Dancers who are professionally trained in Tap, Jazz and Hip Hop are seen by leading professionals in the industry as well as interested choreographers, who evaluate them based on their performance skills, stage presence, technique and commercial appeal. Performers prepare a one-minute dance piece to perform on the main stage and a second piece will be taught by famed choreographers, Jeri Slaughter and Paul Morente, who have choreographed and performed with Christina Aguilera. Each performer will then be judged on this second dance.

Guidelines:

1. Bring the music on a high quality CD and be ready to dance to it.
2. Professional dancers go to auditions in casual classic dance wear. Agents want to look at you and your dance skills, not your costume, hair and make up. Keep it simple, but not too casual.
3. Be prepared to make an impression within the first half minute. The moment you start dancing, the casting director will know whether you've got what it takes or not.
4. Learn how to be a performer, an entertainer. You have to be more than just a talented dancer, you need to carry yourself well, and radiate confidence of a true star!

"By coming to iPOP! you have a little hands on experience. You get to learn more of an inside of what [industry professionals] are looking for. I wish I could have had this experience when I was growing up."
- Autumn Smith, Radio City Rockette

iPOP! does more than open doors to a new future for an individual…it rebuilds the person. It rebuilds the person into someone who is strong and believes in him or herself. IPOP teaches all of its performers that life can bring you so much joy, happiness and success. It teaches each and every performer that no dream is too big. There is no better place to learn this unteachable lesson than at IPOP.
A. Raja (iPOP! Performer)

The challenging part of the whole experience was just trying to find some major downtime after all the auditions, meetings, events, and the callbacks. For all the fellow iPOPpers, we all know that this trip was not a vacation but it was a workshop for aspiring actors, models, dancers, and singers getting a taste of stardom and fame.
Lawrence P. (iPOP! Performer)

The Awards Nights were incredible. The support, camaraderie and encouragement that these children receive from the staff is overwhelming. I think that even if your child is not chosen for showcases, or awards, each child leaves there with a sense of accomplishment, pride and an increased self esteem, feeling like they belonged there. They truly make every child feel that they are an important part of the whole convention!
Ellen and Paul B. (Parents)