| Once you make that step of deciding you want to | | | | open can also be very busy. There are lots of people |
| become a dancer, dance auditions and castings will | | | | who are trying to 'make it' in dance and it is not |
| become a part of your schedule. How many other | | | | unheard of for there to be hundreds to thousands of |
| dancers are you likely to be in competition with and | | | | dancers at open agency auditions. Open auditions of |
| how good are your chances? | | | | any sort are always likely to be busy. |
| Well of course every audition is different. In general an | | | | Now going to the other end, many auditions for very |
| open dance audition where anyone can attend will be | | | | big jobs can have only maybe 20 or 30 people |
| much busier than a closed audition by invite only or | | | | auditioning for the roles. Some producers and casting |
| through a dance agent. | | | | directors prefer not to have to see large amounts of |
| It would be a very accurate general assumption to say | | | | people and may make their initial cuts just be looking at |
| that the more desirable the part, the more dancers | | | | the pictures of the dancers. |
| there are likely to be at the audition. So an audition to | | | | You'll probably attend quite a few auditions where |
| be one of Janet Jackson's dancers on her world tour | | | | there'll be smaller numbers of people. The number |
| is likely to attract several hundreds to even thousands | | | | attending also depends upon how many roles they're |
| of dancers. | | | | looking to fill. If they need 40 dancers there's probably |
| There have been stories of auditions for very | | | | going to be a lot more dancers auditioning than if they |
| well-known music artists where people queue through | | | | need 2. |
| the night to audition. Queues spanning right around the | | | | Sometimes the word will not get out that quickly about |
| block and dancers being invited into the audition room | | | | the audition and there won't be many people turning up. |
| 100 at a time. Even then it takes the whole day to get | | | | Some auditions will have several rounds of callbacks |
| through the whole audition and for them to see all the | | | | and if you are invited to a callback then there'll |
| dancers. | | | | obviously be fewer dancers as they would have cut |
| This is the extreme. For smaller parts say to be a part | | | | many and will be looking to take a closer look at you. |
| of an ensemble in a theatre show there'll probably be | | | | There's lots of desirable jobs in dance, and where |
| a lot of dancers, maybe hundreds, maybe less. | | | | there's desire there'll be dancers. |
| Auditions to join a dance agency when their books are | | | | |