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style='font-size:12.0pt'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept.
4, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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text-align:center;text-indent:.3in'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><b><font
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12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>OHIO</span></font></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><font
size=3><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> YOUTH BALLET
WILL AUDITION SEPT. 13<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
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<st1:City w:st="on">FULTON</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State> –
Dancers ages 8 through 20 from throughout <st1:place w:st="on">Northeast Ohio</st1:place>
will have the opportunity this fall to join the non-profit pre-professional
Ohio Youth Ballet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font
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font-weight:bold'>Auditions are at 1 p.m. on Sept. 13 at The <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Turning</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pointe</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of Dance, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">2387 Locust St. S.</st1:address></st1:Street>, Canal <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fulton</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>.
</span></font></b><font size=3><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>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.<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></font><b><font
size=3 color=maroon><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:maroon;font-weight:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. </span></font><font
size=3 color=maroon><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:maroon'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Uzbekistan</st1:country-region></st1:place>. She has a degree in
Choreography, Director-Ballet-Master and Teacher of Classical Ballet. <st1:City
w:st="on">Moore</st1:City> has danced with Edgeworks Dance Theater in <st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State> and is
pursing a degree in dance from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Akron</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font
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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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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