2016 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DANCE FESTIVAL
March 3-6, 2016
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION INFORMATION
for High School Teachers and Students
Audition classes will be held on Thursday, March 3, 2016, from 7 am – 5 pm on the campus of Point
Park University
Dear High School Teacher and Students:
Herein, please find information regarding the Scholarship Auditions for the 2016 NHSDF for
Thursday, March 3, 2016.
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Five separate audition classes are currently scheduled to take place from 7:00am – 5 pm.
If you are planning to send students to these auditions, please make appropriate travel
plans to ensure arrival in time for your scheduled audition time.
Students will participate in classes consisting of ballet and modern techniques. There will
also be a brief Improvisation element at the end of the Modern segment). They will be
placed in one of five audition classes as soon as their materials are received. Students
from the same school will be scheduled in the same class.
A maximum of ten (10) students per school may audition.
Students who are not at an advanced intermediate/advanced technical level should not
audition. Please see Audition Components.
College Scholarships are open only to students currently in the 12th grade. All other
scholarships are open to students in 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
9th Grade students may not audition.
Student Scholarship Application forms are due by February 3, 2016
The supervising teacher will be informed of the audition time prior to the Festival. Please do not
request specific audition times. If you have not heard from the Scholarship Committee
regarding audition time by February 10, 2016, please contact Kathryn Kearns at the numbers
listed below.
Please note:
 12th grade students must have already applied to the colleges who are offering
scholarships prior to the Festival audition.
 They must contact the Dance Divisions of those colleges and notify them of their
participation in the NHSDF auditions prior to the Festival.
 Students should call the schools/colleges directly for additional information.
 Students may only audition for those scholarships they can accept based on dates, travel
and financial obligations.
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Some students will receive acceptance into a program that may or may not be
accompanied by a scholarship.
A mandatory warm up class will begin 45 minutes prior to each audition class. Each
audition class is 75 minutes in length. Appropriate audition attire is required.
Recruiters will contact auditioning students via the audition call board (notice board
outside the Audition room) if they wish to speak to them. They might also contact the
head teacher. All such conferences should be completed by noon on Saturday, March 5,
2016. (Head teacher contact information will be given to all scholarship donors.)
Scholarships will be awarded based on the stated criteria from each institution. The
recipient will be selected by a representative from the institution awarding the scholarship
or by their designee.
ABSOLUTELY NO ON-SITE REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Please review all pertinent forms on the website (www.nhsdf.org) before completing your
registration forms:
 Recruitment Policy
 Auditions Components
 Student Scholarship Application Form
Students are asked to select their first five choices for summer and/or College/University
scholarships; however, this does not mean that they will be excluded from being offered
other scholarships.
 High School Teacher Accompanying Form
 Scholarship Audition Class Schedule
 List of Scholarship Donors
Teachers, carefully review the list of scholarships with your students and have each
auditioning student complete the Scholarship Application Form. The form must have a
parent/guardian signature. If a signature is missing, that student will be ineligible to
audition.
Any further questions regarding the Scholarship Auditions should be directed to Dr. Kathryn
Kearns at 215-848-7576 or kfk2@psu.edu
Good luck! We look forward to seeing you in Pittsburgh.
Yours Sincerely,
Kathryn