<p>I am not sure what you mean by an “elite school” since there are many highly regraded very competitive, selective schools that offer excellent training. You don’t indicate where your are in school tight now (h.s. jr, sr etc) but my suggestion would be that you enroll in some dance classes and do your best to get some foundation in dance. With a 3%-9% range of acceptance rates from among a broad variety of schools, the more well rounded your training, the more competitive you will be; and in general, most highly regarded schools look for some degree of dance ability in applicants with many weighing dance equally with acting and singing. While as a guy, your lack of dance experience may not be as limiting as with a girl, you need to have dance experience to be as competitive as you can be.</p>
<p>That being said, there are some highly regarded schools where a lack of dance training will not be a significant detriment for admissions. Emerson, by reputation and experience, looks only to see if a student can move and follow directions and the dance portion of the audition is very easy and not heavily weighted. Ithaca does not have a dance portion to its audition. In contrast is a school like Syracuse that has, again by reputation and experience, a very rigorous dance portion to its audition which is weighted equally with the others and a student without solid training and experience in dance will find it difficult.</p>
<p>So, as I said, do your best to get as much dance experience as you can in the time remaining before you start applying and auditioning. In addition, research the heck out of schools to determine the priority and weight given by schools to voice, acting and dance in the audition process. Put together a smart, diverse list of schools where the skills and talents you bring to the table are in alignment for what a school is looking for. Using a narrow brush to label a school “elite” and then limiting your list only to those schools you consider to be “elite” will in all likelihood limit severely your chances of acceptances if your list is comprised solely of schools with a 3-6% acceptance rate from a national pool of 800-1000 applicants. If you haven’t done so, look at the thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/477658-preparing-apply-information-h-s-juniors-seniors.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/477658-preparing-apply-information-h-s-juniors-seniors.html</a> for lots of discussion and info from parents, students, school reps and college counselors about the school selection and audition process. Good luck!</p>