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line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Moscow Ballet announces auditions
Tue, Aug 25, 5:30pm at En Pointe Danse for local student dancers to perform
beside the pros in <i>Great Russian
Nutcracker</i> on Dec 14 & 15 in Cleveland<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>



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"Arial","sans-serif"">“The inclusion of…local children in the ballet as part of
Moscow Ballet's "Dance with Us" program was a once-in-a-lifetime
experience for those dancers,” <i>Cleveland
Plain Dealer, 2014<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>


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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/promo">http://www.nutcracker.com/promo</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></div>
<pre style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><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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150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Aug 5, 2015 </span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">–</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
Announcing open auditions Tue, Aug 25, 5:30pm with <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/">Moscow Ballet</a> Audition Director <span style="color:red"><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/audition-directors">Olga Aru</a></span>
for local student dancers, boys and girls, ages 7 to 16 years. The selected
local children will perform beside the professional company in the <i>Great Russian Nutcracker </i>December 14 and
15, at 7:00pm, at Music Hall at Public Auditorium. </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Auditions
will be held at local host dance studio <strong><span style="color: rgb(82, 82, 83); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.enpointedanse.com/"><span style="color:#941515">En
Pointe Danse</span></a>, </span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space">516
East Washington St, Chagrin Falls 44022</span><b>.</b> Student dancers must have at least one year of ballet training,
dress in dance attire and may bring Pointe shoes. Moscow Ballet’s “<a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/dance-with-us">Dance with Us</a>” program, in
its 23^rd year, selects student dancers to perform ancillary roles of
Party Children, Mice, Snowflakes, Angels, and more. Audition Director <b><span style="color:red"><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/audition-directors">Olga Aru</a>
</span></b>will be in town for several days to lead the audition and to rehearse
the selected student dancers. “The true highlight of
the night was seeing all the Calgary children who... should be congratulated
for their very skilled and enthusiastic participation. It really brought the
idea home that the <i>Great Russian
Nutcracker</i> is a wonderful chance for children to be in a full-length
production and experience first-hand an authentic classical ballet from this
uniquely Russian company of remarkable performers,” <i>Calgary Herald, </i>2014.<i> </i><b>Register online today 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>. Performance tickets at<span style="color:red"> <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/">www.nutcracker.com</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>


<h2 style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red;"><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/audition-directors">Olga
Aru</a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: red; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">is a rising star ballerina
and dance pedagogue who received her degree in ballet and dance pedagogy from
the Kiev State Ballet and Choreographic College, Ukraine. Olga <span style="background:white">is a Laureate and award winner of the “Crystal Shoe -
Dance Beyond Boards” competition and she performed at the “Mikkeli Ballet
Festival” in Finland. </span>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></h2>


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Danse</span></a> </span></strong>our goal is to provide<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#525253"> s</span></span>tudents
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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>



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student dancers personal exposure to Moscow Ballet’s highly skilled dancers and
experience with a professional performance, an especially unique opportunity
for students in smaller markets.<b> </b>Danville mother Amy Lewis says, “My daughter participated
with Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker production. It [was] a wonderful experience for
her. She will never forget taking part in such a special and enjoyable event.” Dance
with Us<b> </b><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/dance-with-us/audition-directors"><span style="color:#0070C0">Audition Directors</span></a></span><b>  </b>travel to 70+ North
American cities in September and October auditioning and rehearsing local children
ages 7 to 16 years. Dance with Us<b> </b>is
underwritten solely by Moscow Ballet. Partnerships with local dance studios in performance
cities are developed by co-producer<b> </b><a href="http://www.akivatalmipresents.com/about.html">Mary Gianonne Talmi</a><b> </b>who also developed Dance with Us
program.<b> <a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/dance-with-us">Click for more</a>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>


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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/about-mb/mission">Moscow Ballet</a> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">-</span><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span 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 more than 20 years the company has
featured award-winning and rising star dancers, from </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://sabitovaballet.com/data/eng/main_1.html"><span style="font-weight:
normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Lilia Sabitova</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> in 1994 to </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/about-mb/principal-artists/9-uncategorised/1198"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Alisa Voronova</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> in 2014. The company performs
100 engagements annually across North America in most of the top twenty
demographic market areas and in over 70 cities. Moscow Ballet receives </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/news/press-quotes"><span style="font-weight:
normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">critical acclaim</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> and is regularly invited to
present at </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/news/national-press-club"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">National Press Club</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">events.   In addition to public performances, the
company’s mission and national platform enables it to share the Russian
Vaganova ballet training with over 5000 American dance students annually in </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/dance-with-us-program"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Dance with Us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">. Intensive cultural immersion
project “</span><span 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 style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">” benefits thousands of school
children and programs </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/education/youthsoloists"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Musical Wunderkind</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> and </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/education/summer-intensives"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Summer Intensives</span></a>
</span><span 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
children and young adults. For over 20 years Moscow Ballet’s partnership with
corporations and not-for-profit organizations such as the </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/education/presidents-challenge"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">President’s Challenge
Program</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">
and </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nutcracker.com/buy-tickets/partnerships"><span style="font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Children’s Hospitals</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> has raised revenue for
significant causes. </span><span 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 style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">. <o:p></o:p></span></h3>


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