AUDITION FOR MOBILE BALLET’S 2025-2026 COMPANY!
We have an exciting season of performances planned, including Phantom of the Opera, The Nutcracker, and Cinderella! Company members have the opportunity to perform onstage with stellar professional guest artists in our season productions, as well as represent Mobile Ballet at community events and outreach programs.
The Mobile Ballet Company offers serious dancers an extraordinary training opportunity right here in Mobile with outstanding faculty and guest instructors. Several of our alumni have received scholarships to train at some of the best dance programs around the country, have danced professionally with major companies, or have gone on to careers in dance education.
The 2025-2026 Company audition will take place on Monday, May 19, 2025, 4:30-6:00 pm, at our Mobile Studio, 4351 Downtowner Loop North, Mobile, Alabama.
There is no audition fee.
Audition requirements are as follows:
- Dancers must be 12 years old by December 1, 2025.
- Male and female dancers are encouraged to audition.
- To qualify for Company: female dancers must have completed a minimum of two (2) years of pointe training.
- To qualify for Junior Company: female dancers must have completed a minimum of one (1) year of pointe training.
- Male dancers must have completed a minimum of two (2) years of ballet training.
- Any exceptions must be approved by the Artistic Director.
- Female dancers: Bring ballet slippers as well as your pointe shoes. Wear a solid color leotard, pink ballet tights, pink or natural skin-tone ballet slippers and pointe shoes, hair in a bun, and no jewelry (a solid color skirt is optional).
- Male dancers: Wear a white tight-fitted t-shirt, black footed tights, black ballet shoes, and a dance belt (when necessary).
- Arrive early to allow time for check-in from 4:00-4:30 pm. Audition class begins at 4:30 pm.
Current 2024-2025 first-year Junior Company and Apprentice Company members must audition to be considered for the new season
Mobile Ballet Company time commitments to consider:
All Mobile Ballet Senior, Apprentice, and Junior Company members are required to attend a minimum of 4 ballet classes per week at the Mobile Ballet School (Mobile or Eastern Shore location), including Company classes and rehearsals (Senior Company on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; Apprentice Company on Tuesdays and Saturdays; Junior Company on Saturdays).
All Company classes and rehearsals are held at the Mobile Studio.
Additional rehearsals are required leading up to performances.
Dues and schedules to be announced soon; check back here or contact the office for additional info.
If interested in auditioning, please CLICK HERE to complete the audition sign-up form. Completing this form in advance is not required, but is helpful so that we may know ahead of time how many are intending to come to the audition.
Parent/Guardian must complete and sign an Audition Registration Form on-site on the day of audition for dancers under 18.
Questions? Contact Mobile Ballet Registrar, Alicia Borowski, at info@mobileballet.org or 251-342-2241.
