Local Moscow Ballet audition winners announced

59 dancers were cast for Moscow Ballet performance

Fifty-nine Seattle area dance students were cast for the Internationally acclaimed Moscow Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker performance Monday night including 10 talented dancers from Shoreline and Lake Forest Park.

The students will dance on stage with the Moscow Ballet in their Great Russian Nutcracker performance November 8th and 9th at the Paramount Theater in Seattle.

10 were from Shoreline and Lake Forest Park

From left to right, the cast includes Shoreline and Lake Forest Park dance students; Anastasiya Ganzha, Evelyn Wu, Enya Chen, Sofi Almacen, Avery Leptich, Anna Hall, Khyler Davis, Ella Zeallear, Audrey Labrum, Eleanor Gaydos.

Moscow Ballet will perform in over 140 US and Canadian cities this year and their “Dance with Us” program has brought tens of thousands of local student dancers onstage to perform annually in a professional environment for 24 years – a once in a lifetime experience for many children!

The auditions were hosted by American Dance Institute and held in their Shoreline dance studio. American Dance Institute opened their Shoreline dance studio in May of this year in the North City neighborhood. This is their second year hosting the Moscow Ballet.