dancelover Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hi all, I've got my elmhurst upper school audition coming up, and I just wondered if anyone could answer a few of my questions as I am not knowing what to expect. Could anyone with experience tell me about the class content of the audition, what should I expect, and also what standard is the audition set around? Also, is it advisable to stop over night before the audition as we have just over a 2 hour journey? Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointytoes22 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I've also got elmhurst audition coming up, we have a 3 hour drive and are still driving up on the day as my audition isn't until 12.30. I'm hoping class standard isn't too difficult! :s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Dont worry the standard wont be too high. The teachers want to see your potential. They wont be expecting you to be doing triple pirouettes or anything like that. They may ask for some basic pointe work. My dd had to do corrus accross the studio on her prelim audition. Relax and enjoy the day. If you can sleep in a good hotel then that would be a better option rather than travelling all that way. Traffic to Bham can also be challenging so that would have to be added into your travelling time. Good luck to all the students auditioning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good luck! X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancelover Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 thanks primrose and just ballet, very excited now haha x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 We have always travelled for auditons at Elmhurst (two hour journey) and always made it with plenty of time to spare. For her final auditon for 6th form we decided that we would stay in a hotel 10mins away. On the day of the audition traffic was horrendous and I had to get out of the car my husband was driving and run about a mile with my daughter to get to the school. She literaly had time to throw off her coat and over cloths to joing the other candidates who werel lining up to go into the studio, it was an awful day she didn't even have time to go to the loo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 aww, your poor DD, Tulip!! that must've been horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoobydigger Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Oh Tulip, how awful!!!! GOOD LUCK to everyone going thru the audition process at the moment x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millie3 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Hope all those auditioning today arrived without any problems and enjoyed the experience . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointytoes22 Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Very impressed with Elmhurst today, would be dream come true to get a place but I think unfortunately I'm not quite there yet Still an enjoyable day though 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swe Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Gosh we were at Elmhurst on Friday and I was sooo impressed! The principal was incredibly eloquent and had her feet firmly on the ground (academics and health as important as dance)-and not being terribly knowlegeable in ballet I couldn't believe how young Robert Parker was. So great to experience this modern way of thinking. Parents were made to feel very welcome, the tour of the school was great and dd thoroughly enjoyed audition -although a little squashed and slightly more trickier dance than RBS apparently-but nothing too extreme so don't panic if you haven't yet auditioned! Dd so enamoured that the has almost done a U-turn and is considering ballet at 16 over MT at 18. Still....having said all that, got to get through audition process first! Good luck everyone x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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