STEP, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch. Got it?...Going on. And… Turn, turn, touch, down, back, step, Pivot, step, walk, walk, walk.
Right! Let’s do the whole combination. Facing away from the mirror. From the top. A-Five, six, seven, eight!” (Lyrics by Edward Kleban, ‘A Chorus Line’)
Dance auditions are scary beasts. The famous 1975 Broadway musical, , and its opening song, “I Hope I Get It”, sums up an audition’s atmosphere and a dancer’s apprehensions and aspirations perfectly. To test your mettle, tricky steps are thrown at you, fast. While trying to pick these up, you will be thinking many conflicting thoughts, like: there are so many dancers auditioning; oh no, I've blown it; and yet, it could be yes; I need this