Companies & Auditions
Companies & Auditions
2012 Audition Guide
Compiled by Jared Smallridge
Looking for a job? Start your search here. Find audition dates, requirements and contact information for dozens of companies seeking dancers.
Ajkun Ballet Theatre
New York, NY
646-202-1852
ajkun@aol.com | ajkunbt.org
Artistic Directors: Chiara & Leonard Ajkun
Audition Dates: Feb 17 (Dallas, TX); Feb 18 (Houston, TX); Feb 18 (Madrid, Spain); Feb 25 (Chicago, IL); Feb 25 (London, England); Mar 3 (New York, NY); Mar 3 (Milan, Italy); Mar 11 (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Mar 15 (Sydney, Australia); Mar 17 (Zurich, Switzerland)
Bring: $25, dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Videos accepted
Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet
San Francisco, CA
415-863-3040
linesballet.org
Artistic Director: Alonzo King
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
American Ballet Theatre
212-477-3030
abt.org
Artistic Director: Kevin McKenzie
Audition Dates: TBD
American Contemporary Ballet
Los Angeles, CA
310-929-5703
theresa@acbdances.com | acbdances.com
Artistic Director: Lincoln Jones
Contact: Theresa Farrell
Audition Dates: Mar 4 (New York, NY); Apr 22 (Los Angeles, CA)
Bring: $25, dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Videos accepted
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida
North Miami Beach, FL
305-948-4777
artsballet@bellsouth.net | artsballettheatre.org
Artistic Director: Vladimir Issaev
Contact: Ruby Issaev
Audition Dates: by appointment (Miami, FL)
Bring: dance photo, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, interview, pointe
Videos accepted
Aspen Sa nta Fe Ballet
Aspen, CO
970-925-7175
aspensantafeballet.com
Artistic Director: Tom Mossbrucker
Audition Dates: TBD
Atlanta Ballet
Atlanta, GA
404-873-5811
auditioninfo@atlantaballet.com | atlantaballet.com
Artistic Director: John McFall
Contact: Dale Shields, ballet mistress
Auditions Date: Feb 12 (Atlanta, GA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Videos accepted
Ballet Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
602-381-0184
balletaz.org
Artistic Director: Ib Anderson
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Ballet Austin
Austin, TX
512-476-9151
eugene.alvarez@balletaustin.org | balletaustin.org
Artistic Director: Stephen Mills
Contact: Eugene Alvarez
Audition Dates: Feb 12 (San Francisco, CA); Feb 18 (Austin, TX); Mar 24 (Austin, TX); Mar 31 (Chicago, IL); Apr 1 (New York, NY)
Bring: $25, dance photo, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Ballet Fa ntastique
Eugene, OR
541-342-4611
info@balletfantastique.org | balletfantastique.org
Artistic Director: Donna Marisa Bontrager
Contact: Hannah Bontrager
Audition Dates: company class (Eugene, OR)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, interview, pointe
Pre-application required
Videos accepted
Ballet Sa n Jose
San Jose, CA
408-288-2820
lreinhardt@balletsj.org | balletsj.org
Artistic Director: Dennis Nahat
Contact: Les Reinhardt
Audition Dates: TBD
Bring: $20, dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Ballet Theatre of Maryland
Annapolis, MD
410-224-5644
btmmgr@balletmaryland.org | balletmaryland.org
Artistic Director: Dianna Cuatto
Contact: Dianna Cuatto
Audition Dates: Mar 4 (Annapolis, MD); Mar 11 (Annapolis, MD)
Bring: $25, dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe
Videos accepted
Ballet West
Salt Lake City, UT
801-869-6900
balletwest.org
Audition Dates: TBD
BalletMet Columbus
Columbus, OH
614-229-4860
dance@balletmet.org | balletmet.org
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Boston Ballet
Boston, MA
617-695-6950
bostonballet.org
Artistic Director: Mikko Nissinen
Audition Dates: TBD
Bring: dance photo
Audition Includes: ballet
Ca rolina Ballet
Raleigh, NC
919-719-0800
elizabethparker@carolinaballet.com | carolinaballet.com
Artistic Director: Robert Weiss
Contact: Elizabeth Parker
Audition Dates: TBD
Cedar La ke Contemporary Ballet
New York, NY
212-244-0015
cedarlakedance.com
Artistic Director: Benoit-Swan Pouffer
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Cincinnati Ballet
Cincinnati, OH
513-621-5219
artistic@cballet.org | cballet.org
Artistic Director: Victoria Morgan
Audition Dates: Mar 18 (Cincinnati, OH); Mar 24 (Boston, MA); Mar 25 (New York, NY); Apr 1 (San Francisco, CA)
Bring: dance photo, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Colorado Ballet
Denver, CO
303-837-8888
coloradoballet.org
Artistic Director: Gil Boggs
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Compañia Nacional de Danza
Mexico City, Mexico
525-552-8346
cnd.difusion1@gmail.com | companianacionaldedanza.com
Artistic Director: Sylvie Reynaud
Contact: Monica Montano
Audition Date: Nov 5 (Mexico City, Mexico)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
Videos accepted
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
New York, NY
212-777-7771
mmoore@complexionsdance.org | complexionsdance.org
Artistic Directors: Dwight Rhoden &
Desmond Richardson
Contact: Michael Moore
Audition Dates: TBD (New York, NY)
Bring: headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, improvisation, interview, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Da nce Ka leidoscope
Indianapolis, IN
317-345-3543
davidh@dancekal.org | dancekal.org
Artistic Director: David Hochoy
Contact: David Hochoy
Audition Dates: TBD (Indianapolis, IN)
Bring: headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, modern
Videos accepted
Da nce Visions NY , Inc.
Great Neck, NY
516-482-2621
dancevisions.ny@gmail.com | newyorkdancing.net
Artistic Director: Beth Jucovy
Contact: Beth Jucovy
Audition Dates: TBD (Great Neck, NY)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, improvisation, interview, modern
Da yton Ballet
Dayton, OH
937-449-5060
karen.burke@daytonballet.org | daytonballet.org
Artistic Director: Karen Russo Burke
Contact: Karen Russo Burke
Audition Dates: Feb 26 (Chicago, IL); Apr 1 (Dayton, OH)
Bring: dance photo, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Videos accepted
Da yton Contemporary Da nce Company
Dayton, OH
937-228-3232
gary@dcdc.org | dcdc.org
Artistic Director: Debbie Blunden-Diggs
Contact: GD Harris
Audition Date: Apr 20 (Dayton, OH)
Bring: $20, dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, improvisation, jazz, modern, partnering
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
Houston, TX
713-652-3938
lmcburnett@dwdt.org | dwdt.org
Artistic Director: Dominic Walsh
Contact: Leigh McBurnett
Audition Dates: TBD
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, improvisation, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Videos accepted
Festiva l Ballet Theatre
Fountain Valley, CA
714-962-5440
info@festivalballet.org | festivalballet.org
Artistic Director: Salwa Rizkalla
Contact: Elizabeth Chasteler
Audition Dates: TBD (Fountain Valley, CA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, modern, pointe
Pre-application required
Fort Wayne Ballet
Fort Wayne, IN
260-484-9646
aross@fortwayneballet.org | fortwayneballet.org
Artistic Director: Karen Gibbons-Brown
Contact: Anna Ross
Audition Dates: Feb 18 (Fort Wayne, IN); May 19 (Fort Wayne, IN)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, interview
Videos accepted
The Georgia Ballet
Marietta, GA
770-528-0881
mzdevos@georgiaballet.org | georgiaballet.org
Artistic Director: Gina Hyatt-Mazon
Contact: Michele Ziemann-DeVos
Audition Date: Apr 14 (Marietta, GA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
Videos accepted
Grand Rapids Ballet Company
Grand Rapids, MI
616-454-4771
johnf@grballet.com | grballet.com
Artistic Director: Patricia Barker
Contact: John Ferraro, company manager
Audition Date: Feb 17 (Grand Rapids, MI)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Videos accepted
Houston Ballet
Houston, TX
houstonballet.org
Artistic Director: Stanton Welch
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
The Joffrey Ballet
Chicago, IL
312-739-0120
joffrey.org
Artistic Director: Ashley C. Wheater
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Kansas City Ballet
Kansas City, MO
816-931-2232
kcballet.org
Artistic Director: William Whitener
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Los Angeles Ballet
Los Angeles, CA
310-477-7411
contact@losangelesballet.org | losangelesballet.org
Artistic Directors: Thordal Christensen &
Colleen Neary
Audition Dates: Apr 12 (Los Angeles, CA); Apr 21 (New York, NY)
Bring: headshot
Miami City Ballet
Miami Beach, FL
305-929-7000
miamicityballet.org
Artistic Director: Edward Villella
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Minnesota Ballet
Duluth, MN
218-529-3742
balletmaster@minnesotaballet.org | minnesotaballet.org
Artistic Director: Robert Gardner
Contact: Robert Gardner
Audition Dates: Apr 14 (Chicago, IL); Apr 21 (Minneapolis, MN)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Nashville Ballet
Nashville, TN
615-297-2966
tyeager@nashvilleballet.com | nashvilleballet.com
Artistic Director: Paul Vasterling
Contact: Tim Yeager
Audition Dates: Feb 4 (Chicago, IL); Mar 11 (New York, NY); Apr 28 (Nashville, TN)
Bring: $25, dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Videos accepted
The National Ballet of Canada
Toronto, ON
416-345-9686
info@national.ballet.ca | national.ballet.ca
Artistic Director: Karen Kain
Audition Dates: TBD
Bring: dance photo
Audition Includes: ballet
New York City Ballet
New York, NY
212-870-5656
nycballet.com
Ballet Master in Chief: Peter Martins
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Northwest Dance Project
Portland, OR
503-421-7434
info@nwdanceproject.org | nwdanceproject.org
Artistic Director: Sarah Slipper
Contact: Scott Lewis
Audition Dates: TBD (Portland, OR); TBD (New York, NY)
Bring: dance photo, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, contemporary, improvisation
Pre-application required
Oklahoma City Ballet
Oklahoma City, OK
405-843-9898
okcballet.com
Artistic Director: Robert Mills
Audition Dates: TBD
Bring: dance photo
Audition Includes: ballet
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Portland, OR
503-227-0977
rebecca.roberts@obt.org | obt.org
Artistic Director: Christopher Stowell
Contact: Rebecca Roberts
Audition Dates: Feb 5 (San Francisco, CA); Feb 12 (Miami, FL); Feb 12 (New York, NY); Feb 13 (Chicago, IL); Feb 19 (Los Angeles, CA); Mar 11 (Portland, OR)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Seattle, WA
206-441-2435
pnbschool@pnb.org | pnb.org
Artistic Director: Peter Boal
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Pennsylvania Ballet
Philadelphia, PA
215-551-7000
msheridan@paballet.org | paballet.org
Artistic Director: Roy Kaiser
Contact: Michael Sheridan
Audition Date: Mar 31 (New York, NY)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Philadanco
Philadelphia, PA
215-387-8200
kbb@philadanco.org | philadanco.org
Artistic Director: Joan Myers Brown
Contact: Kim Bears-Bailey
Audition Date: Jun 10 (Philadelphia, PA)
Bring: $10, repertory, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: modern
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
Salt Lake City, UT
801-297-4241
ririewoodbury.com
Artistic Director: Charlotte Boye-Christensen
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Saint Louis Ballet
Chesterfield, MO
636-537-1998
info@stlouisballet.org | stlouisballet.org
Artistic Director: Gen Horiuchi
Contact: Jennifer Warren
Audition Dates: TBD (St. Louis, MO)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Pre-application required
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco, CA
415-861-5600
sfballet.org
Artistic Director: Helgi Tomasson
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
Sensedance
New York, NY
212-717-6869
sensedance@sensedance.org | sensedance.org
Artistic Director: Henning Rübsam
Contact: Byron Segal-Jacobs
Audition Dates: TBD (New York, NY)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, modern, partnering, pointe
Pre-application required
Sideways Contemporary Dance Company
Atlanta, GA
404-955-7232
charlotte@sidewaysdance.com | sidewaysdance.org
Artistic Director: Charlotte Foster
Contact: Charlotte Foster
Audition Date: Mar 10 (Roswell, GA)
Bring: dance photo, headshot, resumé
Audition Includes: ballet, improvisation, interview, modern, prepared solo
Videos accepted
State Street Ballet
Santa Barbara, CA
805-563-3262 x104
contact@statestreetballet.com | statestreetballet.com
Artistic Director: Rodney Gustafson
Contact: Jennifer Phillips
Audition Dates: Feb 4 (Santa Barbara, CA); Feb 12 (Long Beach, CA); Feb 12 (San Francisco, CA); Mar 11 (New York, NY)
Bring: $20, dance photo, headshot
Audition Includes: ballet, pointe
Videos accepted
Trey McIntyre Project
Boise, ID
877-867-2320
info@treymcintyre.com | treymcintyre.com
Artistic Director: Trey McIntyre
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
The Washington Ballet
Washington, DC
202-362-3606
washingtonballet.org
Artistic Director: Septime Webre
Audition Dates: TBD
Audition Includes: ballet
