DETAILS:

Date: Monday, July 22, 2025

Location: CBM Studio

Audition Fee: $40 payment link or payable in Jackrabbit Parent Portal accounts.

Audition Times by Age:

• 2:30–3:30 PM – Dancers ages 10–11

• 3:30–5:00 PM – Dancers ages 12 and up (pointe work required)

• All dancers must arrive 30 minutes prior to their scheduled audition time, dressed and ready  to dance (except for a change of shoes), in a cover-up.

• Please register prior to the day of audition.

• Submit a photo in first arabesque via email prior to in-person audition.

• Enrollment with Classical Ballet of Mobile is not required to audition.

• Audition results will be emailed within 7 days or less.

• Notify CBM of recent injury/illness.

  Do not attend audition if an illness or injury requires a petition to reschedule private audition.

Note: This is a closed audition — no observers permitted.

ATTIRE:

Girls —

• Black leotard, pink convertible tights

• Hair in a secure ballet bun

• Light stage makeup

• No skirt

• Small dance bag with ballet slippers and pointe shoes

• No jewelry except small earrings

Boys —

• Black dance pants or men’s tights

• White fitted t-shirt

• White ankle socks

• White ballet slippers

EVALUATION & CRITERIA:

• All students auditioning must be at least 10 years old by December 31, 2025

• If you are recovering from an injury or are sick, please email us ahead of the audition so we can try to make other arrangements.

Apprentice Level —

• At least one year of pre-pointe (for girls)

• Knowledge of basic ballet positions and terminology

• Strong posture and body placement on flat

• Flexibility combined with strength and control

• Musicality

• Ability to quickly learn combinations

• Graceful, expressive presentation

Junior Level —

• At least one year of introductory pointe work (for girls)

• Knowledge of basic ballet positions and terminology

• Strong posture and body placement on flat and en pointe

• Flexibility combined with strength and control

• Musicality

• Ability to quickly learn combinations

• Graceful, expressive presentation

Senior Level —

• At least two years en pointe (for girls)

• Greater strength, mastery and artistry

• Technical control in barre and center work

• Pirouettes en dehors and en dedans from fourth and fifth

• Strong petite and grand allegro

• Leadership and maturity in class and rehearsal

Entrance into the Company will be by audition or, in exceptional cases, by invitation only.

• All members from the previous season are required to re-audition annually as part of our commitment to continued growth, consistency, and maintaining the highest standards within the company.

• Dancers must train at CBM year round.

• By invitation only (Outside students must take at least 2 CBM classes per week.)

Yearly Company Dues: $250 due by August 1, 2025

Rehearsals: Rehearsals take place outside of regular class hours on designated Company days, which are Fridays and Saturdays.