CREO SPRING AUDITIONS
CREO is thrilled to hold auditions for performing opportunities in the 2023-2024 dance year! The Spring Audition is primarily for Progressive Int/Adv and Adv dancers and Accelerated dancers grades 4+.
Please review the audition process and performing opportunities below and please direct any questions to events@creodance.com
Audition Form
Due Monday March 6
Student Choreography Application
Due Monday March 6
Video Submission
Due Friday, March 10
AUDITION PROCESS
Audition Form: All dancers must complete the audition form online by Monday March 6th (click the link above)
Grade 8+ Only: 30 Seconds of Original Choreography: Video Audition – Dancers grades 8+ wishing to audition for the following opportunities should choreograph and film themselves performing 30 seconds of original choreography and incorporate a signature move!
- Solos in any opportunity (Elevate, Tales & Tails, Nativity)
- Elevate Student Choreography
- Important!! For the dancer’s safety CREO will NOT ACCEPT audition videos performed en pointe. Dancer’s class performance will be considered for pointe roles in the upcoming season’s productions.
- All other auditionees are not required to submit video material
A signature move could be an inventive turn, acro skill, or a skill you have worked hard on achieving this year, or something that demonstrates who you are! We invite you to book studio space to practice or film your dance: Click here to book space!
Friday March 10th 6:15-7:15pm – Accelerated Grade 6+ Audition Day I
– Dancers will be taught a Jazz phrase and a Contemporary phrase to perform during the Saturday evaluation portion of the audition. The intention being to assess both dancers’ ability to pick up choreography quickly and ability to retain material over some time.
Saturday March 11th 9:00-10:30am – Accelerated Grade 4-5 Audition
– Level 3-4 dancers will learn and perform Jazz and Contemporary phrases
Saturday March 11th 10:30am-1:00pm – Accelerated Grade 6+ Audition Day II
– Ballet warm-up
– Perform Jazz and Contemporary phrases taught the day before in small groups for a panel of CREO instructors
2023-2024 OPPORTUNITIES
Click the links in the table below to learn more about each performing opportunity next season. Please read each section carefully before filling out the audition form in order to fully understand student and parent obligations involved with each opportunity.
*Please Note: This audition is not for admittance to CREO’s Conservatory Program. Each Conservatory track has it’s own admittance process and requirements. To learn more about CREO’s Conservatory Program tracks and associated ensembles (Footprints/Roots/VERVE, Flight, CREO Classical Ballet, TEAM Hip-Hop etc…) click here!
The Nativity
THE NATIVITY
Accelerated/Progressive Int/Adv+ Dancers Grades 6+ Eligible to Audition
In the 2023 Fall season CREO’s Faith-Based Conservatory dancers will remount The Nativity. Through ballet, contemporary, and modern dance movement, and narration, the epic story of the birth of the Lamb of God is told from the perspective of a little lamb traveling to Bethlehem with the shepherds and the angels.
Grade 6-7 Dancers – Be advised that dancers of this age will primarily be considered for Nativity as understudies. Understudying is a valuable experience of learning choreography quickly, being responsible for remembering many parts, and stepping into roles unexpectedly in rehearsal or performance.
Speaking Role Audition: Nativity includes at least 1 significant speaking role. Dancers wishing to be considered for a speaking role, please schedule a separate narration audition by emailing info@creodance.com
Nativity Rehearsal Schedule
- Summer Nativity Intensive: August 21-26 from 6:00-8:00pm
- Summer Role Rehearsals scheduled by availability
- Fall Rehearsals
- Saturdays September-December
- Fridays November-December
- Wednesdays reserved to rehearse smaller groups or solos and for dress rehearsals
- Performances in November/December – Venue & Dates TBA
- Strongly recommended to take the Faith Builder Workshop
Nativity Production Tuition: $300
*Understudy Tuition: $100
Elevate Small Groups & Solos
ELEVATE SMALL GROUPS & SOLOS
Accelerated/Progressive Int/Adv+ Dancers Grades 5+ Eligible to Audition
Dancers may audition for the opportunity to learn or choreograph a solo or small group dance, work on throughout the year, and perform at the following events,
- Cathedral Dance Festival’s Small Groups/Solo Adjudication (Friday in Late April/Early May of 2024)
- CREO’s Spring Recital (June 2024)
Traditionally younger dancers are cast in larger groupings (trio/quartet/quintet) choreographed by an instructor, and older dancers are eligible to be considered for groupings of any size including solos and student choreographed pieces.
General Requirements
- Entering Grade 6+ for 2023-2024 academic year (Current Grade 5+)
- Commitment to the Elevate Rehearsal process outlined below
- Availability for Summer Elevate Rehearsal Weeks:
- June 26-30
- July 10-14
- August 14-18
- Availability for the date of the Cathedral Festival – Usually last weekend in April/first weekend in May
- Availability for CREO’s Spring Recital 2024 – Usually the second weekend in June
Cost to Participate: Click here to Open the 2023-24 Elevate Pricing Guide
*Cathedral cost subject to change by Festival policy
Rehearsal Schedule Requirements
- Instructor Choreography Requirements
- Summer – 6 hour-long rehearsals with a CREO instructor during the Elevate rehearsal weeks
- School Year – 2 hours of rehearsal with a CREO instructor
- School Year – Monthly studio rental to review the pieces on your own
- Student Choreography Requirements
- Summer – 3 hour-long sessions with a CREO instructor during the Elevate rehearsal weeks
- Summer – 3 hour-long studio rentals during the Elevate rehearsal weeks
- Summer – Strongly Recommended to take both sessions of Choreography Lab
- June 27-29 from 2:00-3:30
- August 15-17 from 2:00-3:30
- School Year – 2 hours of rehearsal with a CREO instructor
- School year – Monthly studio rentals to work on the piece on your own
- At least one All-Elevate Showing Weekend during the school year (dates TBA)
Parent Obligation
- Volunteering: Volunteers play a vital role in any CREO performance event. We would like to ask particular help with recital weekend operations from families whose dancers have committed to small group/solo pieces.
- Rehearsal Scheduling & Attendance: It is the parents’ responsibility to ensure their child’s dance is well prepared – including, (as necessary) the scheduling of any additional studio time or private rehearsals with an instructor and attendance at all monthly brush-up workshops!
- Costume & Prop Preparation & Transportation: Parents are responsible to ensure their dancer has secured a costume and hair piece either through the CREO Costume Room or Costume Exchange with another student and that any props for their dancer’s piece are brought to Cathedral and Recital.
CREO's The Tales & Tails of Folks & Fairies
THE TALES & TAILS OF FOLKS & FAIRIES
Accelerated/Progressive Int/Adv+ Dancers Grades 4+ Eligible to Audition
CREO is thrilled to remount The Tales & Tails of Folks & Fairies, which follows the adventures of a Little Girl who wishes her life were a fairy tale, but gets more than she bargained for! The show has become a treasured West-Metro community tradition. We invite you to fall into the fairy-tale for our 13th year of Tales & Tails next season!
At this time dancers have the opportunity to audition for large roles and solos to begin rehearsal over the summer, or simply audition now in lieu of attending the fall audition. Dancers not cast in roles to rehearse over the summer will receive their cast placement by Late-September.
Performance Date: February/March 2024
*Performance dates to be determined based on theater availability.
Tales & Tails Large Role Tuition: $300
*Dancers will be notified with their audition result of they are cast in a role requiring the higher tuition rate (for example, but not limited to: Fairies, Wind, Firebird, etc…)
T&T Large Role Rehearsal Commitment:
- Approximately 4 role rehearsals over the summer
- Periodic Brush-ups between Sept 2023-Jan 2024
- Approximately 2 Full-Scene Rehearsals between Sept 2023-Jan 2024
- Full-Cast Rehearsals Wed/Fri/Saturdays the month leading up to the performance.
Tales & Tails General Tuition: $275
(Casting to be announced in September 2023)
T&T General Rehearsal Commitment:
- Approximately 4 role rehearsals scheduled between Sept 2023-Jan 2024
- Approximately 2 Full-Scene Rehearsals between Sept 2023-Jan 2024
- Full-Cast Rehearsals Wed/Fri/Saturdays the month leading up to the performance.
Parent Obligation: Parent Volunteers play a vital role in any show weekend at CREO. Because Tales & Tails typically involves over 100 children, we ask that each family volunteer for at least 1 position to ensure the success of our rehearsal process and performances. A Sign-up Genius will be sent out in December.
Families unable to volunteer will be charged a $50.00 activity fee after the close of the show.
Annie at Wayzata Community Church
“ANNIE” AT WAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH
Accelerated/Progressive Int/Adv+ Dancers Grades 4+ Eligible to Audition
Over the past 10 years, CREO is proud to have partnered with Wayzata Community Church to cast dancing roles in their musical theater productions. Next season Wayzata Community Church looks forward to mounting the beloved Broadway classic, Annie, and invites CREO dancers to participate!
Please note: Due to the proximity of this show to Tales & Tails, once the audition results of CREO’s Spring Audition are announced, we will ask dancers to accept participation in either Annie OR Tales & Tails, but not both. Our hope is to help the dancers avoid the stress of conflicting rehearsal processes… that is a Ms. Christa privilege 😉
Rehearsal Schedule: Rehearsals January & February exact schedule TBD
Performance Dates:
- Dress Rehearsals March 3-5
- Performances March 6-10
Cost to Participate: $150