ABOUT WMCBC

The Western Maryland City Ballet Company is The City Ballet School’s professional training division. Serving as our studio company, our goal is to provide advanced training and performance opportunity to serious minded dancers and to prepare dancers for future work in a company. Dancers in the company are mentored and guided to gain recognition in the dance community in order to further their training on a professional level.

Audition Requirements

Ladies must be at least 12 years old and have at least one year of pointe training and be currently enrolled in classes in ballet, jazz, and modern dance to be eligible to audition. Gentlemen must be at least 12 years old with previous dance training.
Audition fee is $25

Participation Requirements

Dancers selected as company members or apprentices take company class on Saturday mornings from 11:00am- 12:15pm beginning September 30th .
Dancers rehearsals may be scheduled between 1:00 pm – 5:30pm on Saturdays and 1:00pm- 7:30 on Sunday afternoons. Attendance is mandatory for all classes and rehearsals. The cost for participation is $450 for the year and covers all classes, rehearsals and costume fees. Company dancers must audition for The Nutcracker and the spring performance, but do not pay participation fees as they are covered in their company fees.


Questions should be addressed to Danielle Horochowski at horochowski.cityballet@hotmail.com