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Dance Team Auditions: The Director's Guide
to Successful Try Outs
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pages: 10 | 14 | 21 | 24 | 32
The word on dance team auditions. An
all-inclusive guide with examples for creating
a team philosophy, attracting/keeping members,
hosting the workshop, preparing a fair judging
environment, choosing a system of evaluation,
and announcing the new team. An abundance
of applications, forms, and score sheets
are ready-to-use. You will feel empowered
to form a positive audition environment
for the participants, parents and administration.
This is a must have book for directors new
to the dance profession.
"This is a wealth of information for
all dance/drill team directors -both the
brand new director as well as the 25-year
veteran like myself. The material is comprehensive,
easy to read and most importantly ready
to use. Thank you Gina for helping us gather
this abundance of information to make our
job easier and more successful."
— Director Lisa Dalton, South Garland High
School
“I believe an efficient and fair audition is appreciated by students, parents, and administrators, and reflects the director’s professionalism. The Word on Dance Team Auditions provides you with a tool box of practical information to create a well-organized and successful try out.”
--Author Gina Sawyer, The Word on Dance Team Auditions
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The Dance Maker Series: The Nuts and Bolts
of Choreography
• Sample pages: 4 | 7 | 14 | 24
Simple and concise, the choreography
topics share the basics of making dances.
Beginning choreographers will appreciate
the easy-to-read and straight forward language.
Dance educators will value the terminology,
and may use it to supplement their current
choreography curriculum. Functional tools
include essential elements to creating dances,
selecting music, incorporating props, and
using the stage space.
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Dance Tunes 1: 100+ Dance Music Titles (Jazz,
Lyrical & Lyrical Ballet)
• Dance Tunes 2: 100+ Dance Music Titles
(Character, Disco, Novelty, Musical Theater,
Swing & Tap)
• Sample pages: Dance Tunes 1 | Dance Tunes
A library of selected music titles for
dancers, choreographers, and teachers. Find
music for dance class, competitions, recitals,
and pageants. The music titles range from
current works to timeless classics. Album
recordings, films, and musicals have been
used as references. We do the research.
You create the dance. All content is written
in text and shared in a read only format.
Visit your favorite music website to listen
to your selections.
DANCE LINKS: A DIRECTORY OF DANCE WEBSITES
•Sample Pages: 3 | 4
The purpose of Dance Links is to save you time from searching the Internet and the numerous paid-for advertisement directories so that you can get connected faster to the services and items you need. I have researched hundreds of dance domains including those belonging to large corporations, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses. In some cases, the domains chosen will take you away from the mainstream of highly commercialized sites and introduce you to new possibilities shared from independent entrepreneurs, artists, and producers of dance goods.
Dance Links is an amazing collection of web links that will
save any dance aficionado time and energy in finding whatever may be
needed! As a dance studio owner I have found this resource is well
organized, the information is current and relevant, and has frequently
saved me from the frustration of spending costly time searching the
Internet for my specific needs.
Deb Jones
DJ's Dance Studio
Dance Links is a remarkable must-read for anyone wanting to get in the business! There were also helpful links for those wishing to increase their skill level and exposure in less familiar territory.
Nancee
Parent of s Dancer
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 The Performance Dictionary:A powerhouse
of terminology for dancers and the entertainment
industry
• Sample pages: 4 | 34 | 38 | 60 | 64 | 77 | 92 |99 | 111 | 151 | 163
• Empowers students, teachers and choreographers
in the performing arts with a rich and descriptive
vocabulary
• A must read for anyone in the entertainment
business
"Having a quick resource at the fingertips
to use as an easy reference has been made much simpler.
Running a musical theatre school for all ages and
levels requires a multitude of tools with which
to work. The Performance Dictionary is just such
a tool and a nice addition to any performance arts
library. Nice gift idea for any aspiring 'triple
threat' too."
— Vicki Squires, choreographer, teacher
and artistic director of The Dallas Summer Musicals
School of Musical Theatre
"Gina Sawyer has put together a dictionary
of entertainment knowledge. This is a must have
for anyone that is wanting to get into the biz.
This book is definitely beneficial to help you make
your way up that entertainment ladder."
— Jeff Fenter, S.T.A.G.E., Society for
Theatrical Artists Guidance and Entertainment
"What an amazing tool for educators and students
alike! You no longer need to search various books
to gain insight and terminology necessary for the
performance artist because now it is all in ONE
resource. Everyone needs this book in their library
as a staple for their professions!"
— Elizabeth Gormly de Moraes; M.A., M.F.A.
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 American Dance Team Leader: Unveil
your hidden potential
• Sample pages: Interview scoresheet | 19 | 27
46 | 53 | 61
• The No. 1 audition guide for dance captains,
leaders and officers
• Take the test and find out if you have what
it takes to be a leader
• Both dancers and directors will appreciate
the leadership vocabulary, interview questions,
performance tips and score sheets
• A great preparation guide for team leader auditions |
A winning attitude: Learn how to act and
speak like a true leader
Leadership I.Q. test: Do you have what
it takes to lead a dance team? Find out your leadership
savvy by taking the test
Answer key to test: Just like the SAT,
the answer key provides an explanation for both
right and wrong answers
The performance: Learn how to prepare
for the audition
Ace the interview: Understand how the
candidate, judge, and director all benefit from
a fair adjudication
Interview do's and don'ts: Find out what
will make you a hit and what will make you miss
Fifty practice questions: Practice makes
permanent
Dance, interview and leadership score sheets: Ask a friend to be the judge, and use the sample
score sheets for practice
"The handbook is really informative. I am
much more confident after taking the test and
there were things I would never have known to
do."
— Lindsay, First Lieutenant, Rockwall
High School Stingerettes
"That officer book was a godsend! You’ll
probably sell millions!"
— Amberly Griffin Brown, Rockwall High
School Dance Department
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 Dance/Drill
Team Directors of America Collegiate Scholarships: Are you eager to earn a dance scholarship? The Collegiate Scholarship Guide was first created
by Gina Sawyer in 1996 to assist the members of
the National All-Star Dance Team in making educated
choices about pursuing higher learning and receiving
dance scholarships. The idea originated from Erin
Green who first produced a list of scholarships
for Texas dance teams. Since then the guide has
been updated to include colleges and universities
from across the nation. Check it out www.dtda.org. |
