PREPARE YOUR APPLICATION

Welcome! Our Dance Certificate programmes are proudly inclusive, celebrating dancers from all backgrounds, styles, and stages of their creative journeys.

Because our process is deeply open and artistic, we want to see who you are as a mover. Your application is an opportunity to showcase your current technique, your unique artistry, and your creative potential.

📹 Video Application Guidelines

Please prepare and submit a short video audition that highlights your strengths and showcases your most natural, comfortable way of moving.

Core Requirements

• Length: Maximum of 2 minutes and 20 seconds (2:20).

• Music: You may perform to your preferred musical choice or in silence.

• Setting: Feel free to film in any location that inspires you—a dance studio, a stage, or out in nature. We want to see your creativity shine!

• Visibility: Ensure the camera angle allows the admissions team to see your entire body clearly throughout the performance.

Artistic & Technical Focus

We are eager to discover any dance style with an academic structure. Your video should naturally incorporate fundamental movement elements, including:

• Footwork and turns

• Floor work and jumps

• Use of space, levels, and directions

✨ Integrating Graham & Horton Techniques

While we welcome all dance styles, we want to see how you seamlessly weave your understanding of Martha Graham or Lester Horton principles into your movement.

Freedom of Expression

You have complete creative freedom in how you present these techniques. Your video can feature:

• A complete, traditional Horton or Graham choreography.

• An original contemporary piece built upon Graham/Horton principles.

• Selected technical exercises or studies (such as Fortifications or Preludes).

• An innovative fusion of both methods blended with your personal style.

What the Admissions Team Looks For

• Clean Technique & Placement: Clear execution of shapes, alignment, and bodily control.

• Artistry & Innovation: Expressive, original storytelling through movement.

• Technical Potential: A baseline understanding and a desire to achieve mastery in Graham and Horton techniques.

• Versatility: The ability to apply these elements across a range of dynamics—from foundational warm-ups and centre work to across-the-floor combinations and jumps.

💡 Movement Examples for Inspiration

You can draw from any level of these techniques to build your audition. Here are a few examples of elements you might include:

Graham Vocabulary

• Foundations: Bounces, breathings, 3's & 6's

• Centre Work: Triplets, Slow Walks, Step Draws

• Extensions: Graham adagio, tilts, and back leg extension

• Shapes: The pretzel position, Turns Around The Back

Horton Vocabulary

• Foundations: Flat backs and short footwork sequences

• Extensions: Laterals (using one or both arms), leg fans

• Shapes: High T or Lateral T shapes

• Studies: Any selected Fortifications or Preludes

🎓 Dual Enrolment Opportunity

Embrace the opportunity to immerse yourself fully in our community. Dancers who enrol in both Dance Certificate programmes receive an exclusive tuition discount at registration. Follow the steps below to submit your application and explore this inspiring new chapter in your dance education.