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Fast forward: 12 tips to a winning audition video
Dance Magazine, Feb, 2005 by Eric Wolfram
What else to send? Send the video with a cover letter, resume, full-body photo, good reviews, and referrals or letters of recommendation. Make sure the presentation is tasteful. Use a computer to type and print, but don't rely on the spell checker--get someone else to proofread everything carefully. Print the resume on a high quality paper like 25-pound bond in buff, cream, or white.
How to label? Label all audition materials with your name in large letters followed by phone number and address or e-mail address. Write the length of the video and a brief description of each section on the video's label.
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What format? Some people have DVD players and others still have VHS. Don't make any assumptions. Look on company websites or call to find out which format the company prefers. You can always send both VHS and DVD to be safe. If you're sending a video to Europe, make sure you get it professionally encoded to PAL so that their machines can read it. If you're in Europe sending to America, make sure the format is NTSC, the U.S.'s standard format.
Finally, remember this: Your ability to present yourself well on video will help the director know you can present yourself professionally on stage. Good luck!
Eric Wolfram shoots, edits, and produces videos in New York City. Formerly a dancer with San Francisco Ballet and Royal Winnipeg Ballet, he is also the author of Your Dance Resume, available at www.wolfram.org/writing/ydr.
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