The Juilliard Callback

What a day.

I'm exhausted and glad it's over.

Daya and Amanda went to the callback together.

I am friends with Amanda's mom.

We have been praying all week and trying not to freak out, especially after the cuts last weekend.

On Friday I started a candle.

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Dyaa and I left together and parted ways on the way over.  She went to Juilliard and I went to St Patrick's to light candles for her and Amanda.

My plan was to paint, so I walked all the way West from St Pat's over to the park.

I went through Lincoln Center....

Over to Juilliard.....

Past LaGuardia......

And right over to the river.

I looked for a spot....

Almost painted here but didn't because i was such a ball of nerves and couldn't do something too complex.....

I ended up here:

Oh, also, it was pretty cold.

Low 30s, just above freezing.

I was a nervous wreck and it shows in the painting.

Weirdly this only took an hour... and I also got really cold.

8x10 oil

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Amanda's mom was waiting at Juilliard so I went over there to wait and be scared.

The student lounge wall is cool.

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Daya had to be at Juilliard at 9:30 and it started at I think 10am.

Because Juilliard pre-screens and you have to be invited to the in-person audition, the day is different than it used to be and there are fewer cuts.

But there are cuts.

So Josie and I were waiting VERY anxiously and having no idea what was going on.

Just after 1pm we heard the first part was over and the audition panel was in deliberations... meaning the first cuts.

Then the girls finally texted us........

PHEW!

More waiting......

Josie and I both left for a little while to run some separate errands.

Getting out of there and walking around helped a lot.

This Juilliard audition was a truly terrifying experience.

We returned to await more news...............

And............

SHE MADE IT!!!!

THEY ***BOTH*** MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does this mean they are accepted?

No.

It means they are on the final list for serious consideration and have not been eliminated.

The day started with 28 people and 12 made it to interviews, so similar to last week.

Juilliard does three days of callbacks in NYC and one day in San Francisco.

They will be done next weekend.

What Daya has done-- getting to this point--- is nothing short of extraordinary.

It is truly extraordinary and I don't know any other words for it.

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How The Audition Works

The Juilliard callback audition consists of three sections.

First- ballet, modern (they did Limon), repertory (to see how they pick up choreography) and improv.

That lasted from 10am-1pm.

Then they did cuts.

Next was solos.

Then another round of cuts.

Lastly they did interviews.

Daya was interviewed by Risa Steinberg who is apparently a legend in the dance world.

Questions she was asked:

Why Juilliard, interests outside of dance, a challenge she had to overcome.

They were all done right around 4.

Now we will wait on an admission decision, we will hear sometime by or before April 1.

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When it was all over we went out for celebratory sushi.

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