NUTCRACKER Auditions – Friday August 23 & Saturday August 24, 2019
at Pioneer Columbus Community Center
2100 SE 5th Street, Des Moines, IA 50318
Performance Dates – December 6-8, 2019 at the Des Moines Civic Center
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019
5:30pm-6:30pm – Ages 8-9
6:35pm-6:55pm – Acro all ages and Adult (NON point roles)
7:00pm-8:00pm – Ages 12 and up NON pointe
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019
1:00pm-2:15pm – Ages 10-11
2:20pm-2:35pm – Acro all ages
2:50pm-5:00pm – Ages 12-13 (includes pointe)
5:15pm-7:15pm – Ages 14 and up (includes pointe / partnering)
Bring appropriate shoes for your audition. Solid colored ballet attire requested.
Please only audition once in the appropriate age group for your age as of December 1, 2019.
Auditioning on pointe does not guarantee a pointe part.
Acro dancers may choose either day to audition and may participate in a ballet audition as well.
Roles will be announced by email no later than September 3, 2019. Mandatory costume fittings / parent meeting on weekends in late September and October will be scheduled based on your role. Rehearsals in the theater December 4 & 5 are mandatory. Please arrive at least 20 minutes prior to audition for registration.
Audition fee – $15.00
If you accept your role, Performance fee – $35.00 per dancer (max $65.00 per household) and current IDT membership (Performer Family is $40.00 per year, which is good for all three productions of IDT’s season – Dracula, Nutcracker and the Spring Show).
To view, download, print the Nutcracker audition announcement, click here: Nutcracker 2019 Audition Notice
For questions about Auditions, email or click here: Contact@IowaDanceTheatre.org