AUDITIONS 2024

We will accept audition materials for the 2024-25 season beginning DECEMBER 1, 2023.  Please email Company Manager, Eugene Alvarez, for a link to our audition portal.  Links are category-specific so should not be shared.  In-person auditions will be by invitation only.  Thank you for your interest in Ballet Austin!

Eligibility:

• Age:  Must be 18 or older
• Height:   Female 5’7” (maximum), Male 5’8” and above
• Residency Status:  Must be eligible for employment in the United States of America

Required Materials:

1. Use link to create a record in our audition database

2. Resumé (one-page summary)

3. Photographs (4 images)

• Headshot
• First arabesque
• Tendu à la seconde, facing the camera
• Tendu à la seconde, in profile

4. Video links (4 links)

     A. Classwork (filmed in-studio)

• Barre (one side only, short exercises):
  • Pliés
  • Tendus
  • Quick dégagés
  • Adagio
  • Grand battement
• Center (both sides, short exercises, women on pointe)
  • Adagio
  • Pirouettes
  • Grandes pirouettes
  • Petit allegro
  • Entrechat six
  • Grand allegro
  • Men – double tours
  • Women – diagonal turns

     B. Classical variation (filmed in a studio, in practice clothes, if possible)

     C. Contemporary variation (filmed in a studio, in practice clothes, if possible)

     D.  Partnering (men only – filmed in a studio, in practice clothes, if possible)

General audition inquiries may be directed to (512) 476-9151, ext. 128 or by email to Company Manager Eugene Alvarez.