More than 400 hundred young ballet dancers from the Northeast gathered with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions.

More than 400 young ballet dancers from the Northeast have converged on Worcester, Massachusetts, to vie for scholarships at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions. This four-day event, hosted at a historic theater,

Young ballet dancers gathered in Massachusetts with the hopes of winning a prestigious scholarship at the Youth America Grand Prix auditions.

“I love performing for people and becoming like a character when I dance,” said Karli Wilkinson, a 15-year-old from Dighton, Massachusetts ... at the Oklahoma City Ballet.

The four-day competition at a historic theater in Worcester, Massachusetts ... to perform at the American Ballet Theatre, the Paris Opera Ballet and the New York City Ballet.

The four-day competition at a historic theater in Worcester, Massachusetts ... to perform at the American Ballet Theatre, the Paris Opera Ballet and the New York City Ballet.

The four-day competition at a historic theater in Worcester, Massachusetts, is also one of the places where future ballet stars are scouted and go on to perform at the American Ballet Theatre, the Paris Opera Ballet and the New York City Ballet.

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David Foley Jr. grew up in Worcester and majored in theater in Boston University before moving to New York, where he has appeared in such shows as “Phantom of the Opera” and “Shrek, The Musical.’’

If you’re not in either category, you’ll find it hard to overlook the fundamental mediocrity of this touring production, its occasional bursts of theater magic notwithstanding. Peter Pan may have the power of flight, but the musical bearing his name remains, for the most part, stubbornly earthbound.