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Modern Dance
Instructional sessions include five hours a day of technique class that develops the body as an expressive instrument through flexibility and mobility, and works toward freedom of expression in space. In preparation for a presentation, students learn composition, improvisation, and rehearse repertoire. Students also rehearse and perform in a final project. Twenty students are accepted.
Prerequisite:
A minimum of three (3) years of dance training
Application Requirements:
1) As soon as possible, call the Oklahoma Arts Institute office at (405) 321-9000 to schedule attendance at one of the auditions. Audition spaces fill quickly, and video tapes are not accepted as a substitute for live auditions. Click here for audition dates and locations.
2) Download and submit a complete application.
At the Audition:
Please arrive early to check in and warm up. The audition is a master class.
Mandatory Audition Attire:
Females: Black leotards and black or pink footless tights. Hair must be pulled back and secured off the face.
Males: White t-shirts and footless tights. Hair must be pulled back and secured off the face.
Judging Criteria:
Technical ability
Musicality
Quickness of mind; ability to pick up and retain combinations and corrections
Awareness of line and quality of movement
Adjudicators are professional artists and members of the Oklahoma Arts Institute's Dance Advisory Panel. Since the Panel judges both ballet and modern dance auditions, they may conclude that your strengths lie in ballet and recommend that you are placed in that class. However, if you have not auditioned for ballet, you cannot be accepted into that program. For that reason, dancers are strongly encouraged to apply for both modern dance and ballet.
The modern dance program of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute is endowed by the Kerr Foundation Modern Dance Fund.
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