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Audition Information

2025 In-Person Auditions

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Dancers ages 11-20, for consideration into:

  • BCB Summer Intensive 2025: June 2-27

  • Classical Mastery Series: July 21- August 1

  • 2025-2026 Year-Round Progamming

 

Audition Dates:

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Sunday, MARCH 2nd, 2025

11:00 am - 1:00 pm 

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Sunday, MAY 4th, 2025

11:00 am - 1:00 pm 

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On the day of the audition, please arrive 30 minutes before the scheduled class time to check in and receive an audition number. 

*Ladies ages 12-18 should bring pointe shoes if they have been training en pointe for at least one year.

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BY  VIDEO:

Approximately 10 minute (via a link to YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, etc).

See Criteria below.

If you would like to be considered for our pre-professional program, you may email us to schedule a private audition, or send us your audition video.  

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Email audition materials, along with brief a cover letter, to:

info@bayoucityballet.com

Include in the subject line "Audition Materials"

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Video Audition Submission Requirements

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Photos:

- 1st arabesque

- Tendu a la seconde

- Releve in 4th position croise

 

Video:

5 minutes of barre work, alternating sides, should include:

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  1. plies 

  2. tendu/degage

  3. fondu

  4. frappe

  5. adage

  6. grand battement

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5 minutes of Center  should include:

  1. Adagio with fondu, promenades, and arabesque penchée

  2. Pirouettes from 5th and 4th, en dehors and en dedans

  3. Petit allegro with assemblés, jetés, and brise

  4. Grand Allegro

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- Female-identifying students (if on pointe, ages 12+ only): 

  • Pointe work showing bourrees, echappes, pique turns, and releve on one leg

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- Male-identifying students:

  • tours en l'aire, entrechat six

 

Optional: a classical and/or contemporary solo 

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