Ballet 5:8 Trainee Audition Form Cover Sheet Name: _________________________________________________ Street Address: __________________________________________________________________________ City: _______________________________________ State: ________________ Zip: __________________ Phone: __________________________ Email: ________________________________________________ Height: ____________ Date of Birth: _________________Total years dance training since age 7: _________ Total years pointe: ______________ Most recent dance school (name, city, state) and director: ___________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ High School : ______________________________ City, State: ____________________________________ Year of Graduation: _____________ Current church: ____________________________________________ Total years attending: _______________________ How do you expect to pay tuition if accepted as a trainee? Application Checklist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Completed Application form (pages to follow) Dance resume (1 page only) Dance instructor’s letter of recommendation Class DVD or YouTube link Headshot and first arabesque photo, en pointe Check to “Ballet Five Eight NFP” for $25 application fee Mail completed application no later than March 1 to: Ballet 5:8 20517 S. LaGrange Rd. Frankfort, IL 60423 1 Ballet 5:8 Trainee Audition Form Why do you want to become a trainee with Ballet 5:8? Describe your long-term career goals. What you do you hope to accomplish through your participation in the Ballet 5:8 Trainee Program? What part of Ballet 5:8’s mission most resonates with you? In what ways have you identified yourself as spiritually gifted? What are some of the ways you are currently using these spiritual gifts at home/church/work? List five ways you’d like to grow during your study as part of the Trainee Program. 2 Ballet 5:8 Trainee Audition Form Please briefly share your personal testimony, i.e., the story of how you became a Christian, or a summary of the reasons why you currently choose to believe in and be a follower of Jesus Christ. Attach a separate page if needed. 3 Ballet 5:8 Trainee Audition Form Please list three references below, including their name, phone number, title or occupation, and your relationship to the person. References should not include immediate family members. Instructions for class DVD Applicants please include the following exercises, one side only: 1. Plie 2. Tendu 3. Rond de jamb 4. Grand battement In the center, one side only: 1. Adagio, including: a. Grand plié b. Developés to each direction c. Penché d. Promendade e. Grand pirouette in any position 2. Waltz, including: a. Pirouettes en dehors and en dedans b. Pirouette in any open extension 3. Petite allegro, including battu 4. Grand allegro En Pointe: 1. Classical variation en pointe DVD/video may be submitted via physical DVD or YouTube link Thank you for applying to the Trainee Program position at Ballet 5:8! Please be sure that you’ve provided adequate contact information on the first page. Trainee candidates who progress into the second round of the application process will be contacted via phone or email regarding the in-person audition schedule for second-round candidates. Trainee candidates who do not progress to the second round of the application process will be notified via email. Please note that second round application candidates will be required to attend an in-person audition at the Ballet 5:8 studios in March/April. Finally, please be in prayer as you submit this application and wait for a response. We believe that prayer on the part of all parties involved is a crucial element in the process of selecting new members for the Ballet 5:8 ministry team. Sincerely and God Bless, Ballet 5:8 Staff 4