You know what suits you and your body best when it comes to styles and cuts. However wearing something simple that doesn’t hide your lines and doesn’t have any distracting patterns is always recommended.

Bringing along a few pairs of shoes to the shoot is advised. During the shoot you will be on your feet for a long time and wearing worn in but not dead (overly soft) shoes is not suggested. Wearing dead shoes will result in them becoming even softer very quickly; making it harder to support certain positions. Softer shoes however can be good for jumping in, and you will have plenty of time to change your shoes during the shoot if you wish.

For classical shots I would advise natural satin (no pancake) and ribbons. If you wish to for more neoclassical positions you can wear pancaked shoes with no ribbons although this is down to your personal preference.

Try to come with your hair and makeup already done to make the most of the shoot.

How you wear your hair is completely up to you. Ideally for classical shots have your hair up and away from your face and off your shoulders.

A natural ‘day wear’ makeup is suggested.

You may arrive up to 15 mins early to allow time to settle in and warm up if you wish. Arriving any earlier than this will result in being asked to come back later or possible not seen to if a shoot is ongoing.

If you do decide to arrive up to 15 mins before your shoot to warm up, a pilates mat, foam roller and theraband are available to aid you in. your warm up if you wish to use them.

For CV images companies will always want to see an arabesque and a jump (most commonly a sissonne). I like to focus on these at the start of the shoot and once these are done we can move onto a few other typical classical positional eg attitude and ecarte.

The rest of the shoot we can play around with positions, both doing positions you’ve had in mind as well as tailoring and creating positions for you.

I strongly recommend trying positions out before you come to your shoot. Recording yourself trying positions then watching yourself back in a helpful tool. This can help you figure out small details such as which leg you’d like to do your arabesque on and how best to get into the position for instance piqué into your arabesque or to start on demi or pointe in 5th and swish the leg. Doing this will save time during your shoot and then we can focus on getting the best out of each position as well as having more time to do more positions, giving you more options to choose from.

Having unique positions will help your CV stand out. Doing prior research into positions, tweaking and holding them to you will help enhance your CV.

During the shoot I will also provide you with ideas for positions, both helping demonstrate them and having print outs to show the lines.

The shoot will typically start with you being welcomed into the studio and made comfortable. You’ll be shown to where you can get changed and be able to warm up. A foam roller, pilates mat and theraband are available to help you warm up if you wish to use them.

Once you’ve settled in well begin with headshots. This will tend to only take around 10 minutes.

We’ll then begin with your dance shots. Starting off with your classical and then moving onto you neo classical/ contemporary shots. During the shoot you’ll have as opportunities to change or ask questions if need be.

I do my best to make my shoots as friendly and a relaxed environment as possible. Auditions can be a stressful time and like to make my shoots an enjoyable experience. I always have music playing thoughout the shoot (feel free to put in requests).

Once the shoot has finished, you’ll be given time to pack up and ask any questions you might have about the shoot.