We would like to invite you to consider joining the Dance Extensions Dance Company for the 2025-2026 dance year. Auditions are open to all Dance Extensions students who were enrolled in a level 1 or above dance class in the 2024-25 dance year with a minimum student age of 7 years old as of September 1, 2025.
Registration is required: See discussion for event registration link
AUDITIONING
You must be available to come to both practice day Wednesday Aug 20 and audition day Thursday, Aug 21to be eligible.
-A $100 deposit is required before or on audition day. Half of this amount will be applied to your bill or refunded if your student DOES NOT make the team. If you make the team and drop you will not receive a refund.
-There is a $50 fee for students auditioning for class placement. This is due on or before audition day
-There will be a mandatory parent meeting on Wednesday, August 20 at 5:30pm.
-STUDENTS DO NOT PICK genre they will be performing in competition. We will put them in the genre that they best fit. They will audition in accordance with their last year’s dance enrollment. Ex: If they were in tap 3 last year they would audition with the 1-3 group. Students may be invited to audition at a different level.
Audition Schedule:
Wednesday & Thursday , August 20th & 21st
4:30-5:00 HH (level 1-3)
5:00-5:30 Contemporary Lyrical (level 1-2)
5:30-6:00 Jazz/Pom (level 1-3) PARENT MTG 5:30 WED ONLY
6:00-6:30 level 1-3 Break
5:30-6:30 Hip Hop(level 4+)
6:30-7:00 Tap (level 1-3)
6:30-7:30 Jazz (level 4+)
7:30-8:15 Contemporary/ Lyrical (level 3+)
We have many things we look at when placing students:
Eligibility: Students are only eligible to audition in dance styles that they were enrolled in last year AND must be enrolled in that class this season.
Age: Each competition has their own age categories. We will place them accordingly.
Time spent in the studio per week: Most competitions will also subcategorize age groups by dance experience. We will place students accordingly so as to not adversely affect their category. It does not benefit dancers taking 5 hours of dance a week to be placed with those only dancing 1 or 2 hours.
Our goal is to place each student that wants to participate, however, there are several factors, other than dance ability, that come into consideration. Each student has their individual dance journey. The point is to enjoy your time dancing and be grateful for your abilities. Just like school: Your child may study for hours to make a “C” on a test. Whereas their friend may not study at all and get an “A”. Please know that we base our recommendations and decisions on what’s best for your student as well as your/our time and money.
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