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actor465 · 07-16-2005, 09:07 AM

So I auditioned in February for CAP 21 with the dance option. Here's my story about that:

When I visited NYU in October, I talked with the undergraduate admissions person for drama at Tisch for quite a while. When the topic turned to the audition, I asked her about the dance component. I told her that I had had three years of dance and that I wasn't sure if it would be appropriate for me to sign up for it. Since there would be a limited number of slots with the dance option, she suggested that I sign up for it just in case and that my dance teacher call her to talk about my dance level.

So I signed up for it, thinking it would be OK. My dance teacher called in December and told me that the woman said to her that I should not sign up for the dance option.

So I was in a little pickle, because the website said that everything was final or whatever. I was kind of freaking out about it, so in early February (my audition was in late February) I called Tisch Drama and asked if I could just show up for the song and monologue portion of the audition. He told me that I couldn't, and if I did that it would forfeit my audition. So he suggested that I just go in there and do the best I could, for the dance part can only help since there are so many who audition without it.

I did that. I sucked it up, and it wasn't THAT bad, but definitely very, very challenging for me. Everyone else had been training for like 10+ years. We did a lot warming up, on the floor, at the barre, and going across the floor, but it really didn't start getting too difficult until we started learning the combination. I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty lost, haha.

All in all, I didn't get into CAP 21 but was placed into the Stella Adler studio at Tisch. I decided not to go there, for that wasn't really what I wanted. Instead I'm going to Ithaca in the fall where, ironically, there was no dance portion at the audition.

My honest suggestion is: if you were just going to sign up to show them that you can dance "a little," don't do it. It's so nervewracking to get in there with all those really good dancers and you sometimes sticking out like a sore thumb. You have just as good a chance of getting into CAP 21 without the dance audition, so I would say just go with the acting and singing.

07-16-2005, 09:07 AM	#9
actor465 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 58	CAP 21 Audition So I auditioned in February for CAP 21 with the dance option. Here's my story about that: When I visited NYU in October, I talked with the undergraduate admissions person for drama at Tisch for quite a while. When the topic turned to the audition, I asked her about the dance component. I told her that I had had three years of dance and that I wasn't sure if it would be appropriate for me to sign up for it. Since there would be a limited number of slots with the dance option, she suggested that I sign up for it just in case and that my dance teacher call her to talk about my dance level. So I signed up for it, thinking it would be OK. My dance teacher called in December and told me that the woman said to her that I should not sign up for the dance option. So I was in a little pickle, because the website said that everything was final or whatever. I was kind of freaking out about it, so in early February (my audition was in late February) I called Tisch Drama and asked if I could just show up for the song and monologue portion of the audition. He told me that I couldn't, and if I did that it would forfeit my audition. So he suggested that I just go in there and do the best I could, for the dance part can only help since there are so many who audition without it. I did that. I sucked it up, and it wasn't THAT bad, but definitely very, very challenging for me. Everyone else had been training for like 10+ years. We did a lot warming up, on the floor, at the barre, and going across the floor, but it really didn't start getting too difficult until we started learning the combination. I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty lost, haha. All in all, I didn't get into CAP 21 but was placed into the Stella Adler studio at Tisch. I decided not to go there, for that wasn't really what I wanted. Instead I'm going to Ithaca in the fall where, ironically, there was no dance portion at the audition. My honest suggestion is: if you were just going to sign up to show them that you can dance "a little," don't do it. It's so nervewracking to get in there with all those really good dancers and you sometimes sticking out like a sore thumb. You have just as good a chance of getting into CAP 21 without the dance audition, so I would say just go with the acting and singing.