****No Rehearsal for Clara, Soldiers, and Arabian on Friday, September 16. All other groups will rehearse as usual.**** Rehearsals for Charlottesville Ballet’s professional production of The Nutcracker will begin on Friday, September 9. Rehearsals will occur weekly on Fridays, except on November 25 for Thanksgiving break. There will be two Put-Togethers: Friday, November 18 (Cast A) Sunday, November […]
Rehearsals for The Nutcracker (Charlottesville Cast)
Rehearsals for Charlottesville Ballet’s professional production of The Nutcracker will begin on Friday, September 9. Rehearsals will occur weekly on Fridays, except on November 25 for Thanksgiving break. There will be two Put-Togethers: Friday, November 18 (Cast A) Sunday, November 20 (Cast B) All rehearsals and Put-Togethers will be held at CBA studios. Dress Rehearsals will be held […]
Nutcracker Staging Week
CB artistic staff will set the new choreography for The Nutcracker during the Nutcracker Staging Week. Students must be available for all of Staging Week rehearsals. Failure to participate in Staging Week Rehearsals will result in dismissal from the production. See rehearsal block times below: MON/WED/FRIDAY (August 15, 17, 19) 4:45-5:30pm: Party Scene (without Ayesha, Alyssa, Sara) | Petite […]
Community Auditions for "The Nutcracker" (Lynchburg)
Casting: Casting for Charlottesville Ballet’s Lynchburg production of The Nutcracker is listed below: Arabian: Alyssa Bailess Emma Koziol Eliza Sass Julia A Straka Chinese: Helen Barber Ana Gellert Emma Harding Jodilee Irby Victoria Johnson Sophie Justin Addison Leake Katherine Morse Diem-Mi Ribler Nadia Sneed Lily Stinson Sheep: Elizabeth Boynton-Wilds Leigh Dalton Luciana Guzlowski Marjorie Jarvie Paige Jensen […]
Can you believe Nutcracker is almost upon us?
It may be a heat wave outside, but the CB Staff and Faculty have Snowflakes and Sugar Plums on their minds! Charlottesville Ballet is hosting auditions for (can you believe it?) its NINTH performing season’s production of The Nutcracker. This year, Charlottesville Ballet is proud to present its brand new expanded party scene. Choreographed by Emily […]
The Mouse King Manifesto
Every year is the same… the clock strikes midnight and my minions appear! Clara and her awful Nutcracker look different, the soldiers’ formations change, their battle strategy varies, but each year I remain the same…for I am the Mouse King! While my opponents vary ever so slightly, every year it is the same drudgery […]