This online form will ask for your two recent full-length photos as described below, résumé, audition video or link (if you are not auditioning in person), and $40 in person audition fee. Please ensure that your name appears on all materials.
Audition Photos Full length. Ladies in black leotard with pink or skin-toned tights and shoes. Gentlemen in white or black t-shirt with black tights and shoes.
1. First position of feet, with tendu a la seconde, arms low or in second position facing the camera.
2. First arabesque profile (ladies en pointe if advanced).
Résumé Resumes are optional for ages 12-16. They are encouraged for ages 16 and older. Letters of recommendation are appreciated.
Video Audition Form Please note that no video applications will be accepted after May 15, 2024. A $45 video audition fee is required. We ask for you to upload your audition video via this Google Form. If technical issues occur, then feel free to send it to
auditions@richmondballet.comSummer Intensive Audition Video Requirements: (No more than 10 minutes in length)
No Barre Work, only basic Centre work (please film in a studio or appropriate
space, ensuring your entire body can be seen head to toe):
1. Adagio work displaying port de bras, body positions, arabesques, and
attitudes showing line and musicality.
2. Multiple pirouettes, en dehors and en dedans, sur place and en diagonal.
(Please show double and triple turns if advanced level)
3. Small and medium allegro combinations displaying a range of technical
advancement and musicality. (Including jetes, assembles, sissones, beats, and
connecting steps, etc.)
4. Grand allegro, as space permits. (Men include tours en l’air)
5. Ladies only - Pointe work – Center floor only.
Studio Company & Trainee Audition Video Requirements: (No more than 15 minutes in length)
No Barre Work, only basic Centre work (please film in a studio or appropriate
space, ensuring your entire body can be seen head to toe):
1. Adagio work displaying port de bras, body positions, arabesques, and
attitudes showing line and musicality.
2. Multiple pirouettes, en dehors and en dedans, sur place and en diagonal.
(Please show double and triple turns if advanced level)
3. Small and medium allegro combinations displaying a range of technical
advancement and musicality. (Including jetes, assembles, sissones, beats, and
connecting steps, etc.)
4. Grand allegro, as space permits. (Men include tours en l’air)
5. A Classical Variation. (ladies en pointe)
6. A Contemporary Solo.
For more information, please contact:
auditions@richmondballet.com 