VCA?

I did wonder if my comment would be misunderstood. It was rather simplified. - I acknowledge that different schools have different teaching practises and policies. I acknowledge that the internal cultural mindset will differ dependant very much on who is teaching and the specific requirements.

My implication that they all have a similar mindset was more to do with the process of auditioning. Each school will have an agenda (and I do not mean this is a negative way) that they hope to achieve. To a very large extent, those who get call-backs and may even be accepted into the school are those hopefuls who at audition best fill the needs of the school at the time. These needs are directed by several factors that may differ from school to school, yet the approach to auditioning is similar in nature.

Some students will be rejected because they are too green, others because they are too ripe. Once you have weened out those you can work with, then you can makes choices based upon more detailed criteria, such as the type of shows they plan to produce.

Why do they do this? Because they, in a real sense, have to. There are so many hopeful applicants that audition for each of these schools every year, thousands, that in order to cull the list down to something they can manage, they will need to get very particular with their selection criteria. It is the nature of the industry itself.

I hope this helps to clarify my comments.

Absit invidia (and DFT :nono:)

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