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font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">–</span><b><span style="font-size:
18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"> Cleveland <span style="color:black">youth invited to </span>audition Fri,
Sep 14<span style="color:black"> to perform in Moscow Ballet’s 20<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Great Russian Nutcracker</span></span></b></div>
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perform with 40 Russian professionals</span></i></div>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></pre><pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Contact: Sally Michael Keyes <a href="mailto:sally@nutcracker.com">sally@nutcracker.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(413) 499-1733 x21</span></pre>
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13,<span style="color:black"> 2012 </span></span></b><span style="font-size:
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acclaimed <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/">Moscow Ballet</a> and </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
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Russian Nutcracker</i> at </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Masonic Auditorium in Cleveland.<span style="color:black"> </span>Children’s roles are at all levels of ballet and
include Party Children, Mice, Angels, Butterflies, Snowflakes and more. Dance
students from area dance studios are invited<span style="color:black"> to audition
Friday, September 14 </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">6:00pm </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">at<span style="color:red"> </span>516 E. Washington St., Chagrin Falls, OH<b>.</b> Applicants
must be <span style="color:black">7 to 16 years old, have </span>one year of
ballet training, dress in dance attire and may bring Pointe shoes. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Moscow Ballet soloist and Audition Director Natalia
Miroshnyk is in town especially to conduct the auditions. She looks for dancers
with ballet training, poise and who are able to work in a group. She will also
work one-on-one with students in rehearsal after the auditions. The live
performance experience is a once-in-lifetime chance for most aspiring dancers. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black">Register Online at www.nutcracker.com/auditions or contact </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gail Friedberg</span></b><span class="nav0"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";"> (440) 247-5747.</span></b></span></div>
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mso-bidi-font-family:AGaramondPro-Regular"><a href="http://www.enpointedanse.com/">En Pointe Danse</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:AGaramondPro-Regular">’ </span><span style="font-size:
11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">goal is to
provide a nurturing environment for beginner through adult dancers, inspiring
the joy and passion of dance by fostering cr</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">eative expression. The studio offers a variety of dance forms to aid in exploring
the wonders of dance including creative movement, ballet, pointe, tap, and
modern dance.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:AGaramondPro-Regular"> Classes
are offered for students age 3 through adult. The focus of the studio is on
technique and fostering discipline and critical thinking in the dancers. This
is the studio’s third year hosting Moscow Ballet auditions for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian Nutcracker. </i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/dance-with-us/audition-directors">Nataliya
Miroshynk</a> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">charms
audiences each year with her dancing of the dramatic Spanish variation in Act
II of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>She has danced as a soloist with Moscow
Ballet for over 5 years and is also Audition Director and Teacher. Miroshnyk
travels across North America auditioning and rehearsing young dancers to
perform with the professionals in ballets including the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Swan
Lake</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Romeo and Juliet, </i>and
more. In 2011 she taught the Vaganova method training for advanced and
pre-professional American ballet students in Moscow Ballet Summer Intensive
programs and in 2012 she was one of four Teachers for 3300 Pasco County,
Florida students of the “New Horizons – A Children’s Program for Life,” a 6
week program. She graduated from the Kiev Academic Choreographic School in
Ukraine and is expertly trained. Immediately upon graduation Nataliya was
invited to join the company of the Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet
Theater of the Ukraine and gained a tremendous amount of experience touring the
world. Nataliya’s repertoire includes classic ballets such as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Giselle</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Sleeping Beauty</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">La Bayadere,
Don Quixote</i> and, of course, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Great
Russian Nutcracker</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:black"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">Moscow Ballet’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">20<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary</i> production of the</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i></b> overflows
with spectacular new “Dove of Peace” in which 2 dancers become one stunning
bird; Christmas Tree that grows to 7 stories tall; award-winning principal
dancers and corps of 40; towering silk puppets; 200 all new lavish costumes;
and falling snow. Russian cultural elements include a Troika styled sleigh
escorted by Ded Moroz (Father Christmas) and Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) and 9
hand-painted backdrops by Valentin Federov, all set to Tchaikovsky’s complete <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Nutcracker Suite</i> score. For 20 years Moscow
Ballet’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i>
performances have introduced the finest Russian ballerinas and danseurs to
audiences across North America. From former Bolshoi soloist Stanislov Vlasov
and partner Lilia Sabitova in 1993 to danseur and upstart choreographer
Anatolie Emelianov and Honored Artist of Russia Tatiana Predenia in 2002; IBC
Gold Medalists Cristina and Alexei Terentiev in 2006; and acclaimed partners
Alexandra Elagina and Anatolie Ustimov in 2010 to name a few. From the press:
“Bold and vital” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Virginian-Pilot</i>
1994; “Delight to watch” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Washington Post</i>
1996; "Whimsical, charming, vibrant classical style,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">New York Times</i> 2002; “Aristocratic finesse,” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Cleveland Plain Dealer</i> 2010; “Brimful with feeling…expansive” Chief
Dance Critic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">New York Times</i> 2010; and
“Sheer splendor and elegant dancing” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Baltimore
Sun</i> 2011. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Great Russian Nutcracker</i> - 20 years of acclaim, 20 years of soaring
holiday spirit!</b> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">www.nutcracker.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></div>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Tickets
are now on sale and </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">start at $27.50. Call 800-745-3000<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> or go to </span><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com">www.nutcracker.com</a>. Group rates are available
for ten or more, call 800-320-1733 x15.</span></div>
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<div style="clear:both">Sally Michael Keyes<br>
Marketing and PR Consultant for the Arts <br>
keyes1545@aol.com<br>
413.528.5131</div>
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