Candidates attending the audition are required to provide photographs with their audition form:

- 1st position en face, arms 1st

- 1st position en face in demi plié, arms 2nd

- 6th position (parallel) en face and facing de côté, arms en haut (5th position)

- From 5th position en face, tendu en avant, arms bras croisé (3rd position)

- Degagé de côté en face with right and left legs, arms bras croisé

- Tendu en arrière (derrière) facing de côté, with right and left legs, arms 1st arabesque line

You will also need to provide demonstration, appropriate to candidate’s current level of study, of:

Junior and Intermediate Students:

Barre

- demi and/or grand pliés: once in each position

- battement tendus: once en croix

- developpés: en avant and de côté

- battement fondu a terre: en croix

- grand battements: once en croix

Centre

- ports de bras

- adage: developpés or fouetté to arabesque

- preparation for pirouette

- petit allegro: sautés, changements, échappés

- allegro: pose temps levés, pas balancés, pas de valse

Senior Students:

Barre

- demi and grand pliés: once in each position

- battement tendu & glissés: 2 in each position en croix, both sides

- ronds de jambe a terre & en l’air: 4 en déhors & en dedans

- battement frappé: as for tendus and sur la demi pointe

- developpé en croix at 90o on both sides

- battement fondu en l’air (45o) en croix, both sides

- grand battements – as for tendus

Centre

- ports de bras: include circular ports de bras and chassé with rotation

- temps lié: in open positions

- adage: include developpés passé and promenade in attitude

- pirouette: combination showing en déhors and en dedans

- petit allegro: include batterie

- grand allegro: include grand jeté en avant, en tournant

Boys

Include: all according to your appropriate level

- preparation for and/or demonstration of: tour en l’air

- échappés sautés en croix (junior), entrechat quatre (middle), échappé sauté battu fermé (senior)

- grand pirouettes a la seconde en dedans/en déhors (seniors)

- grand pirouettes sautillées a la seconde or arabesque (seniors)

Girls (en pointe): all according to your appropriate level

Barre (junior and middle)

- Rises in all positions (facing or sideways to the barre)

- Relevés (2to2/2to1), échappés en croix, poses de côté, en avant/en arrière, couru

Centre (seniors only)

- Pirouettes sur place and en diagonale, couru and chainés

- Relevés combination (1to1), pose passé en avant through retiré

Senior Company candidates are to make a short (no more than 16 counts in total each side) enchaînement which demonstrates their understanding of the technique requirements of their level and which illustrates their performance quality and personality (the girls are to be en pointe).

Please deposit into the following bank account.

Name: Miss S J Brown & Miss C A Newell - NCBC

Bank: Heritage

BSB: 638-010

Account Number: 13454803 (S1)

Please use the applicant's surname and initials as the deposit reference.

Parents/guardians must advise NCPA (National Conservatoire Performing Arts) in advance of the session if their child has health issues and/or requires medication while attending the audition.

The staff will take every care with the candidates during their class but cannot be held responsible for the administration of medication or ensuring suitable health precautions are in place to suit all students.

In applying for this audition, candidates (or their parents/guardians) acknowledge that activities are physical and may involve the risk of accidents occurring during the audition and/or subsequent training. NCPA will not acknowledge liability for any injury that may occur.

In case of emergency, staff of The National Conservatoire Performing Arts needs to obtain all necessary medical assistance and treatment at the cost of the parent/guardian or student if 18 or over.

Your audition application will not be accepted without video or photographic evidence.

If you are applying for a digital audition you must upload video.

Please sign in the box below to declare you have provided the relevant evidence.

Audition Dates

The National Conservatoire Performing Arts will hold its inaugural Queensland auditions on:

Sunday,14th January 2018

Audition Venue

PCYC Dance Room

219a James St, Toowoomba Qld 4350

The Dance Room is on the first floor of the venue. Neither parents/guardians of those candidates in the audition nor parents/guardians or candidates arriving and preparing for the following audition are to wait on the stairs outside the room while the auditions are in progress.

All parents/guardians and candidates are to be respectful of the audition process and allow each candidate the best opportunity. Many of the candidates will be attending an audition for the first time, which can an intimidating experience. Please demonstrate your maturity whilst at the venue.

The National Conservatoire Performing Arts reserves the right to refuse a candidate participation in the audition process or to request anyone to leave the venue if they are disruptive or do not comply with the directions of the Company staff.

Audition Times

Candidates will present themselves at the venue no later than 15 minutes prior to the following audition times:

9.30am to10.30am - Junior 8 -10years

10.45am to 12.00noon - Intermediate 11 -13 years

12.15pm to 2.00pm - Seniors 14 over

Candidates are to undertake a warm up prior to entering the studio as each audition class will commence on the barre at the appointed time.

Dress Requirements

Girls:

Leotard (skirts are not to be worn), tights and ballet slippers, pointe shoes (if applicable)

Hair is to be off the face and secured in a mid height bun

Make up is not necessary

Boys:

T-shirt or singlet, dance belt, tights (or above the knee ballet shorts) and ballet slippers.

General Requirements

A small water bottle and hand towel may be brought into the audition. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that they are removed at the end of the session. Candidates will not be allowed to re-enter the room to retrieve their possessions.

Ballet bags are to be stored securely downstairs (locked) or returned to your vehicle. They are not to be left outside the studio door or on the stairwell as they could become a trip hazard.

Jewellery is to be removed prior to entering the studio and stored securely in the candidate’s bag. Earrings are to be unobtrusive (eg: studs or sleepers). Mobile phones, electronic or recording devices are not permitted in the studio. Please ensure they are stored securely with your personal possessions.

It is possible that the windows of the studio will be open if the day is warm: please ensure noise is kept to a minimum, both inside and outside the venue. Candidates are to ensure arrangements are in place with their parent/s or guardian/s to collect them after the audition, as Company staff will not be available to wait with candidates during on the day. The appropriate collection point is in the waiting area downstairs.

Acknowledgement of Application

All candidates will receive confirmation of their audition application, audition date and time and the candidates’ audition number.

Digital Submissions

Digital auditions will take approximately 2 weeks to process. It is the applicant’s responsibility to contact the Company after this period if you have not received a response. Submitted evidence will not be returned to applicants.

Feedback

The Director’s decision will be final and further feedback or discussion will not be entered into following the audition process.

Refund Policy

NCPA does not offer a refund unless NCPA cancels the audition.

NOTE: Applications will not be accepted after 4 January 2018.

Please ensure all declarations have been signed in the appropriate boxes.

As a parent/guardian of my child under the age of 18 years, I hereby give my permission for my child/ren to attend and participate in the audition class.

In submitting this application to the National Conservatoire Performing Arts, applicants, parents and/or guardians understand and agree to accept the pre-audition requirements which form part of this application.