The Sleeping Beauty Audition in Skokie: International Ballet Stars & We Dance Program!

Name: The Sleeping Beauty Audition in Skokie: International Ballet Stars & We Dance Program!
Start: 2025-08-23T09:00:00-05:00
Location: On Your Toes Academy of Dance

Schedule

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 09:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

On Your Toes Academy of Dance | Buffalo Grove, IL

Auditions for Ballet Students in Buffalo Grove, IL!
Perform with International Ballet Stars in The Sleeping Beauty, presented by Classical Arts Entertainment!
Available Roles for Auditions:
Waltz, Knitters, Peasants, Kittens, Cupids, Tom Thumb & his siblings
Classical Arts Entertainment company, is an organization that produces the East & West Coast tour performed by International Ballet Stars in Canada and America in 2025-2026, their performances are confirmed to happen right here in the best theaters of your area to be exact! This unique project will provide an opportunity to get acquainted with 55 professional ballet dancers, who represent the highest level of classical ballet art in the world, and to encourage young artists of the local towns by providing performance opportunities, technical staging skills, and a positive dance experience. CAE’s Vaganova-trained Professional Ballet Dancer and Audition Director, Mr Artem Yachmennikov, is integral to the success of the student dancers who perform beside the pros in the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake! His team of ballet professionals will audition and rehearse over 3000 local ballet students this coming winter season through the troupe’s cities on the tour, helping to prepare them for their debut alongside the professional ballet company.

Classical Arts Entertainment’s unique “We Dance Program’’ brings the rare opportunity of auditioning, rehearsing, and performing with a professional, international touring ballet company in the legendary classical ballets to generations of American ballet students!
Classical Arts Entertainment casts student dancers ages 5-18 in ancillary roles performing side-by-side with the full company of International Ballet Stars.
A wide variety of roles for young dancers of all ages is offered in all of the ballets: Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake: bon-bons, angels, swans, party scene, mice, fairies, Tom Thumb and his siblings, kittens, knitters, Neapolitan, Slavik dance and more.