Full disclaimer: Our audition has come and gone…if you missed it – we would LOVE to see you next year!

YOU ALL! We had the most exciting weekend this past weekend. It was our audition for our 2023-2024 season (which may be even more jam-packed than this one!!!) It was the most amazing thing seeing so many people in the studio ready to audition for South Chicago Dance Theatre’s next season. Each year, we’ve grown in numbers and we are proud to announce that this year we had a grand total of THREE HUNDRED people audition in-person and virtually! How we even managed to do that is still a giant question to us, but it took a village. A huge thank you to our company members, guest artists, and rehearsal director who all helped to teach class and repertoire to the incoming group.

Before we break down what our audition typically looks like, we’d love to extend a big thank you to everyone who took the time and effort to travel to us and audition with our company. To see the growth and the desire of other dancers to be in our space is insanely gratifying and always lifts me up. Everyone’s energy is inspiring and we can only hope that we provided you with a welcoming and supportive audition space. Dance is such a special career path and it’s insane that we get to experience it together!

What does our audition look like, you may ask! Well, we do not yet have the ability to contain hundreds of people in one space so we split auditioners into multiple groups! These groups take a short ballet center class followed by a round of cuts. Afterwards, we ask that dancers learn some of our repertoire so that we can see how they move to the pieces that all of us company members do on a daily basis. Dancers are then either called back to the next day of auditions, or kindly thanked for their energy! On day two, dancers continue to learn a variety of our repertoire and also interview with our Artistic Director, Kia S. Smith! Every part of this process is important and essential and it makes it a fun way to get to know each candidate!

Once again, thank you to all of the dancers who came out. We love meeting new people and sharing the space with everyone. Hope to see you soon!