For the most up-to-date information on audition dates, times and locations visit each company’s website. All information is subject to change, and only information available at presstime has been included.
United States
Ajkun Ballet Theatre
New Rochelle, NY
Artistic Directors: Chiara and Leonard Ajkun
Contact: Almira Bubesi
718.885.3629
ajkun@aol.com
ajkunbt.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Apr 15-Oct 15
Audition: Mar 3 (NYC), Feb 17 (Milan, Italy), Feb 24 (London), Feb 24 (Paris)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Fee: $15
Pre-application required
Alabama Ballet
Birmingham, AL
Artistic Director: Wes Chapman
Contact: Heather Jackson
205.322.4300
heatherjackson@alabamaballet.org
alabamaballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-May 31
Audition: Mar 24 (Birmingham, AL)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume, recent class or performance video
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $15
Alaska Dance Theatre
Anchorage, AK
Artistic Director/Contact: Alice Bassler Sullivan
907.277.9591
asullivan@alaskadancetheatre.org
alaskadancetheatre.org
Repertory: ballet, contemporary ballet, modern
Contract dates: Aug 20-Apr 26
Audition: TBD (Anchorage, AK)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, pointe, prepared solo
Albany Berkshire Ballet
Pittsfield, MA
Artistic Director/Contact: Madeline Cantarella Culpo
413.445.5382
abballet@taconic.net
berkshireballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Nov 6-Dec 20
Audition: TBD (Pittsfield, MA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet
San Francisco, CA
Artistic Director: Alonzo King
Contact: Arturo Fernandez
415.863.3040
arturo@linesballet.org
linesballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: TBD
Audition: TBD (San Francisco)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, pointe
Fee: $15
American Ballet Theatre
New York, NY
Artistic Director: Kevin McKenzie
Contact: Abby Kahn
212.419.1045
akahn@abt.org
abt.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 1-Jul 31
Audition: none scheduled at presstime; e-mail for details
American Dance Festival
Durham, NC
Artistic Director: Donna Faye Burchfield
Contact: Sarah Tondu
919.684.6402
school@americandancefestival.org
americandancefestival.org
Repertory: modern
Audition: Feb 10 (Seattle), Feb (Williamstown, MA), Feb 23 (Ft. Worth, TX), Mar 3 (Philadelphia), Mar 9 (Buffalo, NY), Mar (Athens, OH), Mar 16 (Oxford, MS), Mar 18 (Radford, VA), Mar 19 (Milwaukee, WI) Apr 1 (NYC and Durham, NC), TBD (Los Angeles and Washington, DC)
Bring: application if not yet submitted
Audition includes: modern, prepared solo
Pre-application required
American Tap Dance Foundation
New York, NY
Artistic Director: Tony Waag
Contact: Hjordis Linn
646.230.9564
info@atdf.org
atdf.org
Repertory: tap
Audition: TBD (NYC)
Bring: hard-soled, low-heeled tap shoes
Audition includes: improvisation, tap
Pre-application required
Anaheim Ballet
Anaheim, CA
Artistic Directors: Lawrence and Sarma Rosenberg
Contact: Ashley Duree
714.490.6150
anaheimballet@earthlink.net
anaheimballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Audition: ongoing company class auditions (Anaheim, CA)
Bring: resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
ARC Dance Productions
Seattle, WA
Artistic Director: Marie Chong
Contact: artistic department
206.352.0798
info@arcdance.org
arcdance.org
Repertory: ballet
Audition: TBD (Seattle)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume, video/DVD
Audition includes: ballet
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida
Miami, FL
Artistic Director: Vladimir Issaev
Contact: Ruby Issaev
305.935.3232
artsballet@bellsouth.net
artsballettheatre.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-May
Audition: TBD (Miami, FL)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Aspen, CO
Artistic Director/Contact: Tom Mossbrucker
970.925.7175
tom@aspensantafeballet.com
aspensantafeballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Aug 31
Audition: Mar 17 (Chicago), May 5 (San Francisco)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $15
Atlanta Ballet
Atlanta, GA
Artistic Director: John McFall
Contact: receptionist
404.873.5811
atlantaballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 28-May 13
Audition: Feb 17 (Atlanta)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Atlantic City Ballet
Egg Harbor City, NJ
Artistic Director: Phyllis Papa
Contact: Tracie Ferra
609.804.1995
acbt@acbt.org
acbt.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Oct-Apr
Audition: Apr 2-5 (Galloway, NJ), Mar (Washington, DC and NYC)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Fee: $25
Ballet Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
Artistic Director: Ib Anderson
Contact: Maria Simonetti
602.381.0184
info@balletaz.org
balletaz.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-Jun
Audition: TBD (Phoenix, AZ)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $10
Ballet Austin
Austin, TX
Artistic Director: Stephen Mills
Contact: Eugene Alvarez
512.476.9051
eugene.alvarez@balletaustin.org
balletaustin.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-May
Audition: Feb 17 (Austin), Feb 24 (Chicago), Mar 11 (NYC), Mar 18 (Austin)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $25
Ballet Florida
West Palm Beach, FL
Artistic Director: Marie Hale
Contact: Steven Hoff
561.659.1212
stevenhoff@balletflorida.com
balletflorida.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 7-May10
Audition: Mar 25 (West Palm Beach, FL)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Ballethnic Dance Co
East Point, GA
Artistic Directors: Waverly Lucas and Nena Gilreath
Contact: Amy Hazlewood or Toren Steele
404.762.1416
amy@ballethnic.org
ballethnic.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 10-May16
Audition: May 11 (East Point, GA)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Ballet Long Island
Ronkonkoma, NY
Artistic Director: Debra Punzi
Contact: Laurie Solomon
631.737.1964
balletlongisland@aol.com
expage.com/longislandballet
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Oct 12-Aug 5
Audition: Feb 12 (Ronkonkoma, NY)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Ballet Memphis
Memphis, TN
Artistic Director: Dorothy Gunther Pugh
Contact: Karl Condon
901.737.7322
karl@balletmemphis.org
balletmemphis.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 6-May 11
Audition: Feb 24 (NYC), Mar 8 (Seattle), Mar 10 (San Francisco), TBD (Memphis, TN)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
BalletMet Columbus
Columbus, OH
Artistic Director: Gerard Charles
Contact: Rebecca Rodriguez
614.229.4860
rrodriguez@balletmet.org
balletmet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 7-May 8
Audition: Feb 17 (Chicago), Mar 3 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Ballet Nouveau Colorado
Broomfield, CO
Artistic Director: Robert Mills
Contact: Catherine Board
303.466.5685
cboard@balletnouveaucolorado.org
balletnouveaucolorado.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 25-May 6
Audition: Mar 10 (Broomfield, CO)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
Ballet Pacifica
Irvine, CA
Artistic Director: Evelyn Cisneros-Legate
Contact: Cate Burke
949.851.9930
info@balletpacifica.org
balletpacifica.org
Repertory: ballet
Audition: Feb 17 (San Francisco)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $25
Ballet Quad Cities
Rock Island, IL
Artistic Director: Matthew Keefef
Contact: Joedy Cook
309.786.3779
jcookballetqc@sbcglobal.net
www.balletquadcities.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-Apr
Audition: Apr (Rock Island, IL)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, interview, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Ballet San Jose
San Jose, CA
Artistic Director: Dennis Nahat
Contact: Spencer Anderson
408.288.2820
sanderson@balletsanjose.org
www.balletsanjose.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-May 20
Audition: Mar 4 (Los Angeles), May 5 (NYC), May 6 (Chicago), May 13 (San Jose, CA)
Bring: character shoes, dance photo, headshot, resume; women must wear light or skin-colored tights and bring pointe shoes; men must wear light-colored tights and ballet shoes.
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Fee: $20
Ballet Theatre Midwest
Cincinnati, OH
Artistic Director: Daniel R. Simmons
Contact: Nancy E. Fountain
513.520.2334
ballettheatremidwest@fuse.net
ballettheatremidwest.com
Repertory: ballet
Audition: Feb 18 (Chicago), Mar 4 (Charleston, SC), Mar 10 (Cincinnati, OH)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $20
Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Inc
Annapolis, MD
Artistic Director: Dianna Cuatto
Contact: Lee Irving or Dianna Cuatto
410.263.8289
lee.irving@balletmaryland.org
balletmaryland.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 21-Apr 26
Audition: Feb 4 and 18 (Annapolis, MD)
Bring: current references, dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, interview
Fee: $25
Ballet Tucson
Tucson, AZ
Artistic Director: Mary Beth Cabana
Contact: Thomas Gilliam
520.903.1445
ballettucson@aol.com
ballettucson.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: TBD
Audition: Mar 18, Jun 2 (Tucson, AZ)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
Interim Artistic Director: Pamela Robinson-Harris
Contact: Nick Mullikin
801.323.6927
nmullikin@balletwest.org
balletwest.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 17-Jun 3
Audition: Feb 3 (NYC), Mar 18 (Salt Lake City)
Bring: dance photo, government issued photo I.D., resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $10
Pre-application required
Bare Bones Dance Project
Ridgefield, CT
Artistic Director/Contact: James Robey
203.438.5597
information@ridgefielddance.org
ridgefielddance.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Feb 1-Aug 7
Audition: TBD (Ridgefield, CT)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: modern, partnering
Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre
Houston, TX
Artistic Director: Lynette Mason Gregg
Contact: Lynette Mason Gregg or Heather Steele
281.480.1617
hds@rafadance.com
bahbt.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 1-Apr 30
Audition: Jun 4 (Houston)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, pointe
Boca Ballet Theatre
Boca Raton, FL 33487
Artistic Director: Dan Guin
Contact: Cheryl Cherry
561.995.0709
summer@bocaballet.org
bocaballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Audition: Mar 3 (Boca Raton, FL)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $15
Boston Ballet, Inc
Boston, MA
Artistic Director: Mikko Nissinen
Contact: Kirsten Hwang
617.456.6203
khwang@bostonballet.com
bostonballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 1-May 30
Audition: Mar 25 (Boston)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $20
Pre-application required
Buglisi Dance Theatre/Threshold Dance Projects
New York, NY
Artistic Director: Jacqulyn Buglisi
Contact: Suzanne Konowitz
212.719.3301
info@buglisi-foreman.org
buglisi-foreman.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Feb 1-Jun 30
Audition: TBD (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, partnering, interview
California Ballet Co
San Diego, CA
Artistic Director: Maxine K Mahon
Contact: Judith Sharp
858.560.5676
auditions@californiaballet.org
californiaballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 8-May
Audition: Jun (San Diego, CA)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, interview
Cangelosi Dance Project
Baton Rouge, LA
Artistic Director/Contact: Kris Cangelosi
225.291.4587
cangelosidanceproject@att.net
cangelosidanceproject.com
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Jan 1-May 29
Audition: Mar 25 (Baton Rouge, LA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, interview
Carolina Ballet, Inc
Raleigh, NC
Artistic Director: Robert Weiss
Contact: Elizabeth Parker
919.719.0800
elizabethparker@carolinaballet.com
carolinaballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 2-May 15
Audition: TBD (Raleigh, NC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
New York, NY
Artistic Director: Benoit-Swan Pouffer
Contact: Barbara Myers
212.244.0015
audition@cedarlakedance.com
cedarlakedance.com
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Aug 1-Jul 31
Audition: TBD (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Central Florida Ballet
Orlando, FL
Artistic Director: Vasile Petrutiu
Contact: Vladimir Bykov
407.849.9948
vpetrutiu@centralfloridaballet.com
centralfloridaballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Oct-Apr
Audition: TBD (Orlando, FL)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Fee: $20
Pre-application required
Charleston Ballet Theatre
Charleston, SC
Artistic Directors: Don and Patricia Cantwell
Contact: Jill Eathorne Bahr
843.723.7334
cbtbahr@aol.com
charlestonballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-Jun
Audition: Mar 4 (Charleston, SC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe
Fee: $20
Pre-application required
Cincinnati Ballet
Cincinnati, OH
Artistic Director: Victoria Morgan
Contact: Wendy Dierking
513.562.1125
wdierking@cincinnatiballet.com
cincinnatiballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Audition: Apr 1 (Cincinnati, OH), Apr 7 (Boston), Apr 8 (NYC), Apr 15 (San Francisco)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Fee: $10
City Ballet of San Diego
San Diego, CA
Artistic Director: Steven Wistrich
Contact: Jo Anne Emery
858.274.6058
info@cityballet.org
cityballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Oct 8-May 11
Audition: TBD (San Diego, CA)
Bring: dance photo, letter of recommendation from current director, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Denver, CO
Artistic Director: Cleo Parker Robinson
Contact: Mary Hart
303.295.1759
cleodanceops@aol.com
cleoparkerdance.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Aug 1-Jul 31
Audition: Jul (Denver, CO)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, modern, partnering, interview
Colorado Ballet
Denver, CO
Artistic Director: Gil Boggs
Contact: Kristina Hart Sablatura
303.339.1631
kristina@coloradoballet.org
coloradoballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul-Mar
Audition: Feb 10 (Boca Raton, FL), Feb 18 (Denver, CO), Mar 4 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Fee: $20
Columbia City Ballet
Columbia, SC
Artistic Director: William Starrett
Contact: Ashley Howell
803.799.7605
company.manager@columbiacityballet.com
columbiacityballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-Apr
Audition: Feb 24 (Columbia, SC), Mar 24 (Atlanta), Apr 4 (Santa Monica, CA), Apr 5 (Culver City, CA), Apr 22 (NYC), May 12 (Columbia, SC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
COUNTERPOINTe
Berkeley, CA
Artistic Directors: Erica Rose Jeffrey and Sarah Marcus
Contact: Sarah Marcus
510.908.1552
info@counterpointe.net
counterpointe.net
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jun-Oct
Audition: ongoing through video submissions
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, pointe
CPD PLUS (Cats Paying Dues)
Lyndhurst, NJ
Artistic Director: Andrew J Nemr
Contact: Marlene Nemr
201.804.5528
info@23prime.com
23prime.com
Repertory: tap
Audition: TBD (NYC)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: improvisation, tap, interview
Dance Alive National Ballet
Gainesville, FL
Artistic Director/Contact: Kim Tuttle
352.371.2986
dalive@bellsouth.net
dancealive.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 15-Mar 31
Audition: TBD (Gainesville, FL)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume, video/DVD
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, prepared solo, interview
Pre-application required
Dances Patrelle
New York, NY
Artistic Director: Francis Patrelle
Contact: Justin Allen
212.722.7933
info@dancespatrelle.org
dancespatrelle.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Oct 1-Mar 31
Audition: TBD (NYC)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
Dancing Wheels
Cleveland, OH
Artistic Director/Contact: Mary Verdi-Fletcher
216.432.0306
proflair1@aol.com
dancingwheels.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Jan 1-Dec 31
Audition: TBD (Cleveland, OH)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, prepared solo, interview
Pre-application required
Dancin’ Unlimited
Fairfax, VA
Artistic Director: Marilyn York
Contact: Alan Green
703.517.9495
jazzdance@dancinunlimited.org
dancinunlimited.org
Repertory: jazz
Audition: TBD (Fairfax, VA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: jazz
Pre-application required
David Taylor Dance Theatre
Edgewater, CO
Artistic Director/Contact: James M. Wallace
303.789.2030
james@dtdt.org
dtdt.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-Mar
Audition: TBD (Denver, CO)
Bring: resume
Audition includes: ballet
Pre-application required
Dayton Ballet
Dayton, OH
Artistic Director: Dermot Burke
Contact: Kathy Reed
937.449.5060
contact_us@daytonballet.org
daytonballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-May 31
Audition: Mar 4 (Chicago), Mar 18 (Dayton, OH)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Dayton Contemporary Dance Co
Dayton, OH
Interim Artistic Director/Contact: Kevin Ward
937.228.3232
kevin@dcdc.org
dcdc.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: 2007-2008
Audition: May 11 (Dayton, OH)
Bring: ballet and jazz shoes, dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, modern
Fee: $20
Desert Dance Theatre
Tempe, AZ
Artistic Director/Contact: Lisa R. Chow
480.962.4584
lrchow@cox.net
desertdancetheatre.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Jun 2-Apr 28
Audition: May 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, and 23 (Phoenix, AZ)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: improvisation, modern, interview
Pre-application required
Detroit Dance Collective
Royal Oak, MI
Artistic Director/Contact: Barbara Selinger
810.444.4553
bselinger@twmi.rr.com
detroitdancecollective.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Oct 1-Apr 30
Audition: Jun (Detroit, MI)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: improvisation, modern, interview
Eglevsky Ballet
New Hyde Park, NY
Artistic Director: Ali Pourfarrokh
Contact: Maryann King
516.746.1115
info@eglevskyballet.com
eglevskyballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Audition: Feb 10 (Long Island, NY)
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $20
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Co
Troy, NY
Artistic Director/Contact: Ellen Sinopoli
518.408.1341
info@sinopolidances.org
sinopolidances.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Jul 1-Jun 30
Audition: Apr 28, May 19, Jun 2 (Albany, NY)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: improvisation, modern, partnering, interview
Pre-application required
Eugene Ballet Co
Eugene, OR
Artistic Director: Toni Pimble
Contact: Peter Pawlyshyn
208.343.0556
ppawlyshyn@eugeneballet.org
eugeneballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-May
Audition: Mar 31 (NYC), Apr 26 (Salt Lake City)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $15
Festival Ballet Providence
Providence, RI
Artistic Director: Mihailo Djuric
Contact: Mark Fleisher
401.353.1129
info@festivalballet.com
festivalballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Apr 20
Audition: Feb, Mar (Providence, RI)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe, interview
Florida Classical Ballet Theatre
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Artistic Director: Colleen Smith
Contact: Ann Faber
561.630.8235
info@fcbt.org
fcbt.org
Repertory: ballet
Audition: Mar 4 (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Bring: dance photo, letter of recommendation
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, interview
Fee: $15
Pre-application required
Fusion Dance
San Diego, CA
Artistic Directors: Katie McIver and Kevin Hermann
Contact: Katie McIver
858.610.8717
fusiondnc7@aol.com
fusiondance.info
Repertory: jazz
Contract dates: Jan 9-Jun 1
Audition: TBD (San Diego, CA)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, modern, partnering
Pre-application required
The Georgia Ballet
Marietta, GA
Artistic Director: Gina Hyatt-Mazon
Contact: Michele Ziemann-DeVos
770.528.0881
mzdevos@georgiaballet.org
georgiaballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Mar 15
Audition: Mar 17 (Marietta, GA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
GI Alliance Dance Co
Chicago, IL
Artistic Director: Jennifer Gage-Imburgia
Contact: David Kavaliunas
630.205.5864
gijend@hotmail.com
myspace.com/gialliance
Repertory: jazz
Audition: TBD (Chicago)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, jazz, interview
Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago
Evanston, IL
Artistic Director: Nan Giordano
Contact: Carol Sumners
847.866.6779
csumners@giordanodancecenter.com
giordanojazzdance.com
Repertory: jazz
Contract dates: May-Apr
Audition: Mar 17 (Evanston, IL)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, jazz
Fee: $10
Grand Rapids Ballet Co
Grand Rapids, MI
Artistic Director: Gordon Peirce Schmidt
Contact: Evangeline Whitlock
616.454.4771
evangeline@grballet.com
grballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-May
Audition: Mar 17 (Grand Rapids, MI), Mar 19 (Chicago), Mar 25 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $10
The Hartfel Ballet
Orange, CA
Artistic Director: John C Welch
Contact: Katie Bonomini
714.925.9806
audition@hartfel.org
hartfel.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Aug 31
Audition: Feb 12 and 19, Apr 2, May 7, Jun 4, Jul 2, Sep 3, Mar 5 and 19, Apr 16 (Orange, CA)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, interview
Hartford Conservatory of Performing Arts
Hartford, CT
Artistic Director: Susan Murphy
Contact: Jerry Prell
860.246.2588
jprell@hartfordconservatory.org
hartfordconservatory.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Sep 1-May 10
Audition: TBD (Hartford, CT)
Bring: resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, modern, interview
Fee: $50
Pre-application required
Hauser Dance
Minneapolis, MN
Artistic Director/Contact: Heidi Hauser Jasmin
612.871.9077
nhdc@tcinternet.net
Repertory: modern
Audition: Mar 24 (Minneapolis, MN)
Bring: resume
Audition includes: improvisation, modern, prepared solo, interview
Fee: $25
The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory
New York, NY
Artistic Director: Safi A. Thomas
Contact: Afton Seekins
800.697.4698
admissions@hdcny.org
hdcny.org
Repertory: hip hop
Audition: Aug (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: form and technique, improvisation, musicality, interview
Fee: $25
Pre-application required
Houston Ballet
Houston, TX
Artistic Director: Stanton Welch
Contact: Shauna Tysor
713.523.6300
stysor@houstonballet.org
houstonballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 1-Jun 30
Audition: Feb 4 (San Francisco), Feb 11 (NYC), Feb 18 (Houston)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Houston Metropolitan Dance Co
Houston, TX
Artistic Director/Contact: Marlana Walsh
713.849.2766
houstonmetdancer@aol.com
houstonmetdance.com
Repertory: ballet, jazz, modern
Contract dates: Aug 20-Jun 15
Audition: Apr 21 (Houston)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, modern
Fee: $20
Pre-application required
Interweave Dance Theatre
Boulder, CO
Artistic Director: Lara Branen
Contact: Daniel Morimoto
303.449.0399
boulderjazz@juno.com
boulderjazzdanceworkshop.com
Repertory: jazz
Contract dates: Jul 18-Aug 4
Audition: Apr (Boulder, CO)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: jazz, modern
Island Moving Co
Newport, RI
Artistic Director: Miki Ohlsen
401.847.4470
info@islandmovingco.org
islandmovingco.org
Repertory: ballet, modern
Contract dates: 4 seasons per year
Audition: call to schedule company class (Newport, RI)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, interview
Pre-application required
James Sewell Ballet
Minneapolis, MN
Artistic Director: James Sewell
Contact: Mary Jo Peloquin
612.672.0480
maryjo@jsballet.org
jsballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 15-Apr 30
Audition: Feb 17 (Minneapolis, MN), Feb 24 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, pointe
Jean Ann Ryan Productions
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Artistic Director: Jean Ann Ryan
Contact: Kevin Pfeiffer
954.523.6399
jarjobs@aol.com
jeanannryanproductions.com
Repertory: Broadway show
Contract dates: year round
Audition: Feb 2 (London), Feb 17 (Vancouver, BC), Feb 21 (Los Angeles), Mar 11 (Atlanta)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz
Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City, MO
Artistic Director: William Whitener
Contact: Heather O’Mara
816.931.2232
heathero@kcballet.org
kcballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-May
Audition: Mar 3 (Kansas City, MO), Mar 4 (Chicago), Mar 10 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Kim Robards Dance, Inc
Denver, CO
Artistic Director: Kim Robards
Contact: LaRana Skalicky
303.825.4847
info@kimrobardsdance.org
kimrobardsdance.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Sep 4-Jun 30
Audition: Mar (Denver, CO), Apr (Charlotte, NC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: improvisation, modern, interview
Fee: $10
Koresh Dance Co
Philadelphia, PA
Artistic Director: Ronen Koresh
Contact: Alon Koresh
215.751.0959
info@koreshdance.org
koreshdance.org
Repertory: jazz
Contract dates: Sep 1-May 31
Audition: Apr 21 (Philadelphia)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, modern, partnering
Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet
Boulder, CO
Artistic Director: Robert Sher-Machherndl
Contact: Jenifer Sher
303.545.2298
jenifer@lemonspongecake.com
lemonspongecake.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jan-Dec
Audition: TBD (Boulder, CO)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
Lexington Ballet
Lexington, KY
Artistic Director: Luis Dominguez
Contact: Mary Vaugh
859.233.3925
info@lexingtonballet.org
lexingtonballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Audition: Jun 4 (Lexington, KY)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Louisville Ballet
Louisville, KY
Artistic Director: Bruce Simpson
Contact: Gloria Edwards
502.583.3150
info@louisvilleballet.org
louisvilleballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 6-Apr 5
Audition: Feb 18-23 (Louisville, KY)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $15
Pre-application required
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
Artistic Director: Lula Washington
Contact: Tamica Washington-Miller
323.292.5852
tamicadance@yahoo.com
lulawashington.com
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Mar 1-Dec 30
Audition: TBD (Los Angeles)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, jazz, modern
Manassas Dance Co
Manassas, VA
Artistic Director/Contact: Amy Grant Wolfe
703.257.1811
manassasdance@aol.com
manassasdance.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-May 30
Audition: TBD (Manassas, VA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Metropolitan Classical Ballet
Arlington, TX
Artistic Directors: Paul Mejia and Alexander Vetrov
Contact: Deborah Barr
817.465.4644
admin@mcballet.org
mcballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Jun 30
Audition: TBD (Arlington, TX)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, interview
Pre-application required
Miami City Ballet
Miami Beach, FL
Artistic Director: Edward Villella
Contact: Donna Lenchuk
305.929.7000
donna@miamicityballet.org
miamicityballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: May 28-May 4
Audition: Feb 24 (Miami Beach, FL)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Milwaukee Ballet
Milwaukee, WI
Artistic Director: Michael Pink
Contacts: Nadia Thompson or Denis Malinkine
414.902.2128
nthompson@milwaukeeballet.org
milwaukeeballet.org
Repertory: varies; includes a Nutcracker season, Romeo and Juliet, Dracula, Swan Lake, mixed rep evenings, choreography from George Balanchine, Christopher Bruce, Trey McIntyre, Mark Godden, Lila York, and Bruce Wells; styles from classical to modern
Contract dates: Sep-May
Audition: by invitation; send current video/DVD, resume and photograph for consideration; currently looking for principal women
Audition includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe, prepared solo
Minnesota Ballet
Duluth, MN
Artistic Director: Allen Fields
Contact: Robert Gardner
218.529.3742
balletmaster@minnesotaballet.org
minnesotaballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-Mar
Audition: TBD (Duluth, MN)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
Artistic Director: Paul Vasterling
Contact: Karen Malkin
615.297.2966
kmalkin@nashvilleballet.com
nashvilleballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-May
Audition: Feb 3 (Chicago), Feb 25 (NYC), Mar 18 (Nashville, TN)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $20
Nevada Ballet Theatre
Las Vegas, NV
Artistic Director: Bruce Steivel
Contact: Laurel Knox
702.243.2623
info@nevadaballet.com
nevadaballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 18-May 31
Audition: Feb 11 (NYC), Feb 24 (Las Vegas), Mar 25 (Santa Barbara, CA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Fee: $15
New Jersey Ballet
Livingston, NJ
Artistic Director: Carolyn Clark
Contact: Paul McRae
973.597.9600
njballet@aol.com
njballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Oct 10-May 20
Audition: TBD (Livingston, NJ)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, prepared solo, interview
Pre-application required
New York Theatre Ballet
New York, NY
Artistic Director: Diana Byer
Contact: Christina Paolucci
212.679.0401
cpaolucci@nytb.org
nytb.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Apr 30
Audition: TBD (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, interview
Pre-application required
North Carolina Dance Theatre
Charlotte, NC
Artistic Director: Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Contact: Gretchen Jax
704.372.0101
gjax@ncdance.org
ncdance.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-May
Audition: Feb 10 (NYC), Feb 17, Mar 17 (Charlotte, NC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Northern Ballet Theatre
Nashua, NH
Artistic Director: Doreen Cafarella
Contact: Michele Nacastro
603.889.8406
nbtidirector@comcast.com
nbti.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Oct-Mar
Audition: Mar 10 (Nashua, NH)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe, interview
Pre-application required
Omaha Theater Ballet
Omaha, NE
Artistic Director: Robin Welch
Contact: Emily Foster Huddleston
402.342.8835
emilyf@rosetheater.org
rosetheater.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: TBD
Audition: Apr 4 (Omaha, NE)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Pre-application required
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Portland, OR
Artistic Director: Christopher Stowell
Contact: Rebecca Roberts
503.227.0977
rebecca.roberts@obt.org
obt.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-Jun
Audition: Feb 25 (San Francisco), Mar 11 (Los Angeles), Mar 27 (Nagoya, Japan)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Orlando Ballet
Orlando, FL
Artistic Director: Bruce Marks
Contact: Cherie LaRosa
407.426.1733
clarosa@orlandoballet.org
orlandoballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-May
Audition: Apr (Orlando, FL)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Pacifico Dance Co
Culver City, CA
Artistic Director: Adriana Gainey
Contact: Lupe Flores
559.917.8825
bfdpacifico@aol.com
pacificodance.com
Repertory: ethnic
Audition: TBD (Los Angeles)
Bring: resume
Audition includes: prepared solo
Pre-application required
Pasadena Dance Theatre
Pasadena, CA
Artistic Director: Cynthia Young
Contact: Iris Andersen
626.683.3459
pasadenadance@earthlink.net
pasadenadance.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-Jun
Audition: TBD (Pasadena, CA)
Bring: resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, pointe
Fee: $15
Pre-application required
Pennsylvania Ballet
Philadelphia, PA
Artistic Director: Roy Kaiser
Contact: Michael Sheridan
215.551.7000
msheridan@paballet.org
paballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Jun 30
Audition: Mar 25 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh, PA
Artistic Director: Terrence S. Orr
Contact: Robert Vickrey
412.454.9116
bvickrey@pittsburghballet.org
pbt.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul-Apr
Audition: May 31 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, interview
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Co
Bethel Park, PA
Artistic Director/Contact: Jean Gedeon
412.835.1250
pybco@aol.com
pybco.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: varies per season
Audition: Mar 31 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, interview
Fee: $20
Pre-application required
Rebecca Kelly Ballet
New York, NY
Artistic Director: Rebecca Kelly
Contact: Craig Brashear
212.431.8489
rkballet@ix.netcom.com
rebeccakellyballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Apr 9-Dec 31
Audition: Mar, Apr, Sep (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, resume, US working papers if non-US citizen
Audition includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe, interview
Fee: $15
Pre-application required
Richmond Ballet
Richmond, VA
Artistic Director: Stoner Winslett
Contact: Kathleen Legault
804.344.0906
klegault@richmondballet.com
richmondballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Audition: Feb 17 (NYC), Feb 24 (San Francisco), TBD (Richmond, VA)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $20
River North Chicago Dance Co
Chicago, IL
Artistic Director: Frank Chaves
Contact: Sara Bibik
312.944.2888
info@rivernorthchicago.com
rivernorthchicago.com
Repertory: jazz
Contract dates: Jul 1-May 1
Audition: Mar 4 (Chicago)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, jazz, modern, partnering
Ross Dance Co
Oakland, CA
Artistic Director: Tecsia Ross
Contact: Gazania McCoy
510.428.9339
audition@rossdance.com
rossdance.com
Repertory: jazz, modern
Contract dates: Jul 27-Jul 26
Audition: Jul 21 (San Francisco)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: jazz, modern, interview
Roxey Ballet
Lambertville, NJ
Artistic Director: Mark A. Roxey
Contact: Vanessa Laws
609.397.7616
info@roxeyballet.org
roxeyballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Aug 31
Audition: Mar 4 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, jazz, modern, partnering, pointe, interview
Fee: $20
Sacramento Ballet
Sacramento, CA
Artistic Directors: Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda
Contact: Jack Hansen
916.552.5800
jhansen@sacballet.org
sacballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-May
Audition: Mar 4 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
San Diego Ballet
San Diego, CA
Artistic Director: Robin Morgan
Contact: Elena Baltovick
619.294.7378
sandiegoballet@aol.com
sandiegoballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Oct 6-Apr 1
Audition: TBD
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
Sierra Nevada Ballet
Genoa, NV
Artistic Director/Contact: Rosine Bena
775.783.3223
info@sierranevadaballet.com
sierranevadaballet.com
Repertory: ballet, classical to contemporary
Contract dates: Oct 9-Sep 9
Audition: ongoing by appointment only (Reno, NV)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, interview
Pre-application required
6th Day Dance
Bothell, WA
Artistic Director: Lyndee Breece
Contact: Jennifer Rowse
206.406.5465
info@sixthdaydance.org
sixthdaydance.org
Repertory: modern
Contract dates: Aug 1-Jul 31
Audition: Aug 5 (Bothell, WA)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, modern, interview
Pre-application required
SkipCosta.COREmovementPROJECT.NYC
New York, NY
Artistic Director/Contact: Skip Costa
212.222.2772
nyladance@aol.com
nyladance.com
Repertory: contemporary
Contract dates: varies per project
Audition: Jul (NYC)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, jazz, modern, partnering, prepared solo, interview
Pre-application required
Southwest Ballet Co
Carnegie, PA
Artistic Director/Contact: Virginia Nicoll
412.279.8133
info@southwestballet.org
southwestballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-Dec
Audition: Jun (Pittsburgh, PA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe, interview
Steps Repertory Ensemble
New York, NY
Artistic Director/Contact: Claire Weston
212.874.2410
claire@stepsnyc.com
stepsnyc.com
Repertory: jazz, modern/contemporary, musical theater
Contract dates: Oct-Sep
Audition: Sep (NYC)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, jazz, modern
Fee: $15
Pre-application required
Texas Ballet Theater
Ft. Worth, TX
Artistic Director: Ben Stevenson
Contact: Margo McCann
817.763.0207
mmcann@texasballettheater.org
texasballettheater.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 15-May 15
Audition: Feb 28 (Ft. Worth, TX)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $25
The Washington Ballet
Washington, DC
Artistic Director: Septime Webre
Contact: Tom Domenici
202.362.3606
tdomenici@washingtonballet.org
washingtonballet.org
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug-May
Audition: Feb 11 (NYC), Mar 4 (Washington, DC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $20
Washington Reflections Dance Co
Washington, DC
Artistic Director: Fabian Barnes
Contact: Cecily Stewart
202.371.9656
cstewart@danceinstitute.org
danceinstitute.org
Repertory: contemporary
Contract dates: Jul 1-Jun 30
Audition: Feb 24 and 25 (Washington, DC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern
Pre-application required
International
Alberta Ballet
Calgary, AB
Canada
Artistic Director: Jean Grand-Maitre
Contact: Donna Renna
info@albertaballet.com
albertaballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 9-Apr 6
Audition: Feb 17 (Edmonton, AB), Mar 3 (Toronto, ON), Mar 4 (NYC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume, video/DVD if not previously sent in to company
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Fee: $20
Pre-application required
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada
Moncton, NB
Canada
Artistic Director: Igor Dobrovolskiy
Contact: Janet Lutes
506.383.5951
atlanticballet@nb.aibn.com
atlanticballet.ca
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 1-May 31
Audition: TBD (Moncton, NB)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe, prepared solo, interview
Pre-application required
The Australian Ballet
Victoria
Australia
61.3.9669.2700
mail@australianballet.com.au
australianballet.com.au
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: annual, occasional short term
Audition: ongoing company class auditions (Victoria, Australia); send photo and curriculum vitae to artistic director for consideration
Pre-application required
Ballet Black
London
England
Artistic Director/Contact: Cassa Pancho
44.7786.318.509
balletblack@gmail.com
balletblack.co.uk
Repertory: varied neo-classical ballet (all original compositions)
Contract dates: varies
Audition: TBD (London)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, pointe shoes for ladies, resume
Audition includes: ballet, company repertory, interview
Ballet British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Artistic Director: John Alleyne
Contact: Ken Mazer
604.732.5003
info@balletbc.com
balletbc.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jan-Dec
Audition: Mar 28-30 (Vancouver, BC)
Bring: resume
Audition includes: ballet
Pre-application required
Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas
Caracas
Venezuela
Artistic Director: Maria Eugenia Barrios
Contact: Offer Zaks
58.212.7939139
info@caracasballet.com
caracasballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jan 23-Dec 19
Audition: Jun 26, 2007; Nov 12, 2007; Jan 21, 2008 (Caracas, Venezuela)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe, prepared solo, interview
Pre-application required
Ballet de Printemps
North Vancouver, BC
Canada
Contact: Jelena Bagaric-Mandic
604.986.3857
bdp@balletdeprintemps.com
balletdeprintemps.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: varies
Audition: TBD
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe, interview
Pre-application required
Ballet J�rgen Canada
Toronto, ON
Canada
Artistic Director: Bengt J�rgen
Contact: Craig Ashton
416.964.4725
info@balletjorgen.ca
balletjorgen.ca
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep-May
Audition: Feb 11 (Toronto, ON), Feb 25 (Halifax, NS), TBD (Vancouver, BC)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Companhia Nacional de Bailado
Lisbon
Portugal
Artistic Director: Mehmet Balkan
Contact: Filipa Rola
213.474.048
d.artistica@cnb.pt
cnb.pt
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Aug 31
Audition: TBD (Lisbon, Portugal)
Bring: dance photo, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
Calgary, AB
Canada
Artistic Director: Vicki Adams Willis
Contact: Joanne Baker
403.245.3533
djd@decidedlyjazz.com
decidedlyjazz.com
Repertory: jazz
Contract dates: Sep 1-Jun 25
Audition: Mar-Apr 2007; see website for audition updates
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: improvisation, jazz
Pre-application required
Introdans
Arnhem, Gelderland
The Netherlands
Artistic Director: Roel Voorintholt
Contact: Elly van der Sluis
31.0.26.3512111
auditions@introdans.nl
introdans.nl
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Aug 1-Jul 31
Audition: Feb 10 (Gelderland, Netherlands)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet
Pre-application required
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Monte-Carlo
Principality of Monaco
Artistic Director: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Contact: Kathy Plaistowe
33.492.41.6010
k.plaistowe@balletsdemontecarlo.com
balletsdemontecarlo.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Sep 1-Aug 31
Audition: ongoing private company class auditions (Monte-Carlo)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume, to be sent with application
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
The National Ballet of Canada
Toronto, ON
Canada
Artistic Director: Karen Kain, C.C.
Contact: Pamela Steele
416.345.9686
auditions@national.ballet.ca
national.ballet.ca
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: varies
Audition: Feb 10 (Toronto, ON)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
The Royal New Zealand Ballet
Wellington
New Zealand
Artistic Director: Gary Harris
Contact: Meredith Dooley
644.381.9012
meredith@nzballet.org.nz
nzballet.org.nz
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jan 1-Dec 31
Audition: Oct 7 (Wellington, NZ)
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
Royal Swedish Ballet
Stockholm
Sweden
Artistic Director: Madeleine Onne
Contact: ballet secretary
468.791.4300
balletsecretary@operan.se
operan.se
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jul 1-Jun 30
Audition: by invitation only; video must be submitted; invitee will audition in Stockholm
Bring: headshot, resume
Audition includes: ballet, improvisation, partnering, pointe, prepared solo, interview
Pre-application required
Staatsballett Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Artistic Director: Vladimir Malakhov
Contact: Nadine J�ger
302.035.4282
ballett@staatsballett-berlin.de
staatsballett-berlin.de
Repertory: ballet
Audition: TBD (Berlin, Germany)
Bring: headshot
Audition includes: ballet
Teatro alla Scala Ballet Co
Milan
Italy
Artistic Director: M� Frédéric Olivieri
Contact: Segreteria Direzione Ballo
39.2.8879.1
direzione.ballo@fondazionelascala.it
teatroallascala.org
Repertory: ballet, contemporary, repertoire
Contract dates:
Audition: TBD (Milan, Italy)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resume, video
Audition includes: ballet, partnering, pointe, prepared solo, prepared variation, interview
Universal Ballet
Seoul
South Korea
Artistic Director: Oleg Vinogradov
General Director: Julia Moon
Contact: Anne Inoue
ubckorea@aol.com
universalballet.com
Repertory: ballet
Contract dates: Jan 1-Dec 31
Audition: Oct (Seoul, South Korea)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, passport, resume, video
Audition includes: ballet, pointe
Fee: $10
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Garcia-Lee grew up training at her mother's dance studio in Bucks County, PA, The Pennsylvania School of Performing Arts (her mother sold the school earlier this year). On top of her regular training, she would travel multiple hours each day to New York City and New Jersey for classes with Steps on Broadway and the Princeton Ballet School, respectively. Her bedroom walls were lined with cutouts from the pages of Dance Spirit, which served as inspiration for her goals. Her mother, Terri Garcia, was a professional dancer in the 1980s (she even danced Francisca in the West Side Story tour in 1985), and Garcia-Lee was eager to follow in her footsteps. "I would lay in bed until 3 in the morning staring at the ceiling, thinking, 'OK, I'm ready to do it,'" she says.
Garcia-Lee went to high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she studied first ballet and then drama. As a sophomore, she was cast as Graziella in her school's production of West Side Story. The magic of performing Jerome Robbins' iconic choreography never left her. "The last time I stepped into Graziella's shoes, it changed my life," she says. "She gets those big features in 'Dance at the Gym' and in 'Cool.' [She] is so powerful, strong and such a baddie."
She's been banging on West Side Story's door ever since. After graduating high school, Garcia-Lee set off for New York City, where she made her Broadway debut at 17 years old in The Phantom of the Opera. She would go on to perform in five more Broadway shows: Nice Work If You Can Get It, On the Town, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and, most recently, Moulin Rouge! All the while, she held out hope that West Side Story would someday come her way.
In 2009, Garcia-Lee was considered for Graziella in the Broadway revival but didn't get the role after countless callbacks. "I was a wreck sobbing to my mother on the phone," she says. "For whatever reason, it was not the right fit for me."
After that, two more productions didn't cast her as Graziella. When West Side Story was being mounted at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ, in 2016, Garcia-Lee was offered the role of Mugsy. For the 2020 Broadway revival, she was only offered the opportunity to audition for the role of Anybodys. She turned down both opportunities in favor of other projects—she would wait for Graziella.
Despite the rejection, she was undeterred. So when Deadline published an article announcing the film remake, Garcia-Lee felt that playing Graziella was meant to be.
The Audition
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Auditions for Steven Spielberg's West Side Story were held in the fall of 2018—the same time Garcia-Lee was filming for the award-winning FX series "Fosse/Verdon." She had to negotiate with the production team to let her take time off to go. At the audition, the casting room was filled with many of her friends and fellow Broadway darlings, like Eloise Kropp (Cats) and Jonalyn Saxer (Mean Girls). "Paloma has a way of taking all the tension out of an audition room," Saxer, who plays a Jet in the film, says. "You can feel her love of dance emanating off of her, which spreads to everyone else."
According to the film's choreographer, Justin Peck, Garcia-Lee quickly caught the eye of the creative team. "She is one of those artists who is a true triple threat in her talent and ability," he says. "She's really committed to the specificity of movement, and she's determined to get it right. I could sense that from the first audition." He recalls Garcia-Lee took any free minute throughout the rehearsal process to ask for feedback on his style. "That really shows in the final results of the film."
The Film
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Garcia-Lee found out she booked West Side Story in November 2018. At the same time, she was committed to the Broadway run of Moulin Rouge!, and discovered the two productions were both slated to begin rehearsals around the same time. She spent much of the winter and early spring of 2019 trying to figure out how to do it all. Fortunately, both were based in NYC and Garcia-Lee was already familiar with Moulin Rouge!'s choreography and staging, because she'd been part of the show since its 2017 lab. She asked if she could miss some rehearsals and most preview performances (including the all-important first preview performance) so she could film her scenes in the movie. "That was not a simple negotiation," Garcia-Lee explains. "I am the biggest advocate for 'If you don't ask, it is a no.' You will be surprised how people will rally around you to help your dreams come true, but it takes that risk," Garcia-Lee says.
Working on the West Side Story film was much different from any experience Garcia-Lee had ever had on Broadway. "It wasn't just learning steps," she says. "It's not front presenting—it was really this 360 experience. I'll never forget Steven up on a ladder, then Steven halfway down the ladder, and then Steven on a rolling chair, Steven lying on the floor looking up at [the choreography] this way, Justin tweaking and tweaking."
Rehearsals for the iconic "Dance at the Gym" scene lasted two weeks. Every day started with a ballet class led by Peck, his wife, former Miami City Ballet dancer Patricia Delgado, or former American Ballet Theatre dancer Craig Salstein. Before the work began, Garcia-Lee says, she familiarized herself with Peck's work as much as she could to get a sense of his style. "It's grounded in and sprinkled with Jerome Robbins, but it's also Justin-driven," Garcia-Lee says. "His movement isn't innate for me. However, I loved the challenge of it."
Once rehearsals wrapped, filming for "Dance at the Gym" lasted six days, and according to Garcia-Lee, her feet never hurt so badly in her entire life. But that didn't stop her from soaking up the magic. Especially on the day she and her co-star Mike Faist (Riff) shot their duet. "We were so tired and we were giving each other our all," she says. "All I remember was that we did the impossible. We lost ourselves in the art. We finally got to the end of [the take and] Mike and I fell to the floor. Steven ran over to us, dove on the floor with us and smothered us with love. It was magic."
The Future
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After West Side Story wrapped in September 2019, Garcia-Lee continued on her journey with Moulin Rouge! But all those celebratory can-can kicks came to a crashing halt in March 2020 when the pandemic hit, just as she felt she was "stepping into the height of her career." Garcia-Lee was one of many in the company who got sick with COVID-19. Though she thankfully recovered, she was left wondering what the future would hold. Several months later, it was announced that West Side Story's release was going to be pushed back a year.
Garcia-Lee spent her days volunteering at a horse stable in Brooklyn. It was the first time in decades she found the time to get back into the saddle like she did as a kid growing up close to the Bucks County farms. "There was a lot of work to do identifying myself outside of who I am as a performer," she says. She found solace and comfort around the horses. "I believe horseback riding to deeply be like dancing with a partner," she says. "It really offered me a place to be, and something to feel I was growing in and accomplishing."
Then, with the help of her dad, she drove across the country to L.A. for a fresh start. She wanted to focus on acting and find something new to give her purpose. But that doesn't mean she let go of dance. As studios resumed in-person classes, Garcia-Lee returned to the dance floor. "There's just a lot of anxiety coming back into the room—a lot of us are really out of shape," she says. "Coming back has been a journey. The learning curve right now is having a lot of grace with myself."
In L.A., she's been stepping outside her comfort zone of musical theater and into jazz classes with teachers like Will B. Bell. "She's probably one of the most focused dancers that I got to know over the past year during the pandemic," Bell says of Garcia-Lee. "When she comes to class, she comes there with a mission and a goal."
When it comes to professional work, Garcia-Lee's been auditioning for film and TV projects while cultivating the next phase of her career. "This pause has been a blessing in disguise," she admits. "It really took some time to calibrate myself differently." She would love to originate new roles, as well as inhabit classics, like those found in the upcoming Guys & Dolls movie musical directed by Bill Condon. She also dreams of playing Roxie in Chicago on Broadway.
For now, though, Garcia-Lee is eagerly anticipating the West Side Story film release in December. After a yearlong delay, she is physically and mentally ready to celebrate playing Graziella. "I'm actually more ready now," she says. "I think a lot of us feel this way. The timing is exactly right."
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Am I Less Committed to Dance Because I Have Other Passions? (Spoiler Alert: NO!)
Dance Spirit: Are dancers less committed to dance if they have other passions?
Dr. Lucie Clements: Definitely not, in fact I would always encourage a dancer to have more than one passion. Having multiple hobbies helps you to maintain balance in your life, brings perspective, and will also bring lots of new skills into your life that will likely transfer into dance.
DS: What's the difference between a commitment to dance and an all-consuming obsession with dance?
LC: In psychology we call the distinction between commitment and all-consuming hobbies either harmonious or obsessive passions. A harmonious passion means that dance is in harmony with other activities, is associated with positive emotions, and we know that we would manage if we were injured. Essentially, this is where a person makes an autonomous choice to have dance in their life, and makes time and space for other things, too. An obsessive passion, by contrast, is one where we live and breathe dance, at the cost of other hobbies, possibly even friendships or relationships, and especially our own well-being. This sort of commitment could lead to what's known as a "controlled internalization"—we are dancing because we feel compelled to since we can't imagine life without it, rather than doing it because we love it. Always remember to check in and ask yourself if dance is in harmony with the rest of who you are.
DS: What are the benefits of having other hobbies and interests?
LC: Having lots of interests builds a broader self-concept, which relates to the way we label ourselves ("I am a dancer," "I am a swimmer," "I am a sister"), but also the values we hold most strongly (e.g. to be creative, to be kind, to be powerful). Self-concept is really key to our well-being, it gives rise to our evaluations of our self-worth and self-esteem. When a dancer experiences loss in dance, such as injury, a series of 'no's at an audition, or a long time without work, their self-concept could be wiped out if all they label themselves as is 'A dancer.' If all we have is dance, it can prevent us from coping during times of loss because that rejection or injury is taking away all that we are. Someone who has a variety of hobbies can draw on the other parts of who they are to boost their self-esteem and find purpose.
DS: Are there any risks associated with pursuing other interests that we should be wary of?
LC: Doing too many activities can lead to burnout. To keep burnout at bay, don't forget to make rest and self-care your hobbies too!
Here's What the Dance Pros Are Saying
Kristen Harlow
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Kristen Harlow on the relationship between dance commitment and hobbies: "I believe dance can still be your favorite hobby, as you allow yourself to explore new creative outlets. That is the beauty of being an artist: We can use our love for art to try new things!"
Kristen Harlow on her own nondance interest: "My passion outside of dance is being a cake artist/baker! During the pandemic, all I wanted to do was spread joy, and because we couldn't be together dancing in NYC, baking became the next best thing for me."
Kristen Harlow on the similarities between baking and dancing: "Ever since I started Kristen's Kreations, I have realized probably thousands of different similarities between the two. Dance for me has always been my source of joy and motivation, and baking quickly became the same."
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Kallie Takahashi
Kallie Takahashi
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Kallie Takahashi on her own nondance hobbies: "I love to sew and design my own clothes. Sometimes I will just do small alterations on old pieces that I already own, sometimes I'll buy something knowing I want to completely take it apart, or I will even start from scratch by picking out the fabric and dreaming up whatever I can imagine."
Kallie Takahashi on the lesson both dance and sewing have taught her: "Patience is everything. You aren't going to get it right on the first try, but that doesn't mean you won't learn something on the way."
Kallie Takahashi on the benefits of being versatile: "Expanding your horizons allows you to be a more well-rounded individual and gives you more outlets to express yourself. And who knows, the industry is so versatile, maybe that other interest will help you in your dance career in the long run—special skills and all!"
Kallie Takahashi models the pants she made.Photo courtesy of Kallie Takahashi
Ultimately, finding balance with dance and other hobbies might be challenging to navigate at first, but it is well worth the work in order to let your best qualities shine.
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