Shoreline area dance students to audition for Moscow Ballet’s Seattle production of The Great Russian Nutcracker

Principal dancers and area dance students perform on stage at Seattle’s Paramount Theater with the internationally acclaimed Moscow Ballet. That’s Sasha Obama in the red circle. Sasha was a DANCE WITH US ballet student in Bethesda at the Strathmore Music Center in 2012 and 2013.

Audition Eligibility: Dancers must have at least one year of Ballet training and must be enrolled in Ballet classes for the Fall of 2019 at any local Seattle/Shoreline area dance school. Dancers 6-18 are eligible. AUDITIONS ARE FREE OF CHARGE

Audition Date and Location: Tuesday, September 3, 2019. American Dance Institute's Shoreline studio, 1240 NE 175th Street, Shoreline WA 98155

Audition Check-In Time: Registration Check-in is 4:00 pm, Audition Starts at 4:30 pm

Audition Attire: Any solid colored-leotard and tights are acceptable and ballet slippers. Hair for girls should be pulled back into a secure ballet bun.

If You Are Cast In The Performance

• Cost: Cast dancers pay a $50 cast fee and $50 rehearsal fee. Fees are due immediately upon casting so bring your checkbook. Only cash or checks are accepted. Make checks payable to the American Dance Institute.
• Rehearsal Location: American Dance Institute's Greenwood studio 2, 8001 Greenwood Ave North, Seattle WA 98103.
• Rehearsal Schedule: If cast, dancers must be available for rehearsals in Greenwood on Wednesday and Thursday, September 4 & 5 and Saturdays and/or Sunday afternoons, starting September 14th.
• Note: They will not need to be there the whole time but for an hour (plus or minus) within that time frame for their particular group to learn the choreography from Moscow Ballet’s rehearsal director. The actual time is TBD.
• You will be assigned a 1-hour rehearsal time, approximately, on Saturday and/or Sunday, sometime between the hours of 3:00-9:00 pm. This will be your assigned rehearsal time each week from September 14th – November 3rd. 
• Schedule subject to change pending additional rehearsal requirements.

Nutcracker Performance Dates: Thursday and Friday, November 7 and 8, Paramount Theater in downtown Seattle. The Performance starts at 7 pm.

Pending number of auditioning dancers, dancers may perform in one or both shows.

Questions? email us or call us at 206-783-0755. Find more information about the Moscow Ballet, auditions and the performance here.