Auditions for 'Nutcracker'

planned for this Saturday

Auditions for 'Nutcracker'

Fayette Ballet will conduct

final auditions for its 13th annual production of "The Nutcracker"

Saturday, Sept. 9.

Auditions will be at the School of Performing Arts studio, 102 N. 85 Parkway

in Fayetteville, and are open to interested individuals in Fayette County

and surrounding areas.

Children 4-6 years old will audition from 1-2 p.m. for parts as Baby Mice,

Snow Flurries and Angels. Boys and girls 7-12 will audition from 2-3 p.m.

for parts as Soldiers, Polichinelles, Party Children, Waltz of the Flowers,

Corps de Ballet, Back-Up Chinese, Prince and Clara.

Intermediate and advanced jazz and ballet dancers 13 and up will audition

from 3-4 p.m. for parts as Candy Canes, Snow Corps de Ballet, Military

Dolls, Ballerina Doll, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Mirliton, Arabian, Dew

Drop Fairy, Mice and Rat King.

There is also a need for teenagers and adults for the first act party

scene. Dance schools are given credit for student participation and experience

is not necessary in all parts.

Dancers desiring to audition for the Fayette Ballet Youth Ensemble (8-12

years) and the Fayette Ballet Performing Ensemble (13 and up) will be

adjudicated at the time of Nutcracker auditions. Nutcracker and company

auditions are under the direction of Kathleen Senger, newly appointed

artistic director of the Fayette Ballet.

Performances will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1-3 at Sams Auditorium

in Fayetteville. For information call Fayette Ballet at 770-461-0976 or

770-631-4928.

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