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</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Times New Roman">From:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>City
Ballet of Cleveland </font></span></b></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Times New Roman">Contact: Courtney Laves-Mearini</font></span></b></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Times New Roman">CITY BALLET OF CLEVELAND</font></span></b></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Times New Roman">NUTCRACKER AUDITION</font></span></b></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">(Cleveland, OH) – The City Ballet
of Cleveland, formerly Cleveland City Dance Company will be holding its annual
“Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker” audition on Saturday September 13</font><sup><font size="2">th</font></sup><font size="3">
from 2:30pm-5:00pm.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">The City Ballet of
Cleveland (CBC), formerly Cleveland City Dance Company, audition is open to all
area ballet dancers ages 8 and older.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">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></font><a name="_GoBack" href=""></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 150%;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The Company Artistic and Executive
Director, Courtney J. Laves-Mearini, Ballet Master Mark Otloski, and Case Western
Reserve University Professor Shannon Sterne will be conducting the
audition.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">The performances scheduled for
the weekend of December 6-7 at Cuyahoga Community College’s Eastern Campus in
Cleveland are funded through the support of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and
Ohio Arts Council.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">A pre-registration
form should be submitted by Thursday, September 11.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">More application forms and full details are
available online at </font></font><a href="http://www.cityballetofcleveland.org/"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">www.cityballetofcleveland.org</font></a></div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div>Courtney Laves-Mearini<br>Cleveland City Dance, Director<br>Home of City Ballet of Cleveland,<br><span></span> formerly Cleveland City Dance Company<br>13108 Shaker Square<br>Cleveland, OH 44120<br>216-295-2222<br>www.clevelandcitydance.com<br><a href="http://www.cityballetofcleveland.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.cityballetofcleveland.org/</a><br><span></span></div></div></body></html>