The “third position” is used on a very basic level in ballet and dance. It’s when one is “practicing to get to fifth position. You want to put your heel of one foot into the center of your other foot, and stand with both feet firmly on the ground, feet turned out.” Now, why am I talking about the third position?
Let’s walk through a familiar audition scenario: You arrive for the dance call, and assuming you’ve done well—(you’ve made it through a possible cross-floor, combo one, and possible combo two)—and then the team announces that they would now like you to come in and sing. This could be a 16-bar cut, but they might ask you to sing a song of your own choice, or vocal sides (from the show) that have been sent to you via your agent. Now here’s the essence of what I’m getting at: At this critical stage of the audition, I prefer my dancers to leave the dancer at the door and walk in with a singer mindset!
If you’re singing, I want to see a singer. If you’re acting, I want to see an actor. What I don’t want to see are dancers who walk into the singing component of their audition and display the demeanor of, “I’m not really
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