Georgia Dance Theatre Auditions

Audition Form must be completed to audition. Scan QR code or click above to complete audition form.

Georgia Dance Theatre is a non-profit dance company and scholarship program that holds yearly auditions for the serious dance student. Over $165,000 of scholarship funds are provided for these students each season. Auditions are held each season for the Pre-Professional and Professional Companies. Additional auditions are held in January and February for Professional Company members.

2022 Georgia Dance Theatre
Pre-Professional Auditions
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19th, 2023
(at the GAD Peachtree City Location)

Apprentice  |  2:00-3:00
Junior  |  3:15-4:15
Senior & Pro  |  4:30-5:30

There is a $35.00 audition fee
Visa/MC, Cash or Checks made out to Georgia Dance Theatre


Georgia Dance Theatre Pre-Professional Company Requirements:

Students must be at least 11 years of age and be enrolled in pre-professional (intermediate) level ballet, jazz and modern classes.
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Dress Code for Auditions: Any color leotard, pink tights, ballet & pointe shoes (if on pointe), hair in bun, black leggings or black jazz pants, jazz shoes,
half ballet shoe for contemporary audition

Georgia Dance Theatre has 3 pre-professional companies – Apprentice, Junior and Senior. Georgia Dance Theatre Professional Company consists of dancers ages 18 and above and these dancers are under a 11-month paid contract.


GEORGIA DANCE THEATRE PROFESSIONAL COMPANY AUDITIONS:

Auditions begin in January of each season for Professional Company. Dancers must be at least 18 yrs. of age and currently living in the US. Dancers are contracted for 11 months with opportunities to perform approximately 14 performances along with professional guest artists from the Atlanta Ballet and from other companies throughout the US. Female dancers have a max height of 5'6".
Male dancers should be 5'10" and above.
Dancers will also perform at the Arts Alive Gala for the Arts Council of Fayette County.
Additional opportunities are available for teaching and choreographing.
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Contact Director to request an audition class. 
Submit audition materials including video link to Artistic Director Sherri Davis at sherri@gadance.com or by clicking the button below!

Georgia Dance Theatre members will be featured in our full- length ballets, contemporary and early childhood productions, Outreach Productions as well as GDT’s Nutcracker Ballet.

Open Auditions are held in August for our Nutcracker Ballet. Ballet students are accepted from several area counties. All students are accepted and receive a role in Georgia Dance Theatre’s Nutcracker.
Georgia Dance Theatre has been commended for the excellence of their "high level of Artistic standards" in arts education and presentation & for the "professional expertise of the Artistic Staff" by the Georgia Council of the Arts.

 Georgia Dance Theatre has been commended by the Georgia Council of the Arts and appropriations from ​ the National Endowment for the Arts and from the Georgia General Assembly. In addition, this company has been commended for its' strong community partnerships, supporters ​and outreach programs.