlier.
  • Schedule your audition
    • Timing: Auditions are held from fall to spring. All audition dates will close two weeks prior, so please register early.
    • Format: In-person, with a virtual option if you cannot be at one of our in-person dates. For a virtual option, email Amanda Brady, abrady8@naz.edu.
  • Upload any relevant materials to your Admissions Dashboard

Schedule Your Audition

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After registering, you will need to provide a dance resume and photo. These should be uploaded through your Admissions Dashboard.

Virtual audition

Nazareth will coordinate with you a recorded audition. You will submit your recordings through your Admissions Dashboard using YouTube.

Please email Amanda Brady, abrady8@naz.edu, if you’d like to pursue this option.

Audition Process

Master class

Come to your audition prepared to take a master class taught by Nazareth dance faculty (ballet barre and center, across-the-floor modern combination), dressed in appropriate body-conforming dance wear. Please bring ballet shoes and wear leggings or convertible tights for going bare-foot during Modern.

Solo

After the group class, you will perform a prepared two-minute solo in the style of your choice. Please bring any appropriate dance shoes, your music (on your phone app is perfect; we have an adapter for the sound system), and a water bottle in addition to the attire above.

Tips to ace your audition

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    "Be yourself... we want you to be the person you are."

    — Heather Roffe, Nazareth University dance professor & program director

    Questions?

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    Scholarships

    Nazareth offers performing arts scholarships based on the quality of your dance audition for both dance majors and minors.