Company Auditions

Ballet Midwest will hold open auditions for company dancers on Sunday, January 15, 2023. For those considering auditioning, please note the audition requirements below. Dancers from any studio are invited to audition. Please keep January 22 open, as dancers selected for Company will have a required meeting that afternoon or evening.

COMPANY AUDITION SCHEDULE 2023

**Please plan to arrive 20-25 minutes early to check-in. Please have all forms completed online prior to arrival. (See buttons below.)

2:00 – 3:00   Current Apprentice Division Dancers AND New Female Dancers who have a minimum of 1 full year on pointe and meet at least one of the following criteria: be in 8^th grade or older, be at least 14 years of age, OR danced as a flower in Ballet Midwest’s recent production of the Nutcracker.

3:00-4:15     Current Soloists and Corps de Ballet Division Dancers

4:15-5:45     Current Principal and Alumni Division Dancers

5:45-6:30     New and Returning Men’s Division Dancers

COMPANY AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

Male dancers must be in 8th grade or age 14 and older by the date of the spring ballet performance.

Female dancers must have at least one full year of experience on pointe in addition to meeting ONE of the following criteria: (1) currently be in 8th grade or older, (2) be 14-16 years old, or (3) perform as a flower in Ballet Midwest’s most recent performance of The Nutcracker.  Female dancers 16 and older must have at least two full years of experience on pointe.

All dancers must take ballet class at least twice a week.

Auditions are held at Barbara’s Conservatory of Dance, the host studio for Ballet Midwest.  The audition fee is $15 for any returning Company dancers and $20 for any dancers new to Ballet Midwest Company level (including any Junior Company dancers auditioning to move up to Company).

Dancers who are accepted into the company have the opportunity to be cast in Ballet Midwest’s spring ballet.