Scholarships in Dance?

Hi Taylor

The good news is that heaps of people make video tapes and send them off as audition tapes to overseas or even local dance institutions. I know a girl from NZ who successfully auditioned for an English dance school this way.

Also, don't forget that there are many grants available to students of all subjects. Even businesses and estates, etc, have educational schemes that give grants to promising students. You may have to apply for these and get a reference from your teacher, and present a small summary of your exam results, any competitions won and stuff like that.

There are ways of finding funding for dance, and getting into the better dance schools and colleges. it's just a matter of knowing where to go and what to ask for.

Good luck, I hope you do get to where you want to be!

What sort of dance? Ballet? Modern? Jazz?

It would help if you told us what kind of dance interests you. However, if you are not attending a dance school that feeds students into major schools and then companies, you're going to have problems. To do well in dance, you may have to move to a metropolitan area that offers such training. Are you prepared to do that? Do you have a teacher who can advise you?

You can study dance at various colleges and universities -- there are some that have decent dance programs -- but you should apply to them as part of a regular college application, and yes, you can submit a videotape. But that's not going to help you much if your hope is to join a professional company, in say, ballet.

It could be useful if your interest is in Modern or Jazz dance, but you'll need to do some serious research on college dance programs. And that's your job. If you really want to dance in college, YOU must do the work of finding the best programs.

By the way: getting financial aid for college does not necessarily depend on what you want to study. Unless you're applying to a school that offers major athletic scholarships (and dance usually doesn't count), financial aid offered by a college or university largely depends on your family income.

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First, dance is not football. Far from it. There are no scouts from colleges looking for talented dancers.

Second, you are really jumping the gun, here. You say you want a scholarship in dance, but since you asked as though dance is like football - and student athletes don't major in their sport - you haven't actually said you want to major in dance or even BECOME a dancer. For all we know, it's as though you want a dance scholarship the same way that many other students win academic scholarships for scoring high on their SATS; as though the dance scholarship is merely for being wonderful in dance and that's all there is to it.

So, DO you want to major in dance? If so, you need to apply and audition for college dance programs. Get hold of the Dance Magazine College Guide to get information on all your options:

http://www.dancemagazine.com/thecollegeguide/intro

As soon as you can, you need to start visiting the colleges to see if they're what you're looking for.

Edit to add: Taylor, are you taking dance classes now? If so, how many hours a week? Your level of training would determine which kinds of colleges would even accept you, and only the best dance students would receive dance scholarships.

To major in dance at college you are going to have to audition for the dance department. They will decide if you can major or minor in dance at their school. You will also have to be accepted into the college academically.

You can go on any college web site to see if they have a dance scholarship, how much it is for (do not expect a full or even half tuition scholarship) and what the requirements are for it. For most schools, if you audition, you will be considered for the dance scholarship. All information about auditions and scholarships will be found on the dance department page on any college's web site.

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