SBC announces open auditions for The Nutcracker

Auditions for Springfield Ballet Company's 36th annual production of The Nutcracker will be Sunday, Sept. 19 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth Street in downtown Springfield.

Audition times are as follows: boys eight years old and up at 11:00 a.m., girls nine** years old and up at noon. **Please note that we have changed the minimum age requirement for female dancers to nine years old.

Dancers should arrive 30 minutes early to register. There is an audition fee of $20 for girls and $5 for boys, payable in cash or check made out to the Springfield Ballet Company.

Females should have their hair secured in a tight bun and must wear black leotards, pink tights and pink ballet shoes and/or pointe shoes. Males should wear black pants, a white T-shirt and black ballet or jazz shoes.

Performances will be held at Sangamon Auditorium at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 11, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 12.

The Springfield Ballet Company is a civic not-for-profit ballet company that has been entertaining and educating area audiences since 1975. The company offers three major productions at the University of Illinois at Springfield's Sangamon Auditorium each year, and also performs at festivals, schools and nursing homes throughout central Illinois.  SBC is committed to providing equitable opportunities for company dancers to be trained in and to perform the art of dance, and to offer opportunities for all members of the central Illinois community to be educated and entertained.