Dances Patrelle Announces Auditions For Brand New Ballet, 1/26

Dances Patrelle announces auditions for the brand new ballet The American Dream: It's Only Business

Dances Patrelle announces auditions for the brand new ballet The American Dream: It's Only Business on Saturday, January 26, 2019 from 6-7:30pm (sign-in starts at 5pm) at Ballet Academy East, 1651 Third Avenue, NYC. Auditions are free of charge.

Dances Patrelle is looking for three teens, male and female, between the ages of 15 and 18, with strong ballet technique and acting skills for the upcoming production of The American Dream: It's Only Business. Ladies should be prepared to dance en pointe. Additionally seeking four or five young dancers, between the ages of 10 and 12, who are studying ballet and who are interested in dramatic roles. All dancers should arrive in appropriate dance attire.

Dances Patrelle will present The American Dream: It's Only Business from April 12-14, 2019 at New York Live Arts.

Dances Patrelle (dP) is a dynamic professional ballet company celebratingits 26th season! dP presents two annual seasons in New York - the timeless holiday tradition, The Yorkville Nutcracker, and a spring repertory season featuring world premieres and classic Patrelle favorites. Mr. Patrelle's body of work includes over 50 original ballets choreographed for Dances Patrelle, and spans an incredibly wide range of styles, from his beloved American Songbook collection, to such contemporary classics as Madame X,Macbeth and Rhapsody in Blue. Heralded by Lynn Garafola in Dance Magazine as a choreographer with "a personal vision...classical because it is rooted in metaphor and symbolic language [and] populist because of its legibility and broad cultural resonance,"

Patrelle has also cultivated a long-time collaboration with composer Patrick Soluri, commissioning four original scores including 2009's Murder at the Masque for dP's 20th Anniversary. Known for attracting the great talent of each generation, Dances Patrelle is pleased to count ballet stars such as Marcelo Gomes, Jenifer Ringer, Donald Williams, Lourdes Lopez, and Cynthia Gregory among its dancers. For 25 seasons, Dances Patrelle has tapped into the human experience, connecting intimately with the audience and continuously reinventing dramatic dance. In 2013, the company was named the resident ballet company of the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center.

"In Francis Patrelle's ballets, the characters come alive. His choreography is full of heart and soul." - Cynthia Gregory, Prima Ballerina

For more information, visit www.dancespatrelle.org.