SARATOGA SPRINGS — New York City Ballet will audition area children to perform in the company’s full-length production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream during its summer residency at SPAC from July 12 – 16.
The audition will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 13 at the SPAC School of the Arts Studios, 99 South Broadway.
Casting for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” includes roles for 24 girls from 9-12 years’ old who are no taller than five feet. Understudies will also be cast. Applicants should have at least three years of ballet training.
The children who are selected will rehearse every day from July 3-15 at the SPAC School of the Arts studios located behind the National Museum of Dance. There will be no rehearsals on July 9. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on July 15 and at 2 p.m. on July 16.
New York City Ballet requires that all children auditioning for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at SPAC be fully vaccinated by the date of the audition. In order to be fully vaccinated, the child must have received their final shot no later than Sunday, Feb. 27 (two weeks prior to the audition date).
Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was performed by NYCB as part of their first season at SPAC in 1966. The full-length story ballet is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of his happiest and most loved comedies. It is called a “Dream” because of the unrealistic events the characters’ experience in the play — real, yet unreal, such as crossed lovers, meaningless quarrels, forest chases leading to more confusion, and magic spells woven by the infamous Puck.
Audition check-in on March 13 will commence at 1 p.m. Visit spac.org for more details.
