Auditions
Auditions for the Aztec Arts Academy 2025-2026 season will take place in February 2025.
More information to come in December 2025.
Audition Requirements:
Dancers must wear all black, form fitting dance attire. Dancers must be prepared to dance any style and must come prepared with all dance footwear. Dancers will learn a short combination, demonstrate technique across the floor and new dancers to the program will need to prepare a one minute solo in the style of their choice. The solo can be self choreographed or professionally choreographed. Your music must be brought on a bluetooth pairing device.
Dancers must demonstrate the following criteria in order to be accepted into this program:
Intermediate to advanced technique in jazz/ballet/modern. Proficiency in hip hop and tap dance is a plus!
Performance Quality
Quick retention skills
Polite etiquette and professional behavior
Outstanding work ethic
The dancers will audition before a panel of industry professionals. The panel and the director reserves all rights to cast the company according to the way they best see fit. Dancers are welcome to audition for the program more than once if they are not accepted the first time. In fact, that is encouraged and shows tenacity and perseverance.
It is highly recommended that dancers in the Aztec Arts Dance Company be enrolled in outside technique classes if it is financially possible for their families. Scholarships are available at select organizations. We only get about one hour a day of dance training and rehearsals, so supplementing our time with ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, and modern classes will only help dancers improve.
Aztec Arts Academy recommends the following dance studios for supplemental training:
Nickerson-Rossi Dance: The Academy
- Fully immersive dance programming with optional pre-professional company component. Perfect for the dancer that wants to train an additional 9-12 hours a week and gain additional performance experience and pre-professional training! Semester committments. Scholarships available.
Genres offered: Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Composiiton, and Contemporary
Desert Dance Academy @ Xavier College Prep
- Monthly based enrollment, perfect for the dancer that wants to train an additional 2-6 additional hours per week. Drop in classes available. Affordable Tuition.
Genres offered: Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Strength/Conditioning, Hip Hop and Pilates