2025 October OCU Dance Advantage Admission & Scholarship Audition

Join us for the 2025 October Advantage Audition: Oct 24-25, 2025. The audition will take place at Oklahoma City University's Edith Kinney Gaylord Center: 2501 N Blackwelder Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73106.

This in-person event is your chance to showcase your talents and audition for a spot in the Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment. Don't miss this opportunity to make connections with other talented individuals in the industry and take the first step toward your dream career. Register now to secure your spot.

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To be eligible to audition for the dance program, dancers must FIRST begin their to Oklahoma City University. Applications for Fall 2026 Admission open on June 1, 2025.

Dance Audition:

Dancers will participate in a tap, jazz, and ballet class followed by a pre-rehearsed solo in a style of the dancer's choosing. Solos are limited to 1 minute.

For Admission and Scholarship Consideration:

1) Complete audition registration by October 13, 2025.

2) Dancers must begin their academic application to Oklahoma City University by October 15, 2025.

3) Attend our Dance with the Stars Day on Friday, October 24, 2025. Event will begin at approximately 8:30AM.

4 ) Complete all components of the dance audition on Saturday, October 25, 2025. The audition will be held from approximately 8:30AM until 4:30PM.

Please note that attendance is required on both Dance with the Stars Day and the Dance Audition Day to be considered for admission.

Academic Eligibility Requirements:

Students (domestic or international) must have at least one of the following:

- ACT composite score of 21 or above

- SAT composite score of 1060 or above (Verbal + Math)

- A high school GPA of 3.33 or above, as calculated by the OCU Office of Admissions

Visit okcu.edu/dance/audition for details.

Transfer Students: Transfer students are required to submit college transcripts to be evaluated to be eligible to audition as part of their academic application to Oklahoma City University. Transfer students with less than 27 completed semester credit hours of academic courses must have qualifying ACT or SAT scores as described above for entering freshmen and/or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00. Transfer students for all degree programs with over 26 completed semester credit hours of academic courses must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

What is Dance with the Stars?

1) Get an inside look at Oklahoma City University's Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment.

2) Ask questions of the Dance and Entertainment Deans.

3) Meet with a student Q&A panel.

4) Discover performing opportunities, including Star Dance Company directed by Tiffany van der Merwe.

5) Learn about Oklahoma City University admissions, financial aid, student life, and more!

What is an Advantage Audition?

- Access to more dance scholarship resources

- Earlier decisions on admission to the dance program

- Earlier notification of dance scholarship award if accepted

- Earlier opportunity to begin the process of becoming an Oklahoma City University student

- If accepted, invitations to special virtual events through the remaining time before starting classes at OCU

- Early opportunities to be evaluated for available positions, potentially avoiding waiting list placement

Please note:

***ALL TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON-TRANSFERABLE, except in the event of documented illness ***

We have a no refund policy on our dance admission audition tickets. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. Please make sure you have first applied academically to Oklahoma City, have met our academic requirements in order to be eligible to audition, and checked your schedule for conflicts.

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