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Old 02-23-2008, 06:03 PM   #1
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2008 Auditions

We just auditioned at Roosevelt today. We found it odd that there was only one person in the room. They had a crappy CD player and the guy was so busy writing notes; he hardly looked up to watch my D's acting audition until the last part of her second monologue. We spoke with others and they said the same thing. What really perplexes me is that they were way ahead of schedule so they had plenty of time between songs to take notes or at least between songs and the monologue! Also, the least they could have done was videotape it! There was more than one guy judging the auditions so I have no idea how they can compare performers. I see where this could be good or bad depending on that individual's opinon. The people there were very nice and the kids loved the dance audition. I'd love to hear a school Rep explain this (the grading process), anyone out there?
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Old 02-23-2008, 06:32 PM   #2
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I auditioned at Unfieds in Chicago and actually liked only auditioning for one auditor! It really made it more personal AND I feel it gave me more confidence for some weird reason.
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Old 03-03-2008, 04:16 PM   #3
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Normally, I'm all for one auditor aswell, but this guy was very quiet and really didn't look up like MTDad said. He was very strange. But the dance audition was amazing. I am a sad excuse for a dancer and the gentleman teaching it was very laid back and let us have fun with it, it was great.

I have my fingers crossed for Roosevelt, I want to got there soo bad.
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Old 03-03-2008, 04:37 PM   #4
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The guy at my audition at the LA Unifieds was totally nice! He was welcoming and attentive and complimentary. Asked me questions about my training, totally chill.

Thats so weird. Hahaha.
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Old 03-14-2008, 12:55 AM   #5
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My son auditioned during Unifieds. He really loved Roosevelt and was concerned based on how the audition went, since the auditor seemed cool and almost aloof, but still nice/cordial. We were told that it is usual for an auditor not to look up and to focus on their paper or their notes. Some find it easier to concentrate on what they're hearing and some prefer not to risk making eye contact, as if you were on stage. Bottom line, he just got his acceptance, today, which was pretty exciting, especially since it followed 4 rejections from other top schools.
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Old 03-14-2008, 01:04 AM   #6
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Congratulations proudmother!!! What a wonderful inspiring story, wth a very happy ending. Fantastic!
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Old 03-28-2008, 04:43 PM   #7
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Most of my auditions the auditors seemed indifferent to me at the most but in CCPA's audition i felt like he was interested and impressed. It was a great first audition for the year

(i had auditioned for several colleges last year and failed to make a good connection to any)
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Old 08-02-2008, 01:04 AM   #8
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hello everyone!!!
i have a few questions.....
1. The dance audition is it advanced dance audition or easier for those of us who don't dance.
2. do they have a type they look for, for there MT program?
3. i have never auditioned for a college (just looking right now) can anyone walk me through the process?
4. Are they extremely selective ( like looking for the next tony award winner)?

* i'm having a lot of doubts i can pull this audition off b/c it seems like a huge college lol and being from Lincoln Nebraska doesn't give a lot of exposure to the outside theatrical world however it is an artsy community!!!!! thank you so much for your time!!!
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Old 08-02-2008, 08:59 AM   #9
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If you 100% don't feel that you will benefit from their dance audition, if you audition at any Unifieds other than Chicago, you won't have to do a dance audition.

Most colleges don't have a specific "type". However, if they already have a 5'6" blonde girl who is a strong soprano, they're probably not going to look as much for another 5'6" blonde soprano, but that is industry-wide

If you take a look under threads I started, you will find all of my audition journals from last year. I write almost everything that I did/noticed at all of my auditions, so that would be a great resource. In fact, under my NYC Unified audition journal, you will find Roosevelt/CCPA
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Old 08-02-2008, 10:42 AM   #10
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My son auditioned in chicago last year. He really enjoyed his dance audition and he has never taken dance classes. He has had to dance for many shows and always learned his choreography and he has many friends who are dancers. He had some dance auditions that were very hard but he liked Roosevelt's a lot. At Unifieds in Chicago, the dance audition is held separately from the singing/monologue portion of the audition. The audition information on their website explained this. The dance audition was held on a Sunday in their building and then the singing/monologue portion took place Monday through Wednesday by appointment. My son was accepted at Roosevelt despite not being a trained dancer (he will be attending another school however).
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