Auditions for Coastal Ballet’s Nutcracker Sept 10 in O.B.

Auditions for Coastal Ballet’s Nutcracker Sept 10 in O.B.
Sponsorships available for all programs offered at local non-profit

Auditions for Coastal Ballet’s annual Nutcracker production will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the space the Ballet Academy shares at the Orange Beach Tennis Center at 4851 Wilson Blvd. (More info: 251-979-9851, coastalballet@gmail.com or CoastalBallet.com).
The production is for ages 7 and older, and dancers and actors are needed, in addition to production and stage assistants.
“If you are someone who simply wants to be a part of our beautiful production, please come prepared to have a wonderful time,’’ said company owner Madame Rio Cordy.
Peformances are scheduled Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. at the beautiful Orange Beach Performing Arts Center adjacent to Orange Beach High School.
Madame Rio, who trained at The Royal Academy of Dance in London and The Juilliard School in New York, has danced with companies such as the Miami Ballet and the Alabama Ballet, and she served as instructor and coordiantor at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham. She also owned two dance schools while in Birmingham.
She opened Gulf Coast Ballet in Orange Beach in 2005. In 2008, she opened the doors to Coastal Ballet Academy in Foley. She moved the studio back to where she started in the Medical Arts Building in Orange Beach on Hwy. 161 in 2016 and moved to her current Orange Beach Tennis Center location in November of 2021. Madame Rio has groomed students who went on to become professional dancers, ballet teachers, beauty pageant contestants, and international dance competition participants.
A non-profit, the Coastal Ballet Academy has numerous sponsorship levels available for The Nutcracker and other productions and ballet camps. Donations will provide ballet tickets, dancer’s tights, ballet slippers, marketing supplies, lessons, and dues to allow all children to participate regardless of their ability to pay.