You are invited to audition to be a part of Canyon Concert Ballet’s Spring Production of The Little Mermaid
April 27th at 2pm and 7pm and April 28th at 2pm at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins
Immerse yourself in a mystical underwater world! Canyon Concert Ballet’s beautiful new ballet will re-imagine the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and take you on a journey beneath the waves. Blending Andersen’s poignant tale of longing and sacrifice and today’s popularized children’s version, adults and children alike are sure to be entertained. Choreographed by Artistic Director, Alicia Laumann, and set in Renaissance Denmark (Anderson’s home country) Laumann’s unique contemporary ballet movement will be accompanied to an eclectic classical and Renaissance score befitting the story. You won’t want to miss this brand new lavish production!
Auditions for CCB Levels 3-6, and non-CCB intermediate/advanced dancers ages 14 and up:
Saturday, January 12th, 2019 at CCB (1031 Conifer Street, Fort Collins)
12:00pm – 1:15pm: CCB Level 6 and Intermediate/Advanced non-CCB dancers**
1:30pm – 2:15pm: CCB Level 5
2:30pm – 3:45pm: CCB Level 3 and 4
**For all non-CCB auditioning dancers: Dancers must be intermediate/advanced, ages 14 and up, with a minimum of 4 years of ballet training (with Pointe and Contemporary experience preferred).
Rehearsals will generally take place on Saturdays from 12pm-5pm. Advanced (CCB Level 6 and up) dancers may have rehearsals Tues/Wed/Thurs from 7:30-9pm and Saturdays from 10:30am-5pm. All dancers must be available March 30th from 10:30-6pm and for Tech/Performance Week: April 23-28th.
Please note: There is a $150 participation fee that will be assessed to your CCB account once casting is complete. Please email assistant@ccballet.org with any questions!
Not sure what to get that special someone for the holidays this year? You can give the gift of dance!
Julia Erickson, originally from Seattle, received her training on scholarship with Pacific Northwest Ballet School and San Francisco Ballet School. She has toured to Europe and Asia with PNB and danced with Texas Ballet Theater for two seasons prior to joining Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in 2001. A longtime Principal Dancer with the company (she was promoted to Soloist in 2004 and to Principal in 2009) she recently left her position at PBT in November of this year to explore other opportunities. Among her principal roles, Julia has performed Swan Lake (Odette/Odile), La Bayadère (Nikiya), The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Lilac Fairy, Carabosse), La Sylphide (the Sylph), Le Corsaire (Gulnare), Diana and Acteon, and Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, Western Symphony (4th Movement), Who Cares?, Prodigal Son, Sylvia Pas de Deux, Agon, and Serenade. She has also danced the roles of Lady Capulet in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette, Myrtha in Giselle, “An Episode in his Past” in Antony Tudor’s Jardin Aux Lilas (Lilac Garden), the Wife in Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, Anita in his West Side Story Suite, and featured roles in Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena, Hyppolita), The Four Temperaments (2nd Theme) and Divertimento Number 15. Her contemporary repertory includes Paul Taylor’s Company B; Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, Nine Sinatra Songs, and Octet; Robbins’ In The Night and Fancy Free; the Sylvie Guillem role in William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, and Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort and Sinfonietta. In 2018 she was invited to perform at the Suzhou Ballet Gala in Suzhou, China. Julia has also been a member of Santa Monica, CA-based Barak Ballet since 2017 and has toured with them to the Joyce Theater in New York. She is the recipient of the 2014 BRAZZY Award for outstanding female dancer and is an entrepreneur and writer.
