HOST HOTEL
EMBASSY SUITES
300 Tallapoosa St, Montgomery, AL 36104
THEATER
THE DAVIS THEATRE
251 Montgomery St, Montgomery, AL 36104
M I N I C O N V E N T I O N: Montgomery 2025
Open Call will be offering a half-day convention at the Montgomery, AL event which includes three master classes from our evaluation panel from 8:30am to 12:30pm on Saturday morning. . Classes will be 1hr and 15 minutes long, and dancers will have a one hour break between competition and convention. Please contact allison@opencallcompetition.com for pricing and registration.
* In 2024, the Montgomery mini convention sold out, so please register any groups early, and email Open Call if you’d like to make a deposit to hold your space.
IMPROV SHOWDOWN: Montgomery 2025
The Open Call Improv Showdown is a supportive exploration of improv developed as a contest to encourage creativity, courage and fun! All dancers who join the Improv Showdown competition will be asked to line up on stage, listen to a sample of a random song and then will be called forward one at a time to dance for about four eight-counts. They then may be asked to dance all together or have other improv-based creativity prompts. The audience cheers the dancers, and the criteria that the judges use always account for bravery and ingenutity. The Improv Showdown is divided so that dancers compete in two different age categories- 12 & Under and 13 & Up. Please contact allison@opencallcompetition.com for pricing and registration.
S A M P L E S C H E D U L E
FRIDAY
Door Open at 4:00pm
5-7pm: Teen and Senior Solos, Duos and Trios
7pm: 13&Up Improv Showdown
7:15pm: 13& Up Awards
SATURDAY
Convention 8:30am-12:15pm
8:30am: Frankie Morgan (Contemporary)
9:45am: April Cook (Tap)
11:00am: Andrew Wilson (Musical Theatre)
Petite, Junior, Preteen Solos/Duos/Trios Competition from 1:00pm-3:15pm
12 & Under Improv Showdown at 3:15pm
12 & Under Awards at 3:30pm
4pm: Group Competition
6pm: Final Awards
A detailed schedule will be placed online within 7 days of the competition.
A copy of this schedule will be emailed to all studio owner accounts.
Please email opencallcomp@gmail.com (or call 706-389-8433) to pre-register for any add ons.
Judges’ Bios:
April Cook:
April Cook is an NYC-based teacher, choreographer, and dancer from Charlotte, NC. She received her formative training under Gene Medler of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble, Barbara Morgan Eaves, of Rhythm Dance Studio, and Miss Donna's School of Dance. April currently teaches throughout the country, and is a judge/teacher for several competitions and conventions including NYCDA, Mainstage Productions, Dance Theater USA, The PTC Productions Annual Teacher Workshop/The PULSE on Tour, and The Big Apple Tap Festival. She has been a tap instructor for Rosie O’Donnell’s Rosie’s Theater Kids and had the incredible privilege of performing nationally with Savion Glover.
Frankie Morgan:
Frankie Morgan grew up in McAlester, Oklahoma and he moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career as a professional dancer. He has assisted choreographers like Stacey Tookey and Tyce Diorio on episodes of the Fox show So You Think You Can Dance. Frankie was the male swing for the Shaping Sound tour choreographed by Travis Wall, Teddy Forance, Nick Lazzarini, and Kyle Robinson. He has performed in the Festival Ballet Theater’s The Secret Garden Ballet & Mixed Repertoire. In 2017, he moved from Los Angeles to New York City to further pursue his passion for dance. Since moving he has worked for choreographers like Joe Lanteri, Kelly Divine, and Karla Garcia.Most recently, he performed with Taylor Swift at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.
