Application process

All new applicants must complete Concordia University's online admission application before booking an audition or uploading a video. Please note that auditions are exclusively for full-time Major in Contemporary Dance. There is no audition fee.

Admission is only for the fall term. Students applying should have at least two years of experience in contemporary or related dance.

The university does not contact you to arrange for your audition. This is the applicant's responsibility.

If you are already a student at Concordia please review the following instructions:

Other faculties

Concordia students currently enrolled in another faculty (Arts and Science, Gina Cody School, or JMSB) choose one of the following, according to your situation:

• Apply for a Degree Transfer
• Add a Double Major

You must submit this first in order to be allowed to sign up for an audition and/or interview. The deadline to submit this request is March 1, 2023.

Concordia students enrolled in the Faculty of Fine Arts

After this form is completed, it needs to be uploaded in the pre-audition questionnaire 

Choreographed solo: max 3 minutes

Criteria

• The solo must be created specifically for this audition.
• Personalized movement invention with a relevant spatial and dynamic structure.
• Embodied performance. 
• Relevant use of music or silence.
  • If using music, instrumental only - without lyrics.

Solos that simply reflect or ‘showcase’ technical exercises, commercial or competitive type dance do not correspond to the stated criteria.

Criteria: 2–3 minutes

Guidelines for the development of short improvisations are provided as part of the pre-audition questionnaire.

An improvisation is not a prepared choreography or other set material. Remain open to explore and go beyond what you know. Be yourself, without judgment.

Relax and remain present to the moment. Sense your own movement from within while being aware of your use of space. 

If you feel stuck in a certain style of movement or in your choices, here are some suggestions to help you explore new possibilities:

• opposites or contrasts
• different dynamics, speeds, phrasing, flow
• use of different parts of the body or configurations: focusing on parts of your body you normally might not explore
• imposing limits as to what and how something moves can lead to creative solutions varying use of space such as levels, planes, volume, directions, etc

For this improvisation, we ask that you work without music.

You will need to video yourself executing each segment twice, alternating sides. It is important to sustain the rhythm and dynamics of each exercise.

Criteria:

• Good postural alignment and coordination
• Clear weight transitions in standing, changes of levels and travelling sequences
• Strength, flexibility and range of motion
• Ability to perceive, memorize and perform movement phrases
• Musicality and dynamic range
• Being autonomous as you learn and incorporate information

A list of questions is available on the pre-audition questionnaire page.

Introduce yourself to the camera and answer the list of questions. We suggest that you consider the questions before taping, and that you ask a friend to act as the interviewer. This is just a little easier than talking directly to a camera. Always check the quality of recording prior to sending

Incomplete or poor quality recording may delay your audition results. Please view your entire video before uploading it.