Birmingham Hippodrome has announced a free opportunity for young people to be part of a Birmingham Royal Ballet curtain raiser.

People ages 14-23 could be part of a devised piece of choreography that will be performed on the Hippodrome’s main stage before the Company’s new work Luna.

The opportunity is open to all young people with some dance experience. They will spend six days working together alongside choreographer Siobhan Hayes, who specialises in inclusive dance, and Birmingham Royal Ballet Artist Tori Forsyth-Hecken to create a brand-new piece of work that will be performed on Friday 4 October. All dancers will get a ticket to see Luna after the performance.

Auditions will be held at Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday 13 July and are open to everybody.

Signups for auditions will remain open until midnight on Monday 8 July, unless places fill up, in which case, a waiting list will be opened.

More information and the link to application forms can be found here.