AUDITION PROCESS
Choosing a dance education is an important decision that shapes your training and your future career in today’s dance industry. At WAYS, we encourage dancers to make a conscious and informed choice about their professional dance training. This process begins with a simple question:
How do you imagine your future in dance?
A dance career can take many forms. Dancers may perform on stage, create choreography, teach, work in production or develop skills in related fields such as movement coaching, health, photo & video, therapy, mindfull or physical training. Understanding these possibilities helps you choose a contemporary dance program that supports your ambitions and long-term development.
Professional dance training requires commitment, resilience and motivation. A supportive and respectful environment plays an essential role in this process. Feeling safe, welcomed and challenged creates the conditions for meaningful learning and sustainable dance careers.
AUDITION PROCESS
Only ONLINE APPLICATIONS Possible!
WAYS organizes 2 live dance auditions each year. The program also offers an online audition option for candidates who cannot attend in person due to distance or other valid circumstances.
Candidates submit two videos and 1 written motivation letter. The first video presents the candidate’s own movement material, such as an improvisation or short choreographic composition. This material allows the team to understand creativity, movement quality and artistic potential within contemporary dance. The second video demonstrates the ability to perform existing choreography created by a teacher or choreographer, or presented on stage. This material shows how the candidate engages with imposed movement and artistic direction. Please upload your videos to an online platform (such as YouTube, Vimeo or Google Drive) and share a viewing link. This allows us to review your material without downloading files.
The motivation letter introduces the candidate as both a person and a dancer. It outlines previous dance experience, personal interests and future ambitions and explains the motivation to pursue professional dance training at WAYS. Candidates who meet the selection criteria receive an invitation to participate in the audition, or in case of an online audition an invitation to an online meeting.
WAYS welcomes dancers of all body types, ethnicities, genders and sexual orientations and maintains a safe, respectful and inclusive learning environment for contemporary dance training.
- the links to your audition videos ready (YouTube, Vimeo or Google Drive)
- your motivation letter prepared as a PDF or document upload
We encourage you to approach this process with authenticity, curiosity and confidence in your own unique path. We are looking forward to meet you, good luck — and most importantly, be proud of yourself for taking this step.
