CAPE TEEN SELECTED FOR BALLET TRAINING IN SEATTLE

Tania Morris, 15, of Cape Girardeau, will be attending an intensive summer training program with Pacific Northwest Ballet, in Seattle, Wash.

She will travel to the West coast following a two-week program with the State Ballet of Missouri.

Morris was accepted to the schools' programs as a result of national auditions held in the spring. She is a scholarship recipient to both programs.

Morris has performed in the State Ballet of Missouri's production of "Nutcracker" for the past four seasons, and has been in the company's performance of "Firebird."

She has been a student at the Academy of Dance Arts since it opened in 1987, under the direction of Michelle Morris.

She is the daughter of Howard and Michelle Morris.