Understanding Casting: What Every Dancer and Dance Parent Should Know
Casting for *The American Holiday Classic Nutcracker* just went out. In the next few days, there will be excitement in some households and disappointment in others. That's normal — it happens every year, at every company, at every school. What matters is what we do with it. I've spent a career on both sides of the casting sheet: as a dancer waiting to see my own name (or not see it), and now as the person who has to make the calls. So I want to talk directly to dancers, and to the parents...
