What to Wear at an Audition
Audition or competition coming up? Need a new leotard or unitard? According to studies at Upstate Medical Center in Albany, women in general are far less satisfied with their bodies, particularly their weight, than are men. But there is help from manufacturers who are aware of figure faults and body changes.
If not bound by a color code or style at your upcoming trial, black is still the best color choice to give you clean, clear lines. Whatever the lighting conditions, dark colors hold up well. To give a longer leg line and narrower hips, the V-cut is the most popular. Turtleneck leotards draw the eye from a broad bottom or heavy hips. Black or dark colors are good where you bulge; light or shiny materials on the parts that are too thin; vertical stripes add height.
Jazz or musical theater auditions call for warm colors, such as orange or red. Blue makes you recede, no matter how flattering to your personal coloring. Black leotards with _ sleeves, a very low back and somewhat low front are simple yet an elegant choice. Recently popular on stage as a costume is the lace-textured leotard with a high neck and low back in nylon/cotton/stretch material.
A tank leotard with a mesh racing-back and over-the-buttocks bottom line is a discreet way to hide a flabby rear.
Of course, none of these designs really fools anyone into thinking that figure faults don't exit. But clever choices can buy you time while you work on redesigning your body. Catalogs are available from dancewear manufacturers.