Audition
Summer 2025

IN-PERSON AUDITION
FEBRUARY 2, 2025

College/Professional Intensive
Pre-Professional Intensive
Jazz Intensive

Why Choose GUS®?

Audition 2024

GUS® is family run, welcoming, professional & iconic!

Gus & Peg Giordano started the school in 1953 and their daughter Amy now leads GUS®

Join The Legacy.

In-Person Audition
February 2, 2025

11:00am - 2:00pm
Ballet | Jazz | Contemporary | Hip Hop

  • Enroll EARLY to secure audition spot

  • Limited in-person spots available

  • Scholarships awarded IF accepted

  • Audition fee $25

  • Audition attire emailed two weeks prior

  • Audition enrollment opens 11/24/24

College/Professional Intensive

  • July 7 - 25, 2025

  • July 25, 2025
    Rehearsal & Evening Show

  • Advanced Training

  • Age 19 - 28

  • Graduated High School

Pre-Professional Intensive

  • July 7 - 25, 2025

  • July 25, 2025
    Rehearsal & Evening Show

  • High Intermediate & Advanced

  • 7th to 12th Grade

Jazz Intensive

  • July 21 - 24, 2025
    10:00am - 4:00pm

  • July 25, 2025
    Rehearsal & Evening Show

  • High Intermediate & Advanced

  • Age 10 - 28

OR
Submit Video Audition

  • Submit video EARLY

  • Acceptance / Scholarships are rolling & Intensives WILL FILL

  • Scholarships awarded IF accepted

  • Video audition fee $25

  • Video audition submissions open 11/24/24

Video Audition Requirements

  • YouTube, DropBox or Vimeo Link

  • Use combinations or sections of pieces you already know for audition video

  • You do not have to choreograph your own combinations 

  • Highly encourage dancers to wear proper attire and hair for each style

  • Highly encourage dancers wear performance makeup

College/Professional Intensive

• Ballet Barre - Developpé, battement, fondu | 30sec
• Ballet Center - Pirouettes & grand allegro across the floor | 1min 
• Jazz Combination | 30 sec
• Contemporary Combination | 30sec 
• Hip Hop Combination | 30sec

Pre-Professional Intensive

• Ballet Barre - Developpé, battement, fondu | 30sec
• Ballet Center - Pirouettes & grand allegro across the floor | 1min
• Jazz Combination | 30 sec
• Contemporary Combination | 30sec 
• Hip Hop Combination | 30sec

Jazz Intensive

• Jazz Combination | 30 sec
• Contemporary Combination | 30sec 
• Hip Hop Combination | 30sec

Reviews For College/Professional, Pre-Professional, Jazz Intensive

The College/Professional Intensive at GUS was one of my favorite things I have ever done. Taking class with dancers that were trained directly by Gus was an experience I can’t quite describe. I left each class recognizing both a strength and a weakness that they encouraged me to hone. They preached that as jazz dancers, we “can not only be just dancers, but we must be performers.” With a goal of becoming a Broadway dancer, this was music to my ears and the perfect intensive for me. The College/Professional Intensive encompasses training that pushes dancers to be the total package I have gained a tremendous amount of information about not only the Chicago dance scene, but the dance world as a whole. College/Pro showed me that not only are technique and personality important in your role as a dancer, but work ethic, attention to detail, understanding your body and being confident do not go unnoticed. Being at the School is something that if I had the opportunity to do again, I’d jump at the chance in a heartbeat. LONG LIVE JAZZ!
— Dancer 24yrs
We couldn’t be happier that our daughter discovered GUS. My daughter participated in the Pre-Professional Intensive this summer. They teach dance at a very high level, while maintaining strong values and a wonderful sense of good sportsmanship. It’s truly wonderful to see our daughter dancing her heart out each day. The teachers at GUS® have absolutely gone above and beyond and created a learning environment that brings so much joy to my daughter. I am blown away.
— Parent of Dancer 16yrs
My two daughters attended the Jazz Intensive and absolutely loved it! They both have finished each day saying how much fun they are having and that they are learning so much about technique. The staff have been professional and informative every step of the way. We highly recommend Gus Giordano Dance Studio! Thank you for giving my daughters a summer dance experience they will always remember!
— Parent of Dancers 12yrs & 14yrs