DANCE est Joie, Inc. Company and Pre-Company 2025 – 2026 Auditions
Auditions for 2025-2026 DANCE est Joie, Inc. will take place on Friday, May 30th, 2025.
All audition events will take place in person at Grayce DeWitt Dance Studio.
Required Audition Preparation Classes: Tuesday, May 27th
Class times will be announced at a later date. There will be three age groups during this year’s audition: 8-11, 12-14, and 15 and older.
*Audition group is based off of the dancer’s age as of January 1st, 2025. The audition group does not determine the group they will perform with throughout the season. Dancers will be grouped into competition dances based on their audition performances. Dancers who are currently dance company members (not pre-company) who are younger than 8 years old will still be allowed to audition.
The cost of the preparation class and audition is $25.00 per dancer. Acceptable payment methods are listed below.
Venmo: @DANCEestJoie_Inc_GDDS (dancer’s name-DEJ audition)
PayPal: danceestjoie.inc@yahoo.com – select friends and family only (dancer’s name-DEJ audition)
Check: payable to Rebecca Bean
Cash is not an acceptable form of payment. Payment is due by Tuesday, May 27th, 2025.
Open Studio Opportunity:
Wednesday, May 28th
4:00-7:00 Drop in open studio opportunity for dancers auditioning for the 2025-2026 DANCE est Joie, Inc. Competition Team. Dancers are welcome to utilize the studios at GDDS for their audition preparations. A GDDS representative will be present to oversee this event, but will not be providing instruction, feedback or assistance to dancers. Dancers are not required to attend our open studio event.
Auditions for DANCE est Joie, Inc. Competition Teams: Friday, May 30th
(Audition times will be announced at a later date.)
Additional information for the audition will be required by Google Form. For more information about becoming a member of DANCE est Joie, Inc. please join us for an informational meeting on Thursday, April 10th 6:30-7:30 or Tuesday, April 15th, 6:15-7:15 at Grayce DeWitt Dance Studio. Attendance is not required, but we highly encourage you to participate to learn more about our upcoming season, expectations, costs, schedule and more. The current season’s copy of our dance company handbook is available online. A member meeting will be required during choreography week.
Choreography Week
Choreography week is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, July 30th through Wednesday, August 6th.
Auditions for DANCE est Joie, Inc. Pre-Company: Sunday, August 2nd
This group is for dancer’s ages 4-7 years old. Audition age is based on the dancer’s age as of January 1st, 2026. Additional audition details for DANCE est Joie, Inc. Pre-Company will be announced at a later date.
Audition routines are property of DANCE est Joie, Inc. and Grayce DeWitt Dance Studio. This choreography may be utilized for competition routines and performances. Formal auditions are closed to guests and observers.