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Being the one behind the audition table
Jun. 21st, 2014 07:58 pmNext Friday I have the audition for the Lustrum production. I have six people who enrolled and paid: four students and two dancers who I am not familiar with. The audution is paid: the participants pay 50 euros up front as a downpayment for the whole production, then pay the rest of the money if they succeed. If they do not succed or do not want to participate, their fifty euro will be returned.
This means that you have to be serious to audition, which is good. This is the first time that I am holding auditions and I am the one doing the judging so I am putting a lot of work in to get it right.
1. What am I looking for?
dancers that are technically on an intermediate level. They can perform all the basic belly dance moves, learn an intermediate choreography in e decent time span, practice by themselves, find the beat in a song and dance to it. People that work well together, that can contribute to the group process to create an end product that looks good on stage.
2. how am I assesing?
I am doing an open class of an hour that contains a warring up, drills, learning a block of choreography and doing an assignment in smaller groups. Afterwards dancers have ten minutes with me to talk over their idea, their personal goals, music that inspires them etc. I will videotape this class and maybe one of the people from Parnassos will show up to help me assess.
3. how am I giving feedback
I am putting up a feedback sheet per person, adressing the different area. I want to call the person on the phone and talk through the strong points and weak points to support my final decision (as far as I can see, I expect all dancers to pass, but with areas to work on). If they like, they can get the feedback form by email. I will also give advice for the months july/august and on practice routine. There are some hard decisions to make though, as I have a student that is not good in self reflection and thinks she is doing great while she is often on the wrong foot, her hands are too flexed and her arms go into angles that shouldn't be there. When corrected, she shrugs it off.
4. what are my goals with this production?
I want to learn how to lead a production team. For now, there will not be a storyline as the production is based on people walking in and out of our location. The focus of the classes will be on improving technique, designing your own practice routine and learning how to practice and develop your own choreography. In addition, we are learning two choreographies (yes, that is two full choreographies in 10 classes + 3 extra rehearsals. it is going to be fierce). I want to learn how to motivate and stimulate people to get better technique wise. I will also document the shit out of this project with photo and video material. Because I can.
...and if I do get pregnant, I can look back and know that I did my best to create awesome bellydancers. It will be an interesting day, Friday!
This means that you have to be serious to audition, which is good. This is the first time that I am holding auditions and I am the one doing the judging so I am putting a lot of work in to get it right.
1. What am I looking for?
dancers that are technically on an intermediate level. They can perform all the basic belly dance moves, learn an intermediate choreography in e decent time span, practice by themselves, find the beat in a song and dance to it. People that work well together, that can contribute to the group process to create an end product that looks good on stage.
2. how am I assesing?
I am doing an open class of an hour that contains a warring up, drills, learning a block of choreography and doing an assignment in smaller groups. Afterwards dancers have ten minutes with me to talk over their idea, their personal goals, music that inspires them etc. I will videotape this class and maybe one of the people from Parnassos will show up to help me assess.
3. how am I giving feedback
I am putting up a feedback sheet per person, adressing the different area. I want to call the person on the phone and talk through the strong points and weak points to support my final decision (as far as I can see, I expect all dancers to pass, but with areas to work on). If they like, they can get the feedback form by email. I will also give advice for the months july/august and on practice routine. There are some hard decisions to make though, as I have a student that is not good in self reflection and thinks she is doing great while she is often on the wrong foot, her hands are too flexed and her arms go into angles that shouldn't be there. When corrected, she shrugs it off.
4. what are my goals with this production?
I want to learn how to lead a production team. For now, there will not be a storyline as the production is based on people walking in and out of our location. The focus of the classes will be on improving technique, designing your own practice routine and learning how to practice and develop your own choreography. In addition, we are learning two choreographies (yes, that is two full choreographies in 10 classes + 3 extra rehearsals. it is going to be fierce). I want to learn how to motivate and stimulate people to get better technique wise. I will also document the shit out of this project with photo and video material. Because I can.
...and if I do get pregnant, I can look back and know that I did my best to create awesome bellydancers. It will be an interesting day, Friday!
