Register to audition for our competition teams!
Dance Du Coeur offers two opportunities a year to audition for their award-winning competition teams!
Dates are Sunday May 26 and Saturday, June 15, but private auditions can also be arranged by calling the studio at (281) 565-0005.
The cost is $10 a person to be paid at the time of audition.
Please RSVP with your child’s name and age, how many years they have been dancing and where they have received their training.
Audition times for May 26 and June 15 are:
2:00 p.m. – ages 7-9
3:00 p.m. – ages 10-12
4:30 p.m. – ages 13 & up
The audition for dancers age 5 & 6 will be during Mini Technique class over a three week period during the summer. Mini Technique is on Mondays, 4:00-5:00 p.m and we prefer you take the three classes consecutively. The three audition classes are $30.
For audition, dancers should wear a leotard or dance top with lycra shorts or leggings. Hair should be in a pony tail or bun. Boys should wear black pants or shorts and a T shirt. You may audition in jazz shoes or bare feet. Dancers will be taught contemporary and jazz combinations to do across the floor. The directors will conduct a brief interview with each applicant and ask them (and one parent) to complete a questionnaire.
Those who try out should not be discouraged if they are not accepted. It just means you aren’t ready yet! Keep working! The directors are highly selective so as to maintain the integrity of the current teams.
They will be looking for dancers who demonstrate that they are able to work very hard, take corrections well, and understand and accept the concept of teamwork. As for dance skills, they will be looking for the following:
Minis: Able to demonstrate some flexibility as well as basic technique including tendus, passé on both sides, chasses on both sides, chaines on both sides, to be able to stay on rhythm with the music, point and flex feet, skip, jump off two feet and have a love for dance!
Petites: Everything listed under Minis, plus able to execute a single pirouette on the right and left side, do battements across the floor, cross ball changes across the floor, and demonstrate a clarity of body positions with sharp arms in movement where applicable. Must have a basic knowledge of musicality (knows how to count music) and their right and left splits.
Juniors: Able to consistently execute a clean double pirouette on the right and left side. Can execute jazz progressions across the floor including battements, cross ball changes, single and double pique turns as well as chaines. Must be able to do grande jete’s, center leaps, axel turns. Loves to perform and smiles in class! Clarity of body positions (sharp arms in movement where applicable).
Teens and Seniors: Able to consistently execute clean triple pirouettes on the right and left side as well as fouetté turns. Has strong technique and movement dynamics. Jazz progressions include double pique turns, chaine turns, single and double barrels, center leaps, switch leaps, etc. in which we are able to see strong body lines, use of plié, shift of weight through space.
Must demonstrate clarity of body positions (sharp arms in movement where applicable), Right and left splits. Can bring an emotional quality to their dancing and has great stage presence. Displays strong sense of core and abdominal work.
Results will be emailed by June 22. If accepted, you will need to make a $750 deposit within two weeks. NO travel plans should be made for the month of August as that is when they will learn choreography. Members are required to fulfill the following summer requirements at DDC.
Minis: 10 classes—5 Mini Technique, 5 ballet/tap, ballet/jazz or beginner level class. $150 with Promo code One Beat Minis.
Petites: 13 classes—6 Ballet, 3 Tap, 2 Improv, and 2 of the following: Jazz, Hip Hop or Contemporary —$195 with Promo Code One Beat Petites.
Juniors: 13 classes—6 Ballet, 3 Tap, 2 Improv and 2 of the following: Jazz, Hip Hop or Contemporary—$225 with Promo Code One Beat Juniors .
Teens/Seniors: 13 classes—6 Ballet, 2 Improv and 5 of the following: Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, or Hip Hop—$225 with Promo Code One Beat Teens.
One Beat members can take any additional 1 hour class for $15 and any additional Ballet class for $22 with Promo Codes One Beat 60 or One Beat 90
