Audtion Notice- The Snow Queen Ballet

Audition for our annual ballet of Snow Queen!

California Contemporary Ballet
is currently auditioning professional, pre-professional talent of
children and adult dancers, gymnasts, aerialists & actors for
Snow Queen 2011

The Snow Queen will be performed at Glendale Community College on
December 16,17 & 18.

Auditioning children must be currently enrolled in weekly ballet classes, and must bring a recommendation from current instructor.

Friday Sept 23rd @ 7pm (sign in @6pm) Auditions for Young Chorus
Young Chorus are children UNDER 11years of age.
Young Chorus will perform one or more of the following roles:
Snowflakes-(no taller than 44 inches) (Children must be able to skip well. We will be unable to cast the child in any role that can not skip or follow direction.)

Angels- casting no more than 8 children in this role (no taller than 4ft, 11 inches)

New Town Kids- casting no more than 12 children in this role at level 1 ability.
Old Town Folk Kids-casting a few child actor roles.

Horses- casting young dancers as white and brown horses. 4 positions.

New Town Friends-casting extras

While we attempt to cast all dancers, due to the amount of children that attend this audition, we may not accept every child. Please note our casting limits.

Sat.September_24th (Sign-in@12:30pm)
Open to dancers, gymnasts, aerialists and actors

1:00pm Dancer & Gymnasts auditions-Gypsy, Creature and Reflection roles.

Sat. September 24 @ 3:00pm-
(Sign-in @ 2pm) Auditions for Older Chorus- 11+ years old

Older Chorus /Youth Company will perform any of the following roles:

Rivers, Servants, Trees, New Town Folk, Old Town Folk, Horses, Coachman and Featured Roles: Forest Fairy, Baby Reindeer, Featured Creature, Flower demi soloists and more...
* Members of our Youth Ballet will perform multiple older chorus roles. We are looking for new members for our company and additional dancers for certain roles.

5:30pm- Adult Dancers and Actors- Fun roles! All adults are welcome!

Auditions for principal roles- IMPORTANT INFO
Career dancers of the California Contemporary Ballet and members of our Youth Company will have priority consideration for featured, solo and principal roles. We are currently looking for new members of our company and additional dancers for this production. All Dancers that wish to be considered for these roles must send photo and resumé to info@caldancearts.com or fax to 501-641-7117 before September 12. All dancers must follow the audition process for consideration of placement in these roles. Invitation for live audition will follow. Live audition for featured, solo and principal roles Thursday, Sept 22 at 6:30. Select dancers may be asked for call-back on the 23rd and 24th.

ALL dancers at all auditions should bring photo, resumé, $5 audition fee (fee not required for professional level dancers), dance attire and ballet or Pointe shoes. Audition will take place in groups. Please arrive early for sign-In. Casting is at the sole discretion of the CCB auditioning panel. While we make every effort to cast everyone, there is no guarantee or obligation to cast every auditioning dancer. Students from California DanceArts should not consider this a school presentation. CCB is a separate organization with its own purpose and mission. CCB is open to all dance, gymnastic and acting talent of the local community and all such talent is encouraged to attend for consideration in the Snow Queen Ballet.
CCBallet is a 501(C) non-profit organization and asks for a $5 audition contribution to defer expenses associated with the audition process. CCB and CCYB members are exempt from audition fees. No participation fees. Costumes are provided with small cleaning fee.

CCB provides this performance solely through the charitable support of individual community members and organizations, and by proceeds from ticket sales.

Rehearsals for the Snow Queen are generally held on weekends. Some additional Older Chorus Roles are rehearsed on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. Featured, Solo and Principal roles are generally held on Thursday evenings and weekends. Detailed rehearsal schedule provided once cast.

Questions about our auditions can be directed through email at
info@caldancearts.com Notification of casting decisions cannot be done prior to the official announcement made at the California DanceArts studio. One week following auditions, please check our wall at CDA for casting. We may be unable to answer specific questions about rehearsals prior to issuing the rehearsal schedule.


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Auditions held at:
California DanceArts
4490 Cornishon Ave.
La Canada, CA 91011
(818)790-7924
Email: director@caldancearts.com
Info@caldancearts.com