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</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoTitle" align="center"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><strong><font face="Times New Roman">City
Ballet of Cleveland <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></font></strong></span></div><div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoTitle" align="center"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><strong><font face="Times New Roman">Formerly Cleveland City Dance
Company <o:p></o:p></font></strong></span></div><div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoTitle" align="center"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><strong><font face="Times New Roman">2013
Audition <o:p></o:p></font></strong></span></div><div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoTitle" align="center"><strong><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sunday,
April 21 from 1:00-3:00pm</span><o:p></o:p></font></strong></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
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</font><font face="Times New Roman">The City Ballet of Cleveland (CBC), formerly Cleveland City
Dance Company, audition is open to all serious dancers of ballet ages
10-21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The company has two annual
performances in the Spring and December, as well as performances at All Ohio
Dance Festival, Regional Dance America, and local schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Applications are available upon request at
the Front Desk and online at </font><a href="http://www.clevelandcitydancecompany.org/"><font face="Times New Roman">www.clevelandcitydancecompany.org</font></a><font face="Times New Roman">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>under Company information. <o:p></o:p></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">Potential dancers do not have to be students at Cleveland
City Dance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do make it into the
Company, you would need your current dance school to sign off monthly to
confirm you are taking the required dance training in order to dance with the
Company.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">All potential Company members must audition in the Spring
prior to the upcoming season. This includes all current Company members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The audition class will be taught by the
Company Artistic and Executive Director, Courtney J. Laves-Mearini and judged
by a professional dancer not affiliated with the Company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Previous judges have been Jennifer Safonovs
formerly of NEOS Dance Theater and Samantha Basford formerly of the Miami City
Ballet and Brian Murphy of the Verb Ballets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This year Samantha Basford will return.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"></span>Courtney Laves-Mearini<br>Cleveland City Dance, Director<br>Home of The Cleveland City Dance Company<br>13108 Shaker Square<br>Cleveland, OH 44120<br>216-295-2222<br>www.clevelandcitydance.com<br>www.clevelandcitydancecompany.org</div></div></body></html>