Tryout Information

• Black hot shorts
• Colored sports bra 
• Hair down and fixed, but it must not interfere with your dancing (bangs do not have to be pulled back). 
• Performance makeup with red lipstick
• Dance tights
• Nude jazz shoes
• Nail polish must only be clear or French manicured.
• No jewelry allowed except for rhinestone earrings.

• Black hot shorts
• Black sports bra (may have small emblem)- no embellishments
• Hair down and fixed to best accentuate your face, but not take away or be a distraction from your dance ability.
• Performance makeup with red lipstick
• Dance tights
• Nude jazz shoes
• No jewelry allowed except for rhinestone earrings.

Each candidate will be asked to execute a variety of turns, leaps, jumps and extensions put into various combinations that will be executed across the floor. These combinations can include any of the following:

• Triple Pirouette, triple pencil turn, triple coupe turn: Parallel passe’ & executed to the right
• Double Arabesque turn executed to the right
• A la Seconde Turns: a minimum of a full eight count executed to the right
• Leap in second position
• Calypso with a one chaine turn prior to execution to the right.
• Switch leap: May select any type of switch leap and may be performed to either side.
• Leg Extension: should display flexibility. May perform on either leg (Example: Penche, Tilt Extension,  Side Extension, Back Extension, etc.)
• Right, Left and Center Splits

Day One Post-Preliminary Audition Schedule

Those that make it past the floor preliminary round will learn choreography consisting of an Apache Belle Style High Kick Combination, a Hip Hop Combination, a Jazz combination, and a Contemporary combination. Following the lunch break, all candidates will undergo a Conditioning Evaluation conducted as a circuit workout, including upper body, lower body, abdominal and cardiovascular endurance. Candidates will be evaluated on mental toughness, physical fitness, willpower, and preparation. Each candidate will also be interviewed by a judging panel made up of alumni and other professionals who have a vested interest in TJC.  The interview process will evaluate each candidate in the areas of the comprehensive nature of answers, poise, carriage, and personality traits. 

Arrive dressed nicely for your formal introduction to the sophomores and Judges.

After Introductions, Apache Belle Auditions Day 2 will begin with group auditions, including the across-the-floor combinations and all choreography learned on the previous day. Once each group has completed their time, all candidates may be called to the studio for Across the Floor improvisation.

Across the Floor Improvisation -  This portion of the audition process will take place in the presence of all candidates as well as the Sophomore Apache Belles and Judges.  Music will be played and each candidate will need to go across the floor showing any skills that they would like the judges to see. We ask that all candidates do a minimum of 2 full eight counts and no more than 3 full eight counts. All technical skills should be connected with appropriate dance moves.