Round 1 Video Audition Requirements:

• Wear a black sports bra and black dance shorts or you may wear black leggings. Wear proper dance footwear.

• Be sure your hair styled, fully down or half-up.  Make-up should be “performance ready” (eyeshadow, lipstick, blush, fake eyelashes, etc.)

• Introduce yourself, including your first and last name, your age, where you are from, and what year in school you will be in the fall

• When you record, make sure the camera is facing you so we see you, not your reflection in a mirror

• In addition, be sure your camera is stable – it is best not to use a “camera operator” to follow you – keep the camera as stable as possible

• Video of you executing technique, double, triple or maximum pirouette turns on the right and left, a jeté leap, a leap in second, a calypso (capezio) leap, and flexibility (ability to do both right and left splits, front and side battements on right and left), and turns in second

• Record a video of YOU performing an original 1-2 minute jazz or hip-hop routine

• Watch this video about The Audition Process

• Once you record your audition video, see the information below for submitting your Marching Illini Video Audition

• Round 1 Video submissions due April 1 at 11:59pm