Ballet Chelsea will hold auditions on Aug. 20 and 27 for its 2017-2018 season.
Dancers are invited to audition for company member (Aug. 20) and guest (Aug. 27) positions in Ballet Chelsea’s performance company.
Registration will begin at noon for both audition dates.
Ballet Chelsea offers two major performance opportunities each year. The Nutcracker is performed in early December, and a production selected from a diverse repertory of classic ballets and original works is performed in the spring.
This year, in celebration of Ballet Chelsea’s 20th Anniversary, The Nutcracker will feature live orchestral accompaniment by the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. In March 2018, Ballet Chelsea will present Coppélia, a comic ballet based on a tale by E.T.A Hoffman who also authored The Nutcracker (The Nutcracker and The Mouse King).
This year, Artistic Director Wendi DuBois was awarded the Michigan Youth Arts Touchstone Award for 2017 Arts Educator of the Year in dance, and Ballet Chelsea was voted Best Dance Company in Washtenaw County by Current Magazine.
For more information about auditions and company membership requirements visit www.balletchelsea.org.
Ballet Chelsea is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization which provides professional-level dance training to young dance students, through performance opportunities, enrichment activities, master classes, summer intensives and pre-professional studies. Ballet Chelsea’s varied curriculum includes Ballet, Pointe, Contemporary, Jazz, Conditioning, Highland Step and more for students ages 2 through adult. Ballet Chelsea also offers an Adaptive Dance Program that brings creative movement to people of all ages with physical and cognitive specialized needs. Ballet Chelsea is proud to be supported by the Wilkinson Foundation and the Worthington Family Foundation.
