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