Open Auditions for Ballet Company Saturday, Sept. 27

Auditions for the 2014/15 Season of Michigan Classic Ballet Company will be held Saturday, September 27, 2014. Auditions will take place in Geiger Classic Ballet Academy’s newly relocated Studio located at 5526 Drake Road in West Bloomfield.

Ages 6 and up:

Girls not on pointe and Boys with less than 3 years of training:

1:00 - 2:00pm (registration at 12:30pm)

Girls on pointe and Boys with a minimum of 3 years of training:

2:30 - 2:30pm (registration at 2:00pm)

Cost: $20

Details:

Apprentice contract is for the January performance only.

Junior/Senior contract is for the full season which also includes a Saturday Company Class and participation in Regional Dance America.

Mandatory Parent meeting will be held Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

Rehearsals and Company Class begin Saturday, October 11, 2014.

Please refer to michiganclassicballet.org for additional audition details and FAQs.

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The MCBC is a non-profit organization that has produced superior ballet productions since 1989. It is the professional affiliate company of the Geiger Classic Ballet Academy (GCBA) now located in West Bloomfield, Michigan. At GCBA, dancers from the ages of eight to seventeen undergo a traditional, highly disciplined study of ballet instruction. GCBA director Mary Celeste Geiger established the school in 1985 and has also led MCBC as its artistic director since the company’s founding. The MCBC currently boasts a company of 30 dancers and each year continues to bring the artistry of ballet and the excellence of their productions to metro Detroit.

Regional Dance America (RDA) was founded in 1988 to promote the artistic development of dance companies throughout the United States. The five regional organizations of RDA (the Mid-States, the Northeast, the Pacific, the Southeast, and the Southwest) hold festivals each year where member companies share four days of master-classes, lectures, seminars and social events. Evening performances are held showcasing the member companies, demonstrating the growth they have achieved throughout the year. These festivals provide each company’s dancers with the opportunity to perform for a broader regional audience, take classes from world renown teachers, be seen by artistic directors associated with professional companies, present emerging choreography and audition for national scholarships to universities and summer dance programs.