northern plains ballet- ND

[balletgirl22sk]

Does anyone know anything about Northern Plains Ballet in Bismark, ND? My daughter sent her resume and CD and they want her to come audition. Is it worth the plane ticket? She has been a trainee for 2 years at a respected professional medium size ballet company and has performed with them extensively.

[bart]

I checked their website, which seems partly under construction. Anyway, I could only access a portion of the information. I hope someone else can help out more. Here's the link:

http://www.npb.org/

Good luck to your daughter!

[balletgirl22sk]

I checked their website, which seems partly under construction. Anyway, I could only access a portion of the information. I hope someone else can help out more. Here's the link:

http://www.npb.org/

Good luck to your daughter!

I had already checked out their website and found it strange that they do not have the dancers listed or dates of their performances. Would love to find out any other information about the company or the director- his last name is Noa.

[Treefrog]

Northern Plains Ballet is mentioned in this discussion about company auditions on our sister board, Ballet Talk for Dancers. There are some interesting comments.

[balletgirl22sk]

Northern Plains Ballet is mentioned in this discussion about company auditions on our sister board, Ballet Talk for Dancers. There are some interesting comments.

Every time I try to go to BT for Dancers I can't get on. I try to fill out my user name and password that I use on Ballet talk and it won't go through. Can you tell me what it said about NP ballet?

[salzberg]

I lit a show with NPB a couple of years ago. If your daughter is already dancing as a trainee with an established company, my suggestion would be for her to remain there.

[Treefrog]

balletgirl22sk -- Hmmm, I see the problem. Unless things have changed, you are supposed to be able to view most parts of BT4D --including the thread linked here -- without registering. However, I just tried that, and got an error message. I'll mention it to the administrators.

[balletgirl22sk]

balletgirl22sk -- Hmmm, I see the problem. Unless things have changed, you are supposed to be able to view most parts of BT4D --including the thread linked here -- without registering. However, I just tried that, and got an error message. I'll mention it to the administrators.

Thanks. I ended up registering and changing my password since I couldn't remember it and was able to read about NPB. Sounds like somewhere I don't want her to bother auditioning for.

[balletgirl22sk]

I lit a show with NPB a couple of years ago. If your daughter is already dancing as a trainee with an established company, my suggestion would be for her to remain there.

Was it really unprofessional? He's pretty much promised her a paid contract.

[carbro]

[Donning Moderator's beanie]

This discussion has the potential to touch on matters that are not allowed on this board. Just a reminder to please refrain from posting information that does not come from an official source.

Thanks for your discretion.

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[Treefrog]

[Please pass the Moderator's beanie, carbro]

To the extent that you want to know about working conditions at the company, this conversation should be taken over to BT4D. That is the board for dancers, dance training, and dance careers. This board is about WATCHING ballet. Information or opinions about repertoire or style would be appropriate here.

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