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What are really thinking? Pet Peeves, biggest mistakes, winning moves.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: What are really thinking? Pet Peeves, biggest mistakes, winning moves.(Auditions guide 2006)

Article Excerpt
DANCE MAGAZINE asked eight influential auditors to tell us what they wish all auditioning dancers knew. You'll be surprised to find out what turns them off and what they say will land you the gig.

Joan Myers Brown

Founder, executive artistic director, Philadanco

The biggest mistake a dancer can make at my audition is to come in with all the latest fashions and trappings. Some come with 100 leg warmers on and their stomachs hanging out. I just want to see a dancer in tights and a leotard so I can see them dance.

Outside of technique, the thing that makes me watch a dancer is something I like to call "magic." It's something that attracts you to them visually, whether they really enjoy what they are doing or they are kicking past their head, it's "magic." They need to be able to do various styles of choreography. In a repertory company like ours a dancer has to be able to...

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