Auditions

Accepting Auditions for the Year Round Program 2023/24

We are looking for those students that have the potential and desire to become a fine artist. This audition period we are accepting students aged 14 - 18 years.

Auditions are offered in 2 formats.

  • In Person Audition

  • Video Submission

These auditions are to attend the Margot Fonteyn Academy of Ballet in the fall semester (beginning late August 2023) and spring semester (beginning January 2024) in Prescott, Arizona.

The in person audition will consist of a ballet class with a MFAB faculty classical teacher. All auditions have a $35 non-refundable application fee, links to payment and more information are provided below.

Contact: Lungani.gwala@fonteynacademy.org

 
 

 
 

In Person Auditions

2024 audition dates to be announced soon


 

Video Submission

Applications accepted year round

Prepare your audition video content and photos, as detailed below:

  1. Please complete this Registration and Payment form (LINK HERE).

  2. Email your Photo and Video Links to audition@MFAB.org with the subject line: VIDEO AUDITION (YOUR NAME)

Photo Requirements

Take 2 x standard images (4"x 6" / 10cm x 15cm) in practice clothes.
Required poses:

1. Full length facing side-on profile to the camera with feet in parallel

2. Tendu a la seconde a terre en face with arms in second

Video requirements

Save your audition video in one of the following formats:

1. YouTube video - Listed/Unlisted

2. Vimeo video - Public/Private

Footage must be;

  • Compiled into one video, no longer than 15 minutes. 

  • Clear, good quality audio / visual recording (does not need to be professionally filmed / edited).

  • Contains recently recorded material, filmed as close to the submission date as possible and no more than four months prior.

  • Is saved as a digital file and clearly titled with your full name.

  • Ensure the dancer’s full length is always visible (camera focused at waist height).

 
 

Entrance into MFAB

To enter MFAB, candidates must successfully pass an audition. After the audition, candidates take a written placement exam that determines their knowledge of the general arts fields required at MFAB (Musical Arts, Dramatic Arts, Visual Arts, Scholarly Arts, Theater Craft, Technical Arts and Administrative Skills).

Upon being accepted into MFAB, students will receive a letter of acceptance and a complete registration packet.

The registration packet includes:

  • Registration form

  • Room and Board options and registration

  • Dietary, Allergy and Medical requirement information

  • Cultural and religious needs (optional)

  • School calendar

  • Payment registration

  • Barre:

    Plié

    Battement Tendu

    Battement Dégagé

    Rond de jambe a’terre

    Frappe

    Développé

    Grand Battement

    Center:

    Port de bras

    Battement Tendu

    Adagio

    Pirouette

    Petit Allegro

    Medium Allegro, including sissone, assemble and jete

    Saute in 1st Arabesque

    *Optional short classical variation

    Ages 12-15 only

    Grand Allegro

    Pointe exercises that include relevés, échappés and pique turns and chaines from the corner

    Short classical variation

    Short Contemporary variation

    *Actual performance video preferred

  • Barre:

    Plié

    Battement Tendus

    Battement Dégagé

    Rond de Jambe

    Frappe

    Adagio

    Grand Battement

    Center:

    Port de bras

    Battement tendu with pirouettes

    Adagio (Adage)

    Petit Allegro

    Medium Allegro

    Grand Allegro

    Pointe:

    Combination with echappé, pirouette, and pique turns and chaines en diagonal right and left sides

    Boys:

    Combination of medium jump with the double tour

    Variation:

    Short classical variation

    Short Contemporary variation

    *Actual performance video preferred