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This page will be updated with information about the October half-term Audition Toolkit.

  • Wednesday 27 October – NSCD
  • Thursday 28 October – The Place / LCDS
  • Friday 29 October – Trinity Laban

 

Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Wednesday 27 October 2021
11am – 4.30pm

Click here to view the slides from the introduction from NSCD. The Audition Toolkit sessions offered by NSCD will provide information on our updated 2021-22 audition process with an introduction session in our theatre offering insight and rationale to our new approach.

This will be followed by a series of 40-minute practical sessions, the content of which aims to give an opportunity to delve into the new format of the auditions and give a broad overview of the content offered on NSCD’s undergraduate courses (BA Degree and both CertHE courses.

These classes are relatively short but have been scheduled to give you access to a wide range of staff and approaches to movement practices.
Please where possible attend the day in the clothing you will be participating in for the practical sessions.

1. Icebreaker
2. Technical Practices: Contemporary
3. Technical Practices: Ballet
4. Technical Practices: Afro Fusion
5. Creative

N.B. In the official audition process participants will have the opportunity to view and pre-learn some technical movement phrases but, in these sessions, material will be delivered ‘new’.

London Contemporary Dance School

Thursday 28 October 2021
11am – 5pm

The Audition Toolkit at LCDS aim to give you an insight into the new BA programme and the classes that are on offer. The day will start with a tour of the building and then three different practical classes that you will do in carousel.

We have LCDS Ambassadors who are also CAT Alumni, on hand for the day with each group who will do the tours and can answer any questions.

1. Welcome and tour of The Place
2. Technique class: Contemporary
3. Technique class: Hip Hop
4. Technique class: Ballet
5. Social

Trinity Laban Audition Toolkit

Friday 29 October 2021

10am – 5pm

The Trinity Laban (TL) practical sessions aim to offer CAT students skills and advice about this year’s TL audition process.

  1. Tour of the Laban Building
  2. Technique: Ballet
  3. Technique: Contemporary
  4. Creative
  5. Q&A with current Trinity Laban BA/BSc students who are also CAT alumni
  6. Social