Now, this audition happened THREE weeks ago, so forgive me if the details are a little fuzzy. It was a lovely 10am audition, which for most people might seem like a perfectly reasonable time for an audition, but I HATE morning auditions. My life doesn't have a set schedule which means I usually wake up at 10am. Forcing me awake a full 2 hrs earlier (and I still cut it close) so that I can get dressed cute, warm up my voice, and get to an audition at 9:30am is just torture. As I roled into the audition at about 9:45 of course there were already a bunch of girls there.
I always find it interesting to people watch while I wait to go into the audition room. The responsible people were warming up and stretching (yeah..not me), others were busy gabbing away with friends (shyly raises hand), some were out trying to catch a glance into the audition room to see the combination, and the rest were keeping to themselves (me when I started this whole audition game). There were people are wearing leotards and dance shoes, some are completely 80s, and everyone in between. I myself had chosen to wear a pair of capris, a tank, and my favorite purple converse. Trying to look youthful, without dressing for the part. See previous entry.
After waiting for about an hour, its my turn to go into the room. The choreographer, Matt Williams takes some time to explain the musical to us and we then begin to learn the choreography. Whoa! First the combination is from the scene where all the teens are at the dance and Carrie unleashes havoc on everyone. So there was a lot of acting like you had just seen the most horrific event of your life and also a move where we got to pretend we were levitating! Second, have you seen this clip from the Fresh Prince of Belair?
Ok, so it wasn't THAT bad, but still. The choreographer basically taught us the ENTIRE combination, which had several changes of direction, and even included skipping in one take. Then after he had gone through it said "Does anyone have any questions?" I swear I've never seen so many hands shoot up so fast. So after clarifying all the walking patterns, counts, and directional changes, it was time for the judging tables to come out. I had a few small mistakes when it came to timing but other than that it wasn't too bad; however, sometimes you can just tell you're not being watched. You glance over at the table and you never see any eyes on you. Its a disheartening realization to have in the middle of a combination, but there is really nothing you can do about it. After finishing the combo, I waited to be cut, and that was it.
P.S. Yes I just REALLY wanted to have that clip from the Fresh Prince in there. I loved the original Aunt Viv!
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