“Great Russian Nutcracker” Auditions

Moscow Ballet’s community engagement program “Dance-with-Us ” brings the historic Russian Vaganova ballet pedagogy to American children in each city on the N American Tour. Moscow Ballet Audition Director Anna Trofimova arrives in Chattanooga on August 24 at 5:00 pm to audition local dance students for roles in the Great Russian Nutcracker!

Anna will audition and rehearse children ages 6 to 17 years with at least 1 year of ballet training. Children’s roles are as Party Children, Mice, Snowflakes, Snow Maidens, and more. Auditions are free, there may be a casting fee. Dress rehearsal is on stage with the Russian company and children’s costumes are provided by Moscow Ballet.

Rehearsals run through the fall and take place at Moscow Ballet Host Studio Hamilton Academy of Dance & Hamilton Ballet at 4723 Adams Road, Suite A, Hixson, TN 37343. Sign up to audition today at www.nutcracker.com/auditions

The "Dance with Us" program... besides fostering greater cultural exchange between countries, gives American children a once-in-a-lifetime experience and a glimpse behind the Russian ballet curtain,”CNN Dec 25, 2017.

The selected children will perform in the Great Russian Nutcracker on Sunday, December 30, 1:00 pm, matinee and 5:00 pm at Tivoli Theatre.