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Columbia Missourian

Children, teens wanted for Moscow Ballet production of "Nutcracker"

By Andrew Rea
October 8, 2008 | 3:22 p.m. CDT

COLUMBIA — Moscow Ballet will hold open auditions at 10 a.m. Saturday  for its production of "Great Russian Nutcracker." Auditions will be held at Columbia Dance Academy, Suite 1031,  4250 E. Broadway.

A minimum of one year of dance experience is required, and applicants must be between 7 and 18 years old. Point shoes and comfortable dance attire are necessary for the audition.

"Great Russian Nutcracker" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts.

There are no height limitations for dancers, and the auditions will be conducted by Ruslana Apreleva, a soloist for Moscow Ballet.

For more information, call dance coordinator Jeanne Szkolka at 817-0486. Audition forms are available online at www.nutcracker.com/Audition.php