Sparta Moscow Ballet will hold an open children’s audition for its Great Russian Nutcracker at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Linda’s Dance Dynamics, located at 104 Main Street in Sparta. Moscow Ballet Russian soloist Yevgen Babachenko will conduct the audition. Children between the ages of seven and early teens are invited to apply. Applicants must have at least one year ballet experience. They should dress in ballet attire and bring pointe shoes, if on pointe. Moscow Ballet will present its Great Russian Nutcracker performance at the McNeice Auditorium on Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at 800-320-1733 or on-line at www.nutcracker.com. Moscow Ballet will celebrate its 15th Anniversary U.S. Tour presenting the Great Russian Nutcracker and Swan Lake. The cast features luminaries of Perm, Vaganova, Moscow State Academic Choreographic and Kiev schools. Ballet master Vladimir Troschenko and Chief Choreographer Anatoli Emelianov return as company directors. For more information on Moscow Ballet log onto www.nutcracker.com. For more information about the audition, call the local dance teacher coordinator, Ms. Salmeri at: 973-726-3737.