Hi everyone, this is my first post on this forum, although I've been reading with interest for a while.
I auditioned for this on Saturday and it was a really good experience. I'm on a CAT scheme but my CAT selected students to audition and students that weren't selected were told they were not allowed to audition, but I think this was only because it's a lot of CAT time we would have to miss to be in the NYDC because at my CAT we have intensives at the same time as both the NYDC residencies. The students selected to audition have basically been "given permission" to miss our intensives to do this if we got in, so if the dates don't clash with anything on your DD's CAT scheme then I would say you would definitely be able to do both, however if things clash you would probably need permission to do it.
The audition was a contemporary class in which we also learnt some Jasmin Vardimon company rep, then there was a break and then we had a creative session. Both sessions were lead by a dancer from Jasmin's company who was lovely, and all the staff involved were also really nice. The audition was quite informal and not at all scary. I would definitely recommend attending and Experience Workshop even if you weren't completely sure yet whether you want to be in the NYDC.
About the age range, I think they said if you are not yet 16, but are planning to be in vocational training next year (starting September 2013) then you are allowed to audition. Anyone in vocational training is not allowed to audition because of funding issues I believe.
