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On Sep 2, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Courtney Laves <<a href="mailto:balletlaves@yahoo.com">balletlaves@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font face="Times New Roman">Date: September 3, 2013<o:p></o:p></font></b></div>
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</span>City Ballet of Cleveland <o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Contact: Courtney Laves<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
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</span>(216) 295-2222<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">E-mail:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><a href="mailto:Courtney@clevelandcitydancecompany.org">Courtney@clevelandcitydancecompany.org</a><o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
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</span>September 7 September 21, 2013<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font face="Times New Roman">FORMERLY CLEVELAND CITY DANCE COMPANY AUDITION<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">(Cleveland, OH) – The City Ballet of Cleveland, formerly Cleveland City Dance Company will be holding its annual “Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker” audition on Saturday
September 14<sup>th</sup> from 2:30pm-5:00pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
The City Ballet of Cleveland (CBC), formerly Cleveland City Dance Company, audition is open to all area ballet dancers ages 8 and older.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Dancers auditioning for pointe roles should wear their pointe shoes to audition for roles including Act I Snow and Act II Waltz of the Flowers. Adult roles are available for the new Party Scene set in a historic Cleveland home. Potential dancers do not
need </font><a href="" name="_GoBack"></a><font face="Times New Roman">to be students at Cleveland City Dance. Students must continue to take their dance classes with their local school during the rehearsal process.</font></div>
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<div style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">The Company Artistic and Executive Director, Courtney J. Laves-Mearini, Ballet Master Mark Otloski, Shannon Sterne and a professional dancer not affiliated with
the Company will be conducting the audition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
The performances are scheduled for the weekend of December 7-8 at Cuyahoga Community College’s Eastern Campus in Cleveland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A pre-registration form should be submitted by Thursday, September 10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>More application forms and full details are available online at </font><a href="http://www.clevelandcitydancecompany.org/"><font face="Times New Roman">www.clevelandcitydancecompany.org</font></a></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">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>
<a href="http://www.clevelandcitydance.com">www.clevelandcitydance.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.clevelandcitydancecompany.org">www.clevelandcitydancecompany.org</a></div>
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