Choreographer seeks dancers for video

CANTON -- Auditions will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday at the Canton Ballet for female and male dancers of all ethnicities and dance styles, including hip-hop, pop-lock, ballet and break dancing.
The Canton Ballet is located at 1001 Market Ave., North Canton. There is a $15 audition fee.
The selected dancers will take part in a video being made for an up-and-coming hip-hop artist that will air on Black Entertainment Television. They will also be used in the halftime show at the 2006 NFL Hall of Fame Game in Canton, and at a hip-hop and R & amp;B concert on New Year's Eve at the Canton Memorial Civic Center.
Ashley Bettis, an award-winning choreographer, will judge the participants at the auditions.
She is a Canton native, who currently resides in New York City where she is a dancer. In the spring, she won Regional Dance America's Best Emerging Choreographer award for a piece titled "Anchored in You."
Bettis has danced professionally in New York City with Skip Costa Core Movement Project and for other choreographers throughout the city.
She is a former member of the Canton Ballet. She received her training at the Joffrey School of Ballet.
In 2004, Bettis choreographed the halftime show for the NFL Hall of Fame game.
For further information about the auditions, e-mail Bettis at AshleyEBettis@aol.com.