2008-09-01
The Irish National Youth Ballet Company auditions were held at the Dance House, Foley Street, on Saturday 30th August, 2008. Katherine Lewis the Artistic Director of INYB, Melissa Harman, ballet mistress for INYB and Patricia Crosbie, the ballet mistress for Cork City Ballet put the students through their paces.
In an unprecedented move, twenty-six teachers countrywide put their best students forward to gain a place in the company. Forty young dancers were chosen from the sixty-seven boys and girls who auditioned to make up the company for the coming year.
INYB go into rehearsal on Saturday 6th September for the company's forthcoming production of The Nutcracker. It will be performed at the O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th December, and the Pavilion Theatre, Friday 12th and Saturday 13th December.
For further details please contact Katherine Lewis - 087 2990418 or www.inybco.com