General Information
Dance Like No One’s Watching returns as LBMT’s second full-scale dance showcase, building on the success of its first iteration and pushing the celebration of movement even further. While many LBMT cabarets focus primarily on singing and acting, this production is a full-blown dance show, featuring dazzling, show-stopping choreography and a wide range of movement styles drawn from musical theatre and beyond.
Directed by Jesse Kahat and Andrew Wiseman, the showcase also features choreography by an exciting group of guest choreographers: Alex Smith-Eivemark, Tara Marcoux-Tynski, McKenna Mellon, Catherine O’Farrell, and Chelsea Fawcett.
Audiences will experience a vibrant mix of contemporary, jazz, tap, ballroom, and musical theatre dance, presented through high-energy ensemble numbers, intimate small-group pieces, and featured solos. The music spans beloved musical theatre selections alongside original songs by local bands and singer-songwriters, with choreography crafted specifically for their songs.
The bulk of rehearsals will take place in the Hintonburg area of Ottawa on Monday and Friday evenings from 7-10pm in the Recreational Hall at Tom Brown Arena (141 Bayview Station Road). There will be additional rehearsals on Wednesdays at Lost Baggage Musical Theatre (480 Avalon Place) for small group numbers. The show will be presented to in-person audiences for a total of 3 performances on May 22 and 23 in Studio Léonard-Beaulne at the University of Ottawa (135 Séraphin-Marion Private).
Audition Information
Dates and Times:
– Wednesday, February 4: 7:00pm, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30
– Friday, February 6: 7:00pm, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30
– Saturday, February 7: 3:00pm, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30
If you are not available the audition dates but would like to still audition, please select “Not Available” on the audition form. We will contact you to make arrangements for a virtual audition.
Location: Lost Baggage Musical Theatre – 480 Avalon Place (located inside Trinity Church of the Nazarene)
Upon submitting your audition application, our auditions manager will contact you for confirmation and to provide you with a link to a 32-count dance routine video prepared by our choreographers. Please use the video to prepare as best as you can. This will be the only component of the audition. Remember that it doesn’t matter if the routine is perfect, the audition panel just wants to see how you move so they can find the best fit for you in the show.
Auditions will be conducted in small groups of up to 4 dancers. Our choreographers will review the routine with you, give you any tips or pointers to help you improve, and then ask you to perform the routine as best you can with the rest of the group.
If you are a trained dancer and would like a feature in an ensemble number, a solo, or participate in a small group number, we invite you to send in a video of a dance routine that you have performed. The video can be something you recorded specifically for this audition or something you have from a past performance. It can be a full number or a count of 32. The routine you present in the video doesn’t necessarily have to be what you perform in the show and the style of dance can be outside the realm of musical theatre, tap, jazz, and contemporary.
Please submit the audition application at the bottom of the page, if you would like to audition for the show.
Please Note: These are volunteer positions.
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