NUTCRACKER: Audition Information
AUDITION & PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Classical Arts Entertainment’s “We Dance” program provides the youngest dancers an excellent opportunity to audition, rehearse, and perform with the professional international touring ballet troupe the State Ballet Theater of Ukraine.
Performance:
Classical Arts Entertainment Presents: The Nutcracker
Performance Date: November 22, 2024
Location:
The Temple Theatre
201 N. Washington Ave.
Saginaw, MI 48602
www.templetheatre.com/nutcracker2024
Audition Date/Time: September 15, 2024, 4:30-6pm
Audition Location: The Temple Theatre 201 N. Washington Ave. Saginaw, MI 48607
Audition age groups: 5-9, 9-13, 13+
4:00-4:30 pm Ages 5-9 (Dance experience required)
4:30-5:00 pm Ages 9-13 (Dance experience required)
5:00-5:30 pm Ages 13+ (Dance experience required)
Roles: Bon-Bons,Angels, Chinese, Party Scene
(ages/exact roles may be subject of discussion with the Artistic Director)
Fees:
$25 Audition Fee-Audition fees will cover Classical Arts Entertainment’s administrative expenses associated with running the Auditions.
If selected for a role in the production the following additional fees will be required.
$100 Participation Fee per dancer includes $50 Host Studio fee. These fees help cover costumes and their maintenance and other related administrative as well as the costs associated with rehearsals and performances incurred by the host studio.
Rehearsal Dates:
9/15-Audition on Temple Theatre stage
10/13-Rehearsals in Temple Theatre ballroom
10/20-Rehearsals in Temple Theatre ballroom
11/3-Rehearsals in Temple Theatre ballroom
11/10-Rehearsals in Temple Theatre ballroom
11/17-Dress rehearsal on Temple Theatre stage
11/22-Performance
About Classical Arts Entertainment
Classical Arts Entertainment’s unique “We Dance’’ program brings the rare opportunity of auditioning, rehearsing, and performing with a professional, international touring ballet company in the legendary Russian classical ballets to generations of American ballet students!
Classical Arts Entertainment casts student dancers ages 5-18 in ancillary roles performing side-by-side with the full Ukrainian company.
About The State Ballet Theater of Ukraine
The company is recognized as one of the most prestigious institutions of classical ballet in Ukraine. It can boast a hugely varied repertoire, carrying the honor and task to preserve the great Ukrainian dances’ precious heritage. A part of the company’s collection has always been the great masterpieces of classical ballet, from “Sylphide” by Bournonville, to “Giselle” by Adam, “Don Quixote” and “La Bayadère” by Minkus, „SleepingBeauty,” „The Nutcracker” and „Swan Lake” by Tchaikovsky, “Cinderella” by Prokofiev to the various twentieth-century ballets by Stravinsky, Falla, and Shchedrin. Due to the many tours worldwide, The State Ballet Theater of Ukraine has earned a first-class international reputation.
