FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Moscow Ballet announces auditionsTue, Aug 25, 5:30pm at En Pointe Danse for local student dancers to performbeside the pros in Great RussianNutcracker on Dec 14 & 15 in Cleveland “The inclusion of…local children in the ballet as part ofMoscow Ballet's "Dance with Us" program was a once-in-a-lifetimeexperience for those dancers,” ClevelandPlain Dealer, 2014 High-resolution images: http://www.nutcracker.com/promo Contact: Sally Michael Keyes sally@nutcracker.com (413) 499-1733 x21 (Berkshires, MA) Aug 5, 2015 –Announcing open auditions Tue, Aug 25, 5:30pm with Moscow Ballet Audition Director Olga Arufor local student dancers, boys and girls, ages 7 to 16 years. The selectedlocal children will perform beside the professional company in the Great Russian Nutcracker December 14 and15, at 7:00pm, at Music Hall at Public Auditorium. Auditionswill be held at local host dance studio EnPointe Danse, 516East Washington St, Chagrin Falls 44022. Student dancers must have at least one year of ballet training,dress in dance attire and may bring Pointe shoes. Moscow Ballet’s “Dance with Us” program, inits 23rd year, selects student dancers to perform ancillary roles ofParty Children, Mice, Snowflakes, Angels, and more. Audition Director Olga Aruwill be in town for several days to lead the audition and to rehearsethe selected student dancers. “The true highlight ofthe night was seeing all the Calgary children who... should be congratulatedfor their very skilled and enthusiastic participation. It really brought theidea home that the Great RussianNutcracker is a wonderful chance for children to be in a full-lengthproduction and experience first-hand an authentic classical ballet from thisuniquely Russian company of remarkable performers,” Calgary Herald, 2014. Register online today at www.nutcracker.com/youth-auditions/sign-up-to-audition. Performance tickets at www.nutcracker.com. OlgaAru is a rising star ballerinaand dance pedagogue who received her degree in ballet and dance pedagogy fromthe Kiev State Ballet and Choreographic College, Ukraine. Olga is a Laureate and award winner of the “Crystal Shoe -Dance Beyond Boards” competition and she performed at the “Mikkeli BalletFestival” in Finland. In addition to touring with Moscow Ballet shedances with Compagnia Aleph, Piroetta Dance in Rome, Italy and with Les BalletPersans in Stockholm and more. Click formore. At En PointeDanse our goal is to provide studentswith a strong technical foundation in ballet, and other dance forms, whileencouraging 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 asdiscipline, perseverance, creative thinking and a developed sense of physicalwell-being, to the rest of their lives. We also promote the growth of ourstudents’ self-confidence, self-expression, and their ability to thrive in aperformance setting. Contact Gail Friedberg 440-247-5747. Dance with Us offersstudent dancers personal exposure to Moscow Ballet’s highly skilled dancers andexperience with a professional performance, an especially unique opportunityfor students in smaller markets. Danville mother Amy Lewis says, “My daughter participatedwith Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker production. It [was] a wonderful experience forher. She will never forget taking part in such a special and enjoyable event.” Dancewith Us Audition Directors travel to 70+ NorthAmerican cities in September and October auditioning and rehearsing local childrenages 7 to 16 years. Dance with Us isunderwritten solely by Moscow Ballet. Partnerships with local dance studios in performancecities are developed by co-producer Mary Gianonne Talmi who also developed Dance with Usprogram. Click for more. Moscow Ballet - In addition to the Great Russian Nutcracker, Moscow Balletrepertory includes classic ballets SwanLake, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and more. For more than 20 years the company hasfeatured award-winning and rising star dancers, from Lilia Sabitova in 1994 to Alisa Voronova in 2014. The company performs100 engagements annually across North America in most of the top twentydemographic market areas and in over 70 cities. Moscow Ballet receives critical acclaim and is regularly invited topresent at National Press Clubevents. In addition to public performances, thecompany’s mission and national platform enables it to share the RussianVaganova ballet training with over 5000 American dance students annually in Dance with Us. Intensive cultural immersionproject “New Horizons – A Children’s Program for Life” benefits thousands of schoolchildren and programs Musical Wunderkind and Summer Intensivesalso touch the lives of manychildren and young adults. For over 20 years Moscow Ballet’s partnership withcorporations and not-for-profit organizations such as the President’s ChallengeProgramand Children’s Hospitals has raised revenue forsignificant causes. www.moscowballet.com. ###