Cody Nutcracker Auditions

2025 marks Rocky Mountain Dance Theatre's 28th year of producing the annual the Nutcracker Ballet in Cody, in December. This full-length professional production features guest dancers from well-known dance companies in the United States along with over 100 children and adults from Cody and the surrounding areas. RMDT is the non-profit organization affiliated with Rocky Mountain School of the Arts also in Cody, Wyoming.

When is the Nutcracker audition?

BEFORE AUDITION DAY EVERYONE NEEDS to: 

1. SUBMIT an online audition FORM, 1 for each participant
2. REGISTER/ENROLL into our "RMDT Nutcracker 2025" Program. (Online OR via our studio app in your portal)

Please help us spread the word, keep following our facebook event, our social media, and this web page for updates.

Monday, May 12, 2025; 4:00-7:00

4:00-4:15        Boys & Girls: 5 & 6 years old by May 12 OR RMSA 2025 Early Childhood Dance 5 YO students

4:15-4:30        Females: 7 & 8 year olds OR RMSA Academy 1 & 1B female students

4:30-5:00       Female: RMSA Academy 2 & 2B students

          5:00-5:30       Females: 9 years + w/o pointe shoes OR RMSA Academy 3 & 3b female students

5:30-5:45       Males: 7 and older*

5:45-7:00       Pointe auditions (any female over the age of 11* with pointe shoes)

*PLEASE NOTICE: Adults (18 and older) who are not current RMSA students will have a possible auditions TBD; follow us on social media for announcement of time & day.

Who can Audition? ANYONE

• Do auditionees have to belong to RMSA dance studio?
  No, but if they are given a pointe role, they must enroll in RMSA summer ballet classes and ballet and pointe class twice a week at RMSA during the school year.
  • Please understand, those enrolled in RMSA ballet classes receive technical training and foundation that the majority of Nutcracker roles/choreography require. Most Nutcracker participants are RMSA studio students so, we strongly encourage all auditionees to take RMSA ballet classes to enhance Nutcracker participation opportunities.
• Do they have to have dance experience?
  No, there are many character roles for older participants. Younger participants may be awarded a dance role based on their ability and the difficulty of the role.
  • Please understand, participants in the Nutcracker are not attending a dance class but a rehearsal or practice where the cast will learn steps, formations, and staging in order to perform their roles they were casted into. Different roles require different levels of dance training and experience. If you are interested in enrolling into any of our dance classes click here.
  • RMSA students who audition in May and drop RMSA dance classes in the fall may need to be recast as roles/choreography may require additional training class work which continues in the fall and up till Nutcracker performances.

Where is the audition?

Rocky Mountain School of the Arts; 2613 Sheridan Ave., Cody, Wyoming

For more details please see: https://rockymountaindancetheatre.org/nutcracker-audition-information/