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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Local dance students invited
to 2 auditions Oct 13 and Oct 15 for Moscow Ballet ballerina and to perform in <i>Great Russian Nutcracker</i> in Cleveland <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>



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<div class="NoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> “A thrilling experience for student dancers
and a great opportunity to get up close and personal with the [Moscow Ballet]
principals and soloists,” <i>Regina Herald</i>,
Barbara Woolsey <o:p></o:p></span></div>


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<pre><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contact: Sally Michael Keyes <a href="mailto:sally@nutcracker.com">sally@nutcracker.com</a>  (413) 499-1733 x21<o:p></o:p></span></pre>


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<div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(Berkshires, MA) </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sep 5, 2014 </span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">– <b><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/">Moscow
Ballet</a> </b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">announces
2 open auditions 1) </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"">Mon, Oct 13, 5:00pm registration at <a href="http://www.cfdc.co/">Cuyhoga Falls Dance Center</a>, 428 Portage Trail,
Cuyhoga, OH</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:teal"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">and 2) Wed Oct 15 6:00pm at <a href="http://enpointedanse.com/">En Pointe Danse</a>, 516 East Washington St.,
Chagrin Falls, OH</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:teal"> </span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">for student dancers ages 7 to 16 years. </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Moscow
Ballet’s “<a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/dance-with-us">Dance with Us</a>”
Audition Director <span style="color:red"><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/audition-directors">Olga Aru</a>
</span>will be present to select 60 student dancers to perform side-by-side
with the professional company of 40 Russian dancers. Students are cast in
ancillary roles of Party Children, Mice, Snowflakes, Angels, and more. They
will perform in the <i>Great Russian
Nutcracker </i></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">at
the Cleveland Music Hall Mon, Dec 22, 3:00 & 7:30pm. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Moscow
Ballet is pleased to work with </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://enpointedanse.com/">En Pointe Danse</a> and <a href="http://www.cfdc.co/">Cuyhoga Falls Dance Center</a> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">to
make the open audition, rehearsals and performances possible.  Applicants must be between 7 and 16 years old,
have at least one year of ballet training, dress in dance attire and may bring
Pointe shoes. The experience of working and performing with professional ballerinas
is often a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for aspiring dancers. “The payoff at the end of the rehearsals is the opportunity
to be part of Christmas magic, to dance under shimmering lights with award-winning
Russian dancers against exquisite hand-painted sets. It’s great for the kids.
They get to dance in a professional production,” affirms Margaret Engle of Dance
City Productions FL.<b> </b><b>Register at <span style="color:red"><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/sign-up-to-audition">www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/sign-up-to-audition</a>
</span>. More info: En Point Danse: </b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:msgail.enpointedanse@gmail.com">msgail.enpointedanse@gmail.com</a>
440-247-5747 or  <a href="http://www.cfdc.co/">Cuyhoga Falls Dance Center</a> 330-801-1474,
cfdc94@gmail.com, www.cfdc.co.  <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>



<div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/audition-directors">Olga Aru</a><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">is a
rising star ballerina and dance pedagogue who received her degree in ballet and
dance pedagogy from the Kiev State Ballet College, Ukraine. In addition to
touring with Moscow Ballet she dances with Compagnia Aleph, Piroetta Dance in
Rome, Italy and with Les Ballet Persans in Stockholm and more. <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/audition-directors">Click for
more</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>



<div style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.enpointedanse.com/">En Pointe Danse</a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#414141"> provides </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">students
with a strong technical foundation in ballet, and other dance forms, while
encouraging a joy for dancing that they will take with them wherever they go.
We want our students to be able to apply the lessons learned in dance, such as
discipline, perseverance, creative thinking and a developed sense of physical
well-being, to the rest of their lives. We also promote the growth of our
students’ self-confidence, self-expression, and their ability to thrive in a
performance setting. Contact Gail Friedberg 440-247-5747</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></div>



<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.cfdc.co/about.html">Cuyahoga Falls Dance Center </a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">strives
to foster self-confidence, physical fitness, and artistic expression in our
students. Students work hard, accept corrections gracefully, feel beautiful,
and challenge themselves to move to music. The studio witnesses their personal
growth as they learn to interact with one another with courtesy and respect.
Students are encouraged to give back to the community that has supported their
endeavors and to become role models of accomplishments and integrity. Above
all, the studio is a joyful place where our students smile, laugh, have fun and
encourage one another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>


<h3 style="line-height:150%"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/about-mb/mission">Moscow Ballet</a> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">-</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">In addition to the <i>Great Russian Nutcracker</i>, Moscow Ballet repertory
includes classic ballets <i>Swan Lake</i>, <i>Sleeping Beauty</i>, <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>, <i>Cinderella</i>
and more. For over twenty years the company has performed 100 engagements
annually in North America including in a majority of the top twenty demographic
markets. Moscow Ballet has received critical acclaim from media outlets and was
invited to present at 2 <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/gallery/national-press-club">National Press
Club Newsmaker</a> events.   In addition
to the public performances, the company’s mission and national platform enables
it to share the Russian Vaganova training with over 5000 local dance students
annually in the </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/dance-with-us"><span style="font-weight:normal;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">“Dance with Us”</span></a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> program. </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/education/new-horizons"><span style="font-weight:
normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">“New Horizons - A Children’s Program for
Life”</span></a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"> is an intensive cultural immersion project that benefits thousands of school
children and on-going programs </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/education/musical-wunderkind"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Musical Wunderkind</span></a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">, </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/dance-with-us/summer-intensives"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Master Classes</span></a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> and </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/dance-with-us/summer-intensives"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Summer Intensives</span></a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> also touch the lives of many more
children and young adults. Moscow Ballet’s partnership with corporations and
not-for-profit organizations such as the <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/education/presidents-challenge">President’s
Challenge Program</a>, <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/about-mb/partnerships/cmnh">Children’s Miracle
Network Hospitals</a>, and <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/about-mb/partnerships/capezio">Capezio</a> over
the past 20 years has raised awareness of and revenue for their significant
missions and causes. </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.moscowballet.com/"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">www.moscowballet.com</span></a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:
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