Monday, November 16, 2009

ABDC Audition Changes for Season 5: crew size, callbacks with ABDC judges and alums!

America's Best Dance Crew audition judge Michelle McNulty alerted us to two changes in the rules and procedures for ABDC Season 5 auditions:

Crew size: While crew sizes of 5-7 members is preferred, this season they will consider allowing a crew to bring up to 10 members. Contact them AHEAD OF TIME using the info at the bottom of this poster if you want to bring more members

Next day call-back and challenge: Some of the auditioning crews will be invited to perform in a call-back. As part of the process, they will be given a challenge and about 30 seconds of a song and asked to prepare a performance. THE NEXT DAY, they will perform their audition routine and their challenge routine before a new panel of judges consisting of America's Best Dance Crew judges and members of ABDC's winning crews:
  • In Atlanta and Houston, the callback judges will be JC Chasez, Lil Mama, and Hok (Quest)
  • In Denver and Los Angeles, callback judges are JC Chasez, Shane Sparks, and Nichelle (We Are Heroes)
  • In Boston and New York, callback judge are Shane Sparks, Lil Mama, and a member of JabbaWockeeZ