Success Session: What To Know About Dance Auditions with Jaye Elster

Success Session: What To Know About Dance Auditions with Jaye Elster

Jaye Elster, a West End performer and choreographer, will give valuable insight into dance auditions and how to best prepare for them

By Spotlight

Date and time

Tue, 8 Jul 2025 08:30 - 09:30 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Ticket Limitations: Members may attend as many Zoom Webinars as they wish.

Age: 18+

Format: Seminar style, attendees' mics, and cameras will be turned off. You will be able to submit questions during the session, however just to manage expectations we won't be able to answer them all.

Questions must be generic, we cannot give advice about personal circumstances.

Please note! This event is for our older performers (18+). To sign up for the Young Performer webinar, please click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yp-what-to-know-about-dance-auditions-with-jaye-elster-tickets-1307909575749?aff=oddtdtcreator

About the session:

'What should I wear?'

'Where should I stand in the room to be able to pick up the combination?'

'How can I showcase myself in an improv section?'

In this session, we will explore dance auditions and the many questions that come with them. Jaye will go through the basic information and knowledge regarding dance auditions, as well as answer questions from members.

About the Facilitator:

Jaye Elster is a Performer, Choreographer, Associate Director and Author.

Choreography includes:

High Society (The Mill at Sonning); Catch Me If You Can (Institute of the Arts, Barcelona); Big Fish for Italia Conti (Rhoda McGaw Theatre); Singin’ in the Rain (Sadlers Well’s/Japan/UK Tour/Canada/Australian Tour/Russia); Dr Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (UK Tour); Crimes of the Heart (Arts Ed); Peter Pan (Civic Theatre, Chelmsford), Mountview Showcase 2014 (Criterion Theatre), The Railway Ball – A Tribute to Musical Theatre (Grosvenor House).

Associate Choreography: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House); Oliver! (Curve, Leicester); The Producers (UK Tour).

Theatre credits include: Children’s Director for Oliver! (Chichester Festival Theatre); Resident Director for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour); Dance Captain/Swing in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre); Dance Captain and Swing in Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre & Noël Coward); Dance Captain in Oliver! (Curve Theatre); Swing in The Producers (UK Tour); Dance Captain and Swing in Ghost the Musical (UK Tour); Ensemble in Singin’ in the Rain (Chichester Festival Theatre and Palace Theatre); Winnie in 42nd Street (Curve Theatre); Dance Captain and featured Soloist in Shoes the Musical (Peacock Theatre); Dance Captain in Fame (Ireland tour).


Before booking:

You will need to enter your link to your Spotlight Profile and your Spotlight registered email address to book this session. You can find your link by clicking on 'Link to my profile' from the menu within your account.


The Zoom Webinar:

Those who book a ticket will be able to access the link under the location section of the event page on the day of the workshop or by going to your ticket in My Account. If you have any issues on the day please email performer.success@spotlight.com

During these sessions, your camera and mic will be muted automatically.

If you have any accessibility requirements please email performer.success@spotlight.com

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