

USBRIT
• Come dressed in dance clothes (girls: black leotards, pink tights; boys: black tights, white T-shirt). Girls should bring pink ballet slippers. Boys should bring black ballet slippers. Those not appropriately dressed, will not be allowed to audition.
• You will be judged on your demonstration of the following skills: mental ability; energy within the classes; flexibility of back, legs and hip sockets; feet and foot articulation; musicality and phrasing; rhythmic accuracy; quick recall of combinations; presence and carriage; and ability to perform given combinations with style and grace. Since this program is not for basic beginners, you will be assessed on your acquired skills in all areas of dance and personal fitness for dance.
• Do not prepare choreography for this audition. You will take instructions from dance faculty."Is it the part of the police department to harass me when this city is a flagrant vice capital of the civilized world?"Ignatius goes on to list all manner of undesirable citizens he would not wish to associate with, including "sodomites and.... lesbians". My point being that in a city like New Orleans with it's rich acceptance of everyone and at the same time acceptance of no-one ( I know, bear with me), it would be hard not to write of gay people. Dorian, a homosexual character in the novel, makes a point which is incredibly true of the city. Dorian grew up in a small town in Nebraska. His family send him checks each month to stay away. We must remember that the early 1960's saw a time of great change in American society. People were able to express themselves as they had not been able to before. However, this may have been centered upon big cities like New York, San Fransisco and New Orleans. Nebraska probably would not have been such a place.
"Oh, New Orleans is such freedom."The freedom of the city of New Orleans still stands today. Toole's words ring true and are relevant to current French Quarter events. My first trip to New Orleans was to Southern Decadence, a festival where one can truly express ones self.