Point Park Audition Process - Page 2

svb0000 · 12-12-2008, 11:24 PM

lol you honestly have nothing to be nervous about. for you to be asking me the question was the ballet combo adagio or allegero must mean youre already a dancer. it was adagio, very simple, very short, i promise! honestly, somebody with only one year of ballet training would have been fine in the audition. we were allowed to pick the peices we performed, they gave us a sheet right when we got to the audition, one spot for a song and one spot for an acting peice (so we got to sing one song and perfrom one monolouge, yes we picked). as for the callbacks, it all depends on who gets a callback! i assure you though, if you get one, you'll recognize whoevers in their with you, because you already did the dance call with them and sat in a waiting room with them. anymore questions??? I hope i could be of help!

CaitiMo707 · 12-13-2008, 03:24 AM

I'm going to be at the unifieds, I gather from your posts you went to the school, do you have any idea of what the differences might be?

svb0000 · 12-13-2008, 05:01 PM

ooooo im sorry! i honestly have no idea!!!

Georgeanne · 12-13-2008, 08:56 PM

I was curious about the Unifieds, too. I'm doing them in Chicago.

CaitiMo707 · 12-14-2008, 03:22 PM

Oh well ha ha I guess we are on our way into the unknown. Thanks anyway though.

Georgeanne · 12-14-2008, 03:25 PM

Which may be for the best.. gives us less to agonize about! CaitiMo707, I see you're from CA, are you doing the LA Unifieds?

tverret21 · 12-27-2008, 06:40 PM

Piano Placement Test?
btw....what did you audition with?

blarney · 01-28-2009, 06:11 PM

Hi as a mom of a MT student, we are auditioning on Feb. 28. Does the student need to be able to dance well if they are able to sing and act well? Also if anyone has suggestions for websites or books for monologues, it would be greatly appreciated. My son and I are very new to all of this. Thank you.

music_is_life · 01-28-2009, 06:17 PM

Not to say that dance is not considered in the process at all, because I am not sure that is true, but they did tell us at my audition (november 8) that they weren't expecting us to be amazing dancers and that they just wanted to see where we were at. I know for a fact that there are beginning level dance classes for the MT's, so if you have not had dance training, the school will certainly be able to accommodate you. Just do your best and show that you are willing to try and ready to learn. They will pick up on that. Break a leg!

msbtysw · 01-28-2009, 07:08 PM

Hi! I'm new to posting but i've been around the site for awhile.

I auditioned on Jan. 24 and I was one of twelve called back. There were about thirty total that day. Does anyone know what the chances of getting accepted are if you were called back??? I got a great feel from the school and I'm really really REALLY hoping to be accepted!

Thanks!

Maril · 01-28-2009, 07:09 PM

Hi, Blarney...from one Mom to another ... We will also be at the Feb. 28th Audition with our som. (He was supposed to go on Nov. 8th but was hit by a car in his school's parking lot). Luckily, he only had a concussion but no broken bones, etc. so we re-scheduled. My son has read many plays and chose his own monologue --- your S should be familiar with the whole play (don't just get monologue books). He also has asked several of his theater teachers for opinions and has had the good fortune of working with a well-respected theater teacher who recently retired. But, honestly, your S needs to feel comfortable with material that he chooses. If he can speak to drama/theater teachers at his scxhool and get some guidance it would probably be helpful. I hope this helps. Maybe we'll see each other at Point Park!

svb0000 · 01-28-2009, 07:33 PM

msbtysw:
couldnt really tell you the odds, I dont think anybody really knows! who ever the school wants, they will take. But getting a callback, as you know, gets you one step closer to being accepted! and if you got a good feel from the school, all you can do is pray for the best! on my audition day, there were 22 people if im not mistaken, and 7 got called back (3 girls, and 4 boys). I know of one girl who was not accepted, and I was one of the boys accepted, but that is all the information i know!

blarney · 01-29-2009, 08:40 PM

Thank you for the information Maril. It will be nice to know that other people are in the same boat. Has your son taken dance? This is the only thing that worries me about the auditions. He is able to sing and perform well, but has not had dance. I hope that this is not a major factor in the audition process. Anyway, I believe that where he ends up is where he is meant to be. It is just a fine line of motivating young men (daughters are so different) and where you let go. I will be glad once we know where he is going.

MusThCC · 01-29-2009, 10:35 PM

Some schools rate the dance portion of the audition more heavily than others. From my observations, I was say that PP probably is on the medium to heavier weighted spectrum.

My best advice for a non-dancer doing a dance call - try to relax; pick up as much as you can during the demonstrations - try to be very specific - hand position/head angle/body position, etc. Then just put yourself into the dance, and let your personality shine through.

shortcpa · 01-30-2009, 05:26 PM

Hey guys. Just to let everybody know, the PPU dance audition will NOT be the same thing every time. I auditioned on January 24th and we did a jazz combination that was fairly difficult and quick- paced. If anyone has any other questions, I am in touch with many PPU students and hopefully could help you out!