Apply to Audition at NAISDA

If you’re keen, we’d love to hear from you and invite you to apply. You should:

• Read through – the Course Information document.
• Check out – the Study Guide for further information about NAISDA.
• Apply – fill in and submit the Audition Application Form here.
• Upload the paperwork – your Confirmation of Heritage letter, Headshot Photo, School Records, etc.

• NAISDA’s Youth Engagement Officer will contact you to discuss your application, chase up missing information and answer any further questions you may have.
• NAISDA’s Audition Panel will review your Application and candidates will be invited to Audition

• NAISDA will send you an Invitation to Audition.
• ABSTUDY will fund your travel and living expenses for the Audition.
• NAISDA will send you all the information you’ll need about the next step and travelling to NAISDA for the Audition.

It’s important for you to come and try NAISDA for yourself, but sometimes that is not possible. If, for whatever reason, you can’t attend the NAISDA Audition/s according to the Key Dates below, please follow this process:

• Complete – the Audition Application Form.
• Tick the box – to indicate you cannot attend NAISDA during the Audition period/s.
• NAISDA’s Youth Engagement Officer will contact you – regarding alternative arrangements.

You’ll travel to NAISDA Dance College, 31 The Avenue, Mt Penang Parklands, Kariong, NSW.

Accommodation

• You’ll stay together with other auditionees, under the supervision of NAISDA Chaperones.

Activities

• You’ll attend College for four days, tour the campus, sample a range of classes and meet NAISDA trainers and staff.
• You’ll have a physical and wellbeing check, complete Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) testing and yarn with NAISDA staff about your support, accommodation and other needs.

Observation

• Our Trainers will observe you in class and see if NAISDA is the right fit for you, a place where you can shine.

• NAISDA runs two Auditions during the year (see Key Dates below). At the completion of each Audition period, NAISDA’s Audition Panel reviews the Auditionees
• All Auditionees will receive a letter following their Audition period.
• Those who demonstrate the capacity to engage successfully in training at NAISDA will be placed on a Shortlist, awaiting the completion of all other Auditions.

• When all Auditions have been completed, NAISDA’s Audition Panel will review all shortlisted candidates.
• Successful candidates will receive a Letter of Offer.
• This letter confirms your acceptance into NAISDA Dance College and will provide further information about enrolling at NAISDA.