Dance Wisconsin's Nutcracker Auditions

Dance Wisconsin opens auditions to dancers ages 7 and up that are enrolled in at least one ballet class a week at their home school. Our upcoming auditions for "The Nutcracker" and our 2026 Spring ballet are September 7th, 2025. Be a part of a production that has been entertaining Madison for nearly 50 years!

The audition slots are as follows:

-1:00-2:00pm: Ages 7-9

-2:00-3:00pm: Ages 10-12 under 5’2”

-3:00-4:15pm: Teen dancers over 5’2”

*This section will include pointe work starting around 3:45. Dancers are not required to do the pointe work portion of the audition.

-4:15pm: Adults interested in joining the adult Party Scene cast as a Parent or Maid.

Dancers accepted into roles in "The Nutcracker" will perform at the Wisconsin Union Theater in December 2025. If interested, dancers can indicate on their registration forms that they would like to be considered for Dance Wisconsin's Spring Production. Rehearsals will take place on weekends throughout Fall 2025.

Register to audition at: https://www.dancewisconsin.org/audition

You may also like the following events from Dance Wisconsin:

• This September, 21st September, 09:00 am, Dance Wisconsin's 20th Annual Golf Outing in Cottage Grove

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