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UNITED STATES United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  

CALIFORNIA

INLAND PACIFIC BALLET AND ACADEMY

Feb. 2, San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA; Feb. 3, Body Vox Studio, Portland, OR; Feb. 17, Dance Theatre of the Southwest, Albuquerque, NM; Feb. 24, Chamberlain Ballet, Dallas, TX. Call for specific age-group times. Ballet class, pointe work, partnering. Fee: $15. Notification: end of Mar./Apr. (See Employment listings for contact information.)

VALENTINA OUMANSKY DRAMATIC DANCE FOUNDATION

Free classes in Feb. to audition. Call to reserve space. Dramatic dance techniques. Training and apprentice. Contact: Valentina Oumansky, 3433 Cahuenga Blvd. W., Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA 90068; 323/850-9497; fax: 323/876-9055; valentina@ dramaticdance.org; www.dramaticdance.org. 5 dancers. Live concert, videos in schools. Provides: shoes, costumes.

COLORADO

PREMIERE DANCE ARTS COMPANY

June 24-29, call for appointment. Apply by: June 1. Ballet class, modern class, tap, jazz, prepared solo. Admitting: 8. Fee: $10. Notification: July 10. Contact: Phyllis Thornberg, PDAC PDAC Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
PDAC Poly (Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride)
PDAC Power Dynamics Awareness Committee (Pomona College)
PDAC Plan, Do, Act, Check
, 714 S. Pearl St, Denver, CO 80209; 303/722-1206; premieredance@bigplanet.com.

CONNECTICUT

NUTMEG BALLET COMPANY Noun 1. ballet company - a company that produces ballets
troupe, company - organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel"
 

Jan. 27, 2:00 p.m., Apetrei Dancenter, Mandeville, LA; Feb. 2, 2:00 p.m., Southern Academy of Ballet Arts, Tallahassee, FL; Feb. 3, 2:00 p.m., Southern Ballet Theatre, Orlando, FL; Feb. 9, 1:00 p.m., Florida Ballet Arts Academy, Sarasota, FL; Feb. 9 and 23, and Mar. 2 and 16, Nutmeg Premier Studio, Torrington, CT; Feb. 10, 3:00 p.m., Harid Conservatory, Boca Rat@n, FL; Feb. 16, 3:00 p.m., Jacksonville University Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university located in Jacksonville, Florida, on the shore of the St. Johns River. JU was founded in 1934 as William J. Porter University (actually a two-year college). The school changed its name to Jacksonville Junior College in 1935. , Jacksonville, FL; Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m., Footnotes, Inc., Columbia, SC; Mar. 2, 10:00 a.m., North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
 Dance Theatre, Charlotte, NC. Appointments required for Torrington auditions. Ballet class, pointe work. Admitting: 20. Fee: $20, $30 for video auditions. Contact: Rose Ponte, NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
, 58 Main St., Torrington, CT 06790; 860/482-4413; fax: 860/482-7614; info@nutmegballet.org; www.nutmegballet.org.

FLORIDA

HARID CONSERVATORY, THE

Jan. 27, Boca Rat@n, FL; Feb. 8, Raleigh, NC; Feb. 9, Atlanta, GA; Feb. 10, Memphis, TN; Feb. 10, Dallas, TX; Feb. 14, Boston, MA; Feb. 15, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, NY; Feb. 16, Washington, D.C.; Feb. 22, Denver, CO; Feb. 23, Minneapolis, MN; Feb.24, St. Louis, MO; Mar. 1, Chicago, IL; Mar. 2, Indianapolis, IN; Mar. 3, Pittsburgh, PA; Mar. 3, Toronto, ON; Mar. 8, Sarasota, FL; Mar. 10, Orlando, FL. Attendance at summer school required for students seeking admission. Bring: dance photo. Fee: $15. Contact: HARID, 2285 Potomac Rd., Boca Rat@n, FL 33431; 561/997-2677; fax: 561/997-8920; harid@bellsouth.net; www.harid.edu.

ORLANDO CITY BALLET

June 2, Royal Dance Center, 1425 Tuskawilla Rd., Ste. 137, Winter Springs, FL. Ballet class, pointe work. Bring: resume, dance photo. Admitting: as many as are qualified. Notification: 3 weeks following by mail. Contact: Cheryl DiPasquale, @CB, 1425 Tuskawilla Rd., Ste. 137, Winter Springs, FL 32708; 407/695-7958; fax: 407/695-7958; www.orlandocity ballet.org. Ballet, modern. 25 dancers. 25 performances/yr. Anuual budget: $70,000.

ILLINOIS

DANCE STUDIO OF ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS UNLIMITED

Call for class schedule; can attend class as audition. Ballet class, pointe work, partnering, improvisation. Bring: resume, head shot or dance photo. Fee: $10 for students. Notification: within 1 month. Contact: Jonathan Levy, AEU AEU Australian Education Union
AEU American Ethical Union
AEU Asociación Española de Urología (Spanish Urology Association)
AEU Amalgamated Engineering Union (UK) 
, 305 E. Benton St., Aurora, IL 60505-4355; 630/896-2424, or toll-free 866/400-1680; fax: eFax:209/391-3519; aeunltd@bigfoot.com; www.ArtisticEndeavorsUnltd.com.

INDIANA

PATCHWORK DANCE COMPANY

May 7, 8:00 p.m. and May 4, 12:00 p.m., 686 Apple Rd., Osceola, IN. Apply by: Apr. 15. Ballet class, jazz combinations. Bring: resume, dance photo. Admitting: 4-6. Notification: May 15. (See Employment listing for contact information.)

MINNESOTA

BALLET ARTS MINNESOTA/SPRINGBOARD DANCE APPRENTICE PROGRAM

Feb. 16, 2:30 p,m., June 14, 9:30 a.m,, Ballet Arts Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Ballet class, pointe work. Bring: dance photo. Admitting: 12-16. Scholarships for men, Notification: immediate. Contact: Bonnie Mathis, BAM/SD, 528 Hennepin Ave., Suite 203, Minneapolis, MN, 55403; 612/340-1071; fax: 612/332-8131; dancebam@mtn.org; www.balletartsminnesota.org., Ballet, pointe. 12-16 dancers. 20 performances/yr. Session lasts 35 weeks (Sept.-June).

NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E).  

BALLET NEW ENGLAND New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt.  

Scholarship: Aug. 24, 2:00 p.m. Ballet class, pointe work. Bring: resume, dance photo. Fee. Contact: Angela Carter or Martha Soucy, BNE BNE Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library of Spain)
BNE Board of Nurse Examiners
BNE Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (economic development organization; New York)
BNE Branch If Not Equal
, P.O. Box 4501-135 Daniel St., Portsmouth, NH 03802-4501; 603/430-9309; fax: 603/436-5396; balletnew england@juno.corn; www.balletuewengland.org. Ballet, jazz, modern, tap, Spanish. 15 Nutcracker performances plus outreach.

NEW YORK

ALPHA-OMEGA 1-7 THEATRICAL DANCE COMPANY, INC.

Call to make arrangements. Contact: Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning.  Vanison-Blakely, Executive Director, 711 Amsterdam Ave., Suite 4E, New York, NY 10025; 212/749-0095; fax: 212/749-0095; alphaomega dance@aol.com. Modern. 12 dancers. 8-10 performances/yr. Annual budget: $50,000. Starting pay: varies according to performance.

BADOLATO: COACHING AND CHOREOGRAPHY

Call for appointment. Ballet class. Contact: Bill or Dean; 212/582-4906; fax: 212/581-7082; BadolatoDancing@webtv.net; community. webtv.net/BadolatoDancing.

CHILDREN'S DANCE COMPANY, THE

By appointment only. Ballet class, modern class, improvisation. Bring: resume. Hiring, apprentices. Notification: immediately. Contact: Elsa Posey, CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice.

CDC - Control Data Corporation
, P.O. Box 254, Northport, NY 11768-0254; 631/757-2700; fax: 631/757-2107; EPosey@ optonline.net. Ballet, jazz, modern, historical. 1020 dancers. 6-24 performances/yr. Provides: shoes, classes, mentoring, internships.

SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET The School of American Ballet is located in New York City, in Lincoln Center. It is considered one of the most prestigious and notable ballet schools in the United States and teaches some of the most talented young dancers in the country.  

Call for appointment. Ballet class, pointe work. Notification: within two weeks. Contact: registrar, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023; 212/769-6600; www.sab.org.

OHIO Ohio, state, United States
Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N).
 

DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY 2

July 21, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Studios, Dayton, OH. Ballet class, modern class, partnering, improvisation. Bring: resume, head shot, dance photo. Training:. undergraduates and graduates. Notification: within 2 weeks. Contact: Shonna Hickman-Matlock, DCDC DCDC Decision Center for a Desert City (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)
DCDC Detailed Case Data Component
DCDC Department of Communicable Disease Control (Thailand) 
2, 126 North Main St., Dayton, OH 45402; 937/228-3232; fax: 937/223-6156; shonna@dcdc.org; www.dcdc.org. Ballet, modern. Annual budget: $1,200,000. Touring: 30 weeks/yr.

OREGON

SUMMER PROGRAM WITH OREGON CHILDREN'S BALLET THEATRE

May 5, Marchant Dance Academy, 8101 NE Hwy 99W, McMinnville, OR 97128-0793. Apply by Apr. 22. Bring: dance photo. Notification: May 30. Contact: Lynn Marchant or Emma Seth, P.O. Box 793, McMinnville, OR 97128:0793; 503/472-4573; fax: 503/472-5103; lynn@marchant ballet.com; www.marchantballet.com. Ballet,

RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island, island, United States
Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches.
 

FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE

Feb. thru Apr. 5, Call for appointment. Festival Ballet Providence, Grand Studio. Ballet class, pointe. Bring: resume, head shot, dance photo. Notification: May-June. (See Employment listing for contact information.)

TENNESSEE

NASHVILLE BALLET

Jan. 27, 1:00 p.m., Nashville Ballet; Feb. 3, 1:00 p.m., NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ; Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m., NC Dance Theatre; Feb. 23, 3:30 p.m, Goucher College; Mar. 2, 3:30 p.m., SAB; Mar. 3, 2:30 p.m., Peridance Center; Mar. 17, 1:00 p.m., Nashville Ballet. Ballet class. Bring: resume, head shot, dance photo. Admitting to summer program: 75. Fee: $15. Notification: 2 weeks after audition. Contact: Tim Yeager, NB, 3630 Redmon St., Nashville, TN 37209; 615/297-29.66 x22; fax: 615/297-9972; nashville.ballet@nashville.com; www.nashvilleballet. org. Ballet, contemporary ballet. Annual budget: $1,800,000. Starting pay: $400/wk. Weeks of work: 30. Provides: health insurance, shoes, worker's comp.

CANADA

SCHOOL OF DANCE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING PROGRAMME IN MODERN DANCE, THE

Apr. 12,200 Crichton St., Ottawa, ON. Apply by: Apr. 5. Modern. Post-secondary. Bring: resume, dance photo. Fee: $30 CAN. Contact: Sylvie Desrosiers, The School of Dance, 200 Crichton St., Ottawa, ON K1M 1W2; 613/238-7838; fax: 613/238-7839; theschoolofdance@bradson.com; www.bradson.com/theschoolofdance.

SCHOOL OF DANCE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMME IN BALLET, THE

Aug. 17, 200 Crichton St., Ottawa, ON. Apply by: Aug. 9. Ballet class. Fee: $25 CAN. Contact: Mary Ross, The School of Dance, 200 Crichton St., Ottawa, ON K1M 1W2; 613/238-7838; fax: 613/238-7839; theschoolofdance@bradson.com; www.bradson.com/theschoolofdance.

SCHOOL OF DANCE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, THE

Potential students may audition throughout the year: 200 Crichton St., Ottawa, ON. Fee: $25 CAN. Contact: Peter Moir, The School of Dance, 200 Crichton St., Ottawa, ON K1M 1W2; 613/2387838; fax: 613/238-7839; theschoolofdance@ bradson.com; ww.bradson.com/theschoolofdance.

SCHOOL OF TORONTO DANCE THEATRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, THE

Apr. 14 and July 14, 80 Winchester St., Toronto, ON. Apply by: Apr. 2, July 2. Modern class. Bring: resume, head shot, dance photo. Admitting: undergraduates. Notification: May 17, July 26. Contact: Andrea Roberts, STDT STDT School of Toronto Dance Theatre (founded in 1968)
STDT Science and Technology Definition Team (NASA)
STDT Sports Trim Diesel Turbo (Peugeot) 
, 80 Winchester St., Toronto, ON M4X lB2; 416/967-6887; fax: 416/967-4379; info@schooloftdt.org; www.schooloftdt.org. Modern. 15 performances/yr.

ITALY

ASSOCIAZIONE SOSTAPALMIZI/ R. GIORDANO/G. ROSSI

Dancers selected through stages. Modern class. Admitting: up to 18. (See Employment listing for contact information.) Modern. 145 dancers. 70 performances/yr. Touring: 20 weeks. Provides: health insurance.

UNITED KINGDOM

BALLET BLACK

Nov. 24, Royal Academy of Dance The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) was established in 1920 by a group of professional dance artists brought together by Philip Richardson, editor of the Dancing Times and including:
  • Adeline Genée - Denmark
  • Tamara Karsavina - Russia
  • Lucia Cormani - Italy
, London, England. Male and female dancers from ethnic minorities, ages 16+. To apply, send CV. Contact: Cassa Pancho, BB, 72 Western Rd., London W5 5DU England; +44 07786 318 509; info@balletblack.org.uk; www.balletblack.org.uk. Ballet. Provides: shoes.

CENTRAL SCHOOL OF BALLET

Preliminary auditions: Feb. 8, London, England; Feb. 16, Northern Ballet Theatre, Leeds, England; Feb. 8 (overseas boys); Mar. 23 (overseas girls) London, England. Final auditions: (overseas girls) Mar. 24, London, England. Audition as early as possible. Ballet class, modern class, pointe work. Send ahead: photo (call for details), application form. Admitting: 40 students. Notification: May. Contact: Judy Cunningham, CSB CSB Kashubian (SIL code, Poland)
CSB Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
CSB Chemical Safety Board (Washington, DC)
CSB Community Services Board
CSB Computational Systems Bioinformatics
, 10 Herbal Hill, Clerkenwell Rd., London EC 1R 5EG UK; +44 20 7837 6332; fax: +44 20 7833 5571; www.ballet.co. uk/links/central_school of ballet.btm. Ballet, jazz, modern, character. 25 dancers. 30 performances/yr. Touring: 20 weeks.

LABAN CENTRE LONDON

Feb. 2 and 3, Tanz Tangente, Kuhligkshofstrasse 4, Berlin, Germany; Feb. 9 and 10, Spin Off Dance Studios, Storgt 22, Oslo, Norway; Feb. 23 and 24, Danscentrum, Jungfrugatan 7b, Stockhohn, Sweden; Mar. 9 and 10, Teatterikorkeakoolu, Haapaniemenkatu 6, Helsinki, Finland; Mar. 16 and 17, L'Accademia Isola Danza, Isola di San Giorgio, Venezia, Italy. (See Education listing for contact information.) Contemporary technique, performance and repertory, choreography, community dance, scenography sce·nog·ra·phy  
n.
The art of representing objects in perspective, especially as applied in the design and painting of theatrical scenery.



sce·nog
, dance science and research.

LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE SCHOOL The London Contemporary Dance School is a school in the United Kingdom for the teaching of contemporary dance.

Based at The Place near Euston, London, the school was founded by Robin Howard in the 1966[1]
 

Feb. 2, 23, Mar. 23, Apr. 18, London, undergraduate; Mar. 9, London, postgraduate. Modern, prepared solo. Must pre-apply. Admitting: 65 undergraduates, 15-20 graduates. Notification: 2 weeks after audition date. (See Education listing for contact information.) Ballet, contemporary.
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