Open auditions for the SBC's 37th annual production of The Nutcracker

Sunday, September 18, 2011
11:00 a.m. - Boys, ages 8 and up
12:00 p.m. - Girls, ages 9 and up

Audition fee: $5.00 for Boys, $20.00 for Girls

Hoogland Center for the Arts, Theatre II
420 S. Sixth Street, Springfield, IL 62701

Click here for a PDF of our Audition Profile. Please fill it in, print it out and bring it with you to the audition. Audition Profiles will also be available at the door.

Dancers should arrive 30 minutes early to register.

Females should have their hair secured in a tight bun and must wear black leotard, pink tights and pink ballet shoes and/or pointe shoes. No skirts will be allowed. 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 10, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 11.

Rehearsals will be held on the weeekends. Each cast member will spend approximately one hour in rehearsal on Saturdays OR Sundays at the Hoogland Center for the Arts. Tech week rehearsals are MANDATORY and are scheduled for December 7 to 9 (Wed to Friday) at 5:00 p.m. at Sangamon Auditorium. Should you receive a role in the production, a detailed schedule will be provided at orientation. There is also a $35 costume maintenance fee for all non-company cast members.

For more information, please contact Artistic Director Julie Ratz or Administrative Director Sally Hamilton at (217) 544-1967.

The Springfield Ballet Company is a civic, not-for-profit ballet company that has been entertaining and educating area audiences since 1975 and is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. The company offers two 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.