I am a senior in high school looking into a dance major, which means i need a solo to audition to ever college but i don't know what would be more inpressive toward the college professors, i dance ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz, moden, and lyrical. pleasee help!!(:

I do not work for any college... but I have watched college recitals.

The songs i liked the best are songs that have 'ups and downs' in the tune. (I hope I am making sense)
I enjoyed songs that drew my attention to the dancer for example:

Any songs from the animated, 1997 movie: 'Anastasia'

Here is the list of songs from 'Anastasia' that have lyrics:
1) "Once Upon a December Prologue" -(Lacey Chabert and Angela Lansbury) -
2) "A Rumor in St. Petersburg" -(Jonathan Dokuchitz and Kelsey Grammer) -
3) "Journey to the Past" - (Liz Callaway)
4) "Once Upon a December" - (Liz Callaway)
5) "Learn to Do It" - (Kelsey Grammer, Liz Callaway and Jonathan Dokuchitz)
6) "Learn to Do It" (Waltz reprise) - (Kelsey Grammer)
7) "In the Dark of the Night" - (Jim Cummings)
8) "Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)" - (Bernadette Peters and Jonathan Dokuchitz)
9) "Once Upon a December (Reprise)" - (Liz Callaway and Angela Lansbury)
10) "At the Beginning" (end credits) - (Donna Lewis & Richard Marx)
11) "Journey to the Past" (end credits) - (Aaliyah)

The following songs do not have words, but the songs are theatrical, and are easy to choreograph them to. - For any of these songs, 'dancing' out a story would be cool

1) Prologue - David Newman -
2) Kidnap and Reunion - David Newman -
3) Speaking of Sophie - David Newman -
4) The Nightmare - David Newman -
5) Finale - David Newman -

Please feel free to let me know if you need any more information for any of the songs I suggested.... I hope I helped you
Have a nice day

ive auditioned for 3 dance colleges here in the Uk and have just graduated after 6 years. Everytime i've auditioned, i always do some kind of lyrical/contemporary as you want it to come across as a performance. Imagine your on stage, you want them to engage with you so its important to think more of the style than the song.

To help with your performance, you should try finding a song about something you can relate to. This is something that they stress about at college but its so important. For example, i'd choose something by Adele if i wanted to express heartbreak emotion.

im sure you get me by now lol

good luck

chesca xx