Making up about 35% of our youth and adult offerings, Hip Hop continues to be our most sought after genre of dance at Joy in Motion.

Hip Hop Crews have existed by “director placement” for many years at Joy in Motion. We felt then, and still believe, it’s important to create space for those more committed dancers who choose to make dance a major part of their extracurricular life and be placed with other like-minded individuals. We believe in teaching the value of honoring commitments, teamwork, and collaboration. Having experienced significant growth in our most popular genre of dance, we held auditions for dancers to be considered for a “Crew” class starting in the Fall of 2024. In addition, we will again assign director placements for some higher level classes. Non-Crew Hip Hop remains on the schedule, so there is a place for everyone.

We currently have a Junior Crew which was for ages 11+ and a Teen Crew which is ages 13+.

*Current Crew members are evaluated during Fall and Winter/Spring however, they do need to audition again. Days and Times have not yet been determined for the 2025-2026 school year, beginning in the Fall of 2025. 

Though we are only holding auditions for two levels, we may find that we need to create a third.

Who can audition?

Dancers ages 10 and up.

Dancers who want to be considered for a Crew will be asked to do the following:

  1. Fill out an Audition Form by 2:00pm Sunday, May 18, 2025.

  2. Be at ONE of the following Auditions:

    • Wednesday, May 28, 2025 

      • 5:30pm - 7:00pm for Hip Hop Junior Crew

      • 7:30pm - 9:00pm for Hip Hop Teen Crew

    • Saturday, June 14, 2025

      • 11:00am - 12:30pm for Hip Hop Junior Crew

      • 1:00pm - 2:30pm for Hip Hop Teen Crew

  3. Please bring a headshot and resume to the audition.

  4. We want to be sure everyone knows, whether or not they are selected to be in Crew, Joy in Motion fosters a sense of community among our dancers, with an emphasis on acceptance, love, and belonging. Joy in Motion is a safe space to share and give and receive support. Not everyone will make it into a Crew but we encourage our dancers to take risks, try their best, and come in with a good attitude, on and off the dance floor. Auditioning is a skill that "real world" performing artists need to practice, and Joy in Motion was excited to be able to provide an opportunity for our dancers to gain experience with auditioning.

What if I can’t be at auditions?

If you can’t be at one of the auditions, but still want to be considered for a Crew class, email Joy in Motion about the conflict AND:

  • Fill out the Audition Form. 

  • Record yourself doing last year’s Hip Hop dance as a solo being creative in filling any holes which were a roll off, hold, etc. 

  • We will provide you the music track if you don’t have it already.

  • Email your headshot and resume.

  • Please have the video submitted by Sunday, June 8 by noon.

When will audition results be announced?

We will announce Crew placement results by Monday, June 30, 2025.