Maple Youth Ballet's Nutcracker Open Audition September 5, 2009

Audition is Open to the Entire Dance Community, Ages 7-26

As part of its 2009-10 season, the Maple Youth Ballet will be performing its third annual, spectacular The Nutcracker production for five performances on December 19-22 at the beautiful & spacious Northwood Performing Arts Theatre in Irvine!

Featuring original choreography by Artistic Director Charles Maple and beautiful stage sets & costumes designed by award-winning designer Jenny Tomich, The Maple Youth Ballet's The Nutcracker is a contemporary full-length rendition-with-a-twist of E.T.A. Hoffman's time-honored classic which centers around Clara, a young girl who yearns to one day become a professional ballerina.

The Maple Youth Ballet will be holding open auditions for its Nutcracker production on Saturday, September 5 at the following times:

12 pm to 1 pm: Boys & girls ages 7 to 9
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Male & female dancers ages 10 to 12 (no pointework is required for females)
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Male & female dancers ages 12 to 14 (females should be prepared to be en pointe)
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm: Male & female dancers ages 15 to 26 (requires advanced-level ballet technique; however some Nutcracker roles may be available for males with intermediate-level technique)

Our Nutcracker open audition is free, and no photos or resumes are required.

A variety of roles are available, ranging from Little Gingerbread dancers to Party Scene Adults. The physical requirements for our Party Scene Adult dancers (because of costume sizes) are: females 5'6" to 5'9" in height and males 5"8 to 6'4" in height.

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