Getting Ready for Auditions
To catch my dream I need to do auditions.
Seems simple, right? Well, real life. I need a resume, cover letters, auditions photos, audition video, and information on each company to send my audition material to them. After that, I have to actually audition.
Audition season starts January but I need all the audition material before that time. Wait, I have Nutcracker... so how am I going to do all of this work? Nutcracker definitely takes a lot of time and energy this time of year but I still need to get my audition work done. This means that I have to be focused and efficient with my time. While I am at the theatre, I need to work on cover letters and write, write, write! The other week, I had my photoshoot with the amazing Lindsay Thomas in between shows. Over the past month, I have been working overtime on getting my audition video prepared and filmed by the end of December.
IT IS DONE! Deadlines help, so make them (RULE 73). In school or at work, we have deadlines and they get you to work at all cost to finish the work before the deadline. You will get it done. Well, unfortunately, life does not give you deadlines, you have to make them. December 25th was my deadline. Boom, December 24th rolled around and I finished. Since I was working hard on my audition materials, I have not had the time to write on this blog. Now that I am done, you will see more of me here especially because I have some big changes to the website coming soon. Now it is time to relax, rest up, and get myself ready to send my materials out to companies all over America and Europe. With the presidential election happening in the new year, the theme for 2016 is HIRE ME 2016.
Check out my audition photos by the wonderful Lindsay Thomas and my audition video below.
NUTCRACKER UPDATE: I am almost done with shows. The last show is on Monday December 28th, 2015.
LIFE UPDATE: I GO HOME ON DECEMBER 29th, 2015 and I cannot wait to be home till January 9th, 2016.
Classical Solo: Slave Variation from Le Corsaire Choreography by Konstatin Sergeyev Music by Adolphe Adam Contemporary Solo: Bee Man from Emergence Choreography by Crystal Pite Music by Owen Belton RESUME Matthew Gattozzi Address: 205 Nickerson St. Apt. 303, Seattle, WA 98109 Telephone: 857-277-9293 Email: Matt.Gattozzi@gmail.com Nationality: American DOB: 03/22/1996 Age: 19 Height: 5’10 (178 cm) Weight: 175 lbs Experience Pacific Northwest Ballet: (2014-Present) Male Corps from Diamonds by George Balanchine Seguidilla Corps and Torero Corps from Don Quixote by Alexei Ratmansky Moors (Spanish), Sword Doll, Father, and Chinese Tiger from The Nutcracker by Kent Stowell Spanish Hot Chocolate, Mouse, and Father from The Nutcracker by George Balanchine Court Populace from Swan Lake by Kent Stowell Corps Male from Carmina Burana by Kent Stowell Corps Male 1st Movement from Sum Stravinsky by Kiyon Gaines *Corps Male from The Concert by Jerome Robbins *Goon from Prodigal Son by George Balanchine *Corps Male from Emergence by Crystal Pite *Corps Male from Stravinsky Violin Concerto by George Balanchine *Learned Ballet Boston Ballet: (2004-2014) Big Mouse and Soldier from The Nutcracker by Mikko Nissinen were created on me Boston Ballet School: (2004-2014) Horn from Fanfare by Jerome Robbins 6 Men from Rhapsody - Ashton/Rachmaninov Villagers from La Fille mal Gardee - Ashton/Herold/Lanchbery Education Pacific Northwest Ballet School (2014-Present) Marisa Albee, Peter Boal, Kelly Boal, Dana Hanson, Dane Holman, Benjamin Houk, Abbie Siegel, Eva L. Stone, Marjorie Thompson, Le Yin Boston Ballet School (2004-2014) Christopher Anderson, Melanie Atkins, Igor Burlak, Christine Busch, Yo-el Cassell, Mimi Farrell, Pavel Gurevich, Christopher Hird, Kathleen Mitchell, Carlos Molina, Alla Nikitina, Margaret Tracey Special Skills/Awards Teach Ballet Class and Choreography: The Outsider (March 11, 2012), Radioactive (June 10th, 2014), Escaped (February, 2014), Heaven (January 2, 2015) The Harry Wilcott Scholar at Boston Ballet School from 2007-2014 Currently on full scholarship at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School References: Peter Boal- Artistic Director of The Pacific Northwest Ballet 206-444-9411 Margaret Tracey- The Principal of The Boston Ballet School 617-456-6333