Tell your drama friends and theatre buffs, casting is open for one of Melbourne’s most well-known shows.
Eagerly awaited, the Moulin Rouge first casting outside Europe since Covid will take place in Australia under the expert eye of Janet Pharaoh, Artistic Director of the Moulin Rouge and assisted by Erik Sorensen, Resident Choreographer.
The artistic team who was last there in 2018, will travel to Australia to pick up new talents who will perform on the stage of the famous cabaret, which has been illuminating Paris since 1889!
Castings will be based on special requirements: strong classical dance training as well as criteria specific to the Moulin Rouge: females must be at least 5’9” tall and 6’1” for males, must have a well-balanced figure but also and mainly personality, charisma and the capacity to assimilate choreography!
Auditions will take place in July in 7 different Australian cities and in August in New Zealand for one day, with Melbourne’s being held on Friday 7 July in the CBD.
After these auditions, the Moulin Rouge will welcome the chosen artists into the current show ‘Féerie’ and its team of dancers.
The lucky dancers will travel to Paris for a month of rehearsals and will join the team of 80 artists, from 17 different nationalities.
‘Féerie’ is an amazing 1.45 hour-long show with 1,000 costumes of feathers, rhinestones and sequins, sumptuous settings in shimmering colours and the famous French Cancan.
To audition for Moulin Rouge, Victorians can go to the Jessie Morris Hall, Devon Road Pascoe Vale, Melbourne from 1pm on 7 July this year.
