Video Auditions

Colorado Ballet Academy gives the same priority to those who audition in person or via recorded video audition.  

Video Audition Details

• Video registration fee $50. 

• All audition fees are non-refundable, regardless of circumstances. 

• Videos must be recorded and uploaded to a video sharing site such as YouTube or Vimeo 

• Please make sure the visibility settings for the video are set to public. 

• Video must be recorded between October 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. 

• All videos must be received by no later than March 31, 2025. 

• Early video audition submissions are encouraged as the deadline may change as the program is filled. 

• Videos will be reviewed upon receipt and results will be communicated within six (6) weeks. Due to the number of auditions, we are unable to provide individual feedback. 

Audition Dress Code 

• Female identifying students must wear a solid color leotard and pink or skin toned tights with matching flat and pointe shoes 

• Male identifying students must wear a fitted white shirt and black tights with black or white ballet shoes. 

• Students shall have the right to dress in accordance with their gender identity, within the dress code requirements stated by CBA. 

Video Audition Requirements

The audition video should be no more than 10 minutes in length and include the following: 

Barre 

• Ages 10-13, one side only with tendu, degage, rond de jamb and adagio. 

• Ages 14-20 do not need to submit barre work

Center floor work 

• adagio 

• pirouette combination 

• petit allegro 

• grand allegro 

Pointe work for female identifying students 

• echappe 

• releve in arabesque 

• pirouettes en pointe 

• diagonal turning combination 

Men’s technique for male identifying students 

• tour en l’aire 

• petit allegro with batterie 

• men’s grand allegro 

• grand pirouettes 

If also auditioning for CBA’s Pre-Professional Division, the video should include a classical variation.