Orlando Ballet Company Auditions

Recognized among America’s leading ballet companies, Orlando Ballet delivers multi-faceted performances featuring timeless stories in one of the world’s most celebrated concert and performance halls deemed one of the “11 most beautiful in the world” by Architectural Digest. As a company member with Orlando’s only professional resident ballet company, you’ll have the opportunity to perform in one of the most varied and distinguished repertoires in the country, showcasing works by acclaimed choreographers from around the world. Dedicated to entertaining, educating, and enriching the community, Orlando Ballet also includes the renowned Orlando Ballet School, a Second Company (OBII), and impactful community enrichment programs.

Orlando Ballet supports the International Audition Guidelines. If you are interested in auditioning, please submit the following materials and then register for an audition of your choice:

a video with no introduction or fancy editing, consisting of the following performed in leotard and tights for women, and tight-fitting dance attire for men:
- two classical variations drawn from the standard repertoire, danced in pointe shoes by female applicants
- a short contemporary variation (that could consist of something drawn from the repertoire, phrases from classwork, or an applicant-created work) that illustrates the applicant’s command of a range of movements different from that demonstrated in the classical variation
- 3-4 minutes of barre work, incorporating both sides, danced in soft shoes by male applicants and pointe shoes by female applicants
- 4-5 minutes of center work that includes adagio, pirouettes, petit and grand allegro, danced in pointe shoes by female applicants
a CV (must include height)
a head shot
2-3 dance photos that reveal the dancer’s body proportions and line
Applicants must upload two recent photos with their audition registration:
- 1st arabesque
- Tendu a la second

Auditions should be sent to auditions@orlandoballet.org

Audition Location Information

Date	Location	Registration	Audition
Saturday, February 1	School of American Ballet	5:00-5:30pm	5:30-8:30pm
Sunday, March 2	Orlando Ballet	10:30-11:00am	11:00am-1:30pm
Sunday, March 9	Joffrey Ballet	2:30-3:00pm	3:00-6:00pm