Registration for the auditions starts on October 6, 2023. The deadline is March 9, 2024 for the auditions in Québec City. 

To register, the candidate must fill in the registration form in French. Registration fees amount to 50$.

Once the registration form is filled out, all candidates must send the following documents by e-mail to tpaquet@ledq.qc.ca : 

• Two photographs : a portrait and a head to toe picture of you wearing dancing clothes, 
• A recommandation letter written by a (former) professor, employer, etc. in which they talk about your know-how and attitude in a learning context.

Deadline : March 1st, 2024

In order to register for the DCS/DEC technique Danse-interprétation (run jointly with the Cégep de Sainte-Foy), you must fill out an admission application on the Service régional d’admission au collégial de Québec’s website (SRACQ). Canadian students can do so from mid-January, 2024. 

Candidates who already hold a DCS/DEC (Diploma of College Studies) also have to fill out an admission application on the SRACQ’s website in order to be registered at the Cégep, even if they will be given equivalences for the classes they have already taken. The dance classes we teach amount to a sufficient number of hours for you to be considered a full-time student. 

Candidates who wish to register for the ACS/AEC in Contemporary Dance (Attestation of College Studies) do not need to fill out the admission application on the SRACQ’s website. 

Candidates who wish to register for the Preparatory Year can fill out the admission application on the SRACQ’s website although it is not mandatory. Please contact us if you wish to receive more information on this.     

On the day of the auditions, the audition process lasts a whole day (from 9 am to 4pm). It includes an audition in a group (warm-up session, contemporary dance class, ballet class and an interpretation workshop). The jury is composed of professors teaching at L’EDQ and of professional guest artists.

If necessary, you might be invited to a personal interview at a later date as well.

Candidates do not have to prepare anything before the audition. Throughout the process, we evaluate each candidate’s physical abilities, artistic and creative potential as well as their level in dance.

We look for responsive, expressive, authentic and committed dancers!

Our criteria :

• Overall physical condition, 
• Fluidity of the mouvement, 
• Artistic, creative and musical abilities, 
• Learning speed, 
• Adaptability,  
• Implication throughout the process. 
  
  The registration for and the participation in the auditions is obligatory.

FRENCH CANDIDATES 

Thanks to the agreement signed between France and Québec regarding education, French students do not have to pay the extra fees that usually apply to international students. The only payable fees are the Cégep de Sainte-Foy’s tuition fees. More details can be found on the SRACQ’s and Cégep de Sainte-Foy’s websites.  

In order to finalize the registration process, the following steps must be completed by February 1st, 2024 (for the DCS in Contemporary Dance): 

1. Register for the auditions in France before February 25, 2024 or for those in Québec before March 9, 2024;
2. Provide the required documents;
3. Fill out your admission application to the SRACQ;
4. Follow the preparatory steps for the auditions (sent by email)
   
   

NON-FRENCH INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES

For all non-French international students, L’EDQ offers the ACS/AEC (Attestation of College Studies in Contemporary Dance or Attestation d’études collégiales en danse contemporaine). 

In order to finalize the registration process, the following steps must be completed by February 1st, 2024 : 

• Register for the auditions in France before February 25, 2024 or for those in Québec before March 9, 2024;
• Provide the required documents;
• Follow the preparatory steps for the auditions (sent by email)
  
  
  ALL INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES

All international candidates who receive an offer from L’EDQ must undertake the following steps : 

1. Obtain a “Certificat d’acceptation du Québec” (CAQ) from the Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion.  It takes approximately 25 business days to obtain. 
2. Obtain a study permit from the Canadian visa office. Find out about the requirements here.  
3. Show proof of health (including hospitalisation) insurance coverage. Go to the Régie de l’assurance maladie’s website to obtain your health card.