[NEohioPAL] AUDITIONS: Ohio Youth Ballet holds auditions Sept. 13

[Christy McCune]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 4, 2009

 

OHIO YOUTH BALLET WILL AUDITION SEPT. 13

 

CANAL FULTON, Ohio - Dancers ages 8 through 20 from throughout Northeast
Ohio will have the opportunity this fall to join the non-profit
pre-professional Ohio Youth Ballet.

 

The company will have auditions for the youth ballet division and dance team
division. In fulfilling the OYB's mission of "Bringing Dance to the People,"
dancers educate and entertain community members at area festivals, schools,
libraries, nursing homes, and more.   

 

Auditions are at 1 p.m. on Sept. 13 at The Turning Pointe School of Dance,
2387 Locust St. S., Canal Fulton, Ohio. Dancers are recommended to arrive by
12:30 p.m. in proper attire to warm up and fill out forms. Auditions are
free. During the auditions, an informational meeting for parents will be
conducted.                

 

OYB auditions are open to girls and boys ages 8-20 who have trained at any
dance school. The OYB makes its home at The Turning Pointe School of Dance.
Call 330-854-1417, visit www.turningpointeschoolofdance.net. 

 

Students will train under artistic directors Natalya Vyashenko-Connor and
Dominic Moore. Vyashenko-Connor is a former dancer with the Alisher Navoi
Great Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Tashkent in the capital of
Uzbekistan. She has a degree in Choreography, Director-Ballet-Master and
Teacher of Classical Ballet. Moore has danced with Edgeworks Dance Theater
in Washington, D.C. and is pursing a degree in dance from the University of
Akron. 

 

Ohio Youth Ballet members have gone on to join professional dance companies;
win prestigious competitions; and they have received college scholarships in
dance, musical theatre, and other fields. Others can be seen on Broadway and
regional theatre, MTV videos and more. 

 

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