Nashville Ballet Is Set To Hold Youth Cast Auditions For Its Production Of THE NUTCRACKER 9/13 And 9/20

Nashville Ballet will hold Youth Cast auditions for the 2009 encore production of Nutcracker on Sunday, September 13, and on Sunday, September 20, at 3630 Redmon Street, Nashville, TN 37209. Nashville Ballet will present the Nashville-based version of this holiday classic. The traditional story is set during the time of the 1897 Tennessee Exposition when the Parthenon was built and incorporates many local elements, such as the interior of Clara’s house designed after the Belle Meade mansion. There are many different and imaginative roles in this production. Only one audition is needed; select one of the two dates. There is a $10.00 audition fee and all participants are required to bring a full-body photograph. All participants must be eight years old by December 31, 2009. Girls should wear proper dance attire and boys should wear shorts and a T-shirt. For more information, please call Ms. Rachel Norfleet at 615-297-2966, ext. 20, email rnorfleet@nashvilleballet.com or visit www.nashvilleballet.com. 

Schedule of audition times:

Boys *7 to 11     Register at 11:00 am - audition from 11:30 am -12:00 pm

Girls *7, 8 & 9    Register at 11:00 am - audition from 12:00 -1:00 pm

Girls 10 & 11   Register at 12:00 pm - audition from 1:00 - 2:00 pm

(*All participants must be eight years old by December 31, 2009.)

Boys & Girls 12 & 13 - Must be School of Nashville Ballet students 

Register at 1:00 pm - audition from 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Boys & Girls ages 14 and up - Must be School of Nashville Ballet students

Registration at 2:00 - audition from 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Performance Dates: Nutcracker (with the Nashville Symphony)    

Jackson Hall at TPAC  

Friday, December 11, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 12, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 13, 2:00 p.m.

Friday, December 18, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 19, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 20, 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
 
Nashville Ballet is funded in part from grants made available through the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Ingram Charitable Trust. Additional funding is also provided by HCA Tri-Star, The Martin Foundation, Regions Bank, Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund, and the Andrew Woodfin Miller Foundation.

Founded in 1981 as a civic dance company, Nashville Ballet is the largest professional ballet company in Tennessee. As the second largest producing arts organization in the Middle Tennessee area, Nashville Ballet presents a varied repertoire of classical ballet and contemporary works by noted choreographers, along with original works by Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Nashville Ballet and the second company NB2 (a pre-professional training company) serve nearly 70,000 adults and children annually through performances, and our education and outreach program Learning Curves. Our curriculum-based outreach program brings dance education to community centers, colleges, public libraries, eight resident schools, and public elementary and middle schools over a 15-county region throughout Middle Tennessee. The School of Nashville Ballet provides world-class instruction in Ballet for the dancers of tomorrow.

Photo Credit: The Nutcracker © The Kirov Ballet and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

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