It is one of the highlights of the ball night: The ceremonial opening of the ZuckerBäckerball with the entrance and the dance performance of the young ladies and gentlemen in black and white.

Registrations for participations are open now. Please find information for young couples who consider taking part in opening the 120th ZuckerBäckerball.

You can be part of this in just three waltz steps: register, come to the audition and then let the rehearsals begin.

Registration

Since the registration for opening takes place via a dance school, attending one of those dance schools is a prerequisite. You will receive further information via e-mail from the our contacts Mr. Franzen and Mr. Fränzl.

Please note that auditioning and each rehearsal has mandatory attendance. Without registration you will not be admitted to the audition.

Audition

There will be a dance audition on the 17h December 2022 starting at 11 AM, carried out on the premises of Verein Förderung des Lebensmittelgewerbes, Florianigasse 13, 1080 Vienna.

The audition will be coordinated by Mr. Franzen and Mr. Fränzl, who send your personal audition date in advance via e-mail.

Knowledge of natural (right) waltz with half turns is mandatory for the audition. We happily welcome pairs who have reverse (left) waltz and/or Fleckerlwaltz experience.

The rehearsal clothing for women is a combination of a white blouse with a black skirt and for men a white shirt and black pants. We ask all participants to bring their own dancing shoes.

At the audition we will divide the pairs into two groups for the rehearsals.

Rehearsal

For the opening of the 120th ZuckerBäckerball, there will be two rehearsals, a set rehearsal and a dress rehearsal in addition to the audition. Each rehearsal has mandatory attendance. The dress code here corresponds to that of the audition.

The first rehearsal on the 6th of January 2023 (Friday, public holiday) will take place between 10.00 and 11.45 AM for group 1, group 2 rehearses between 12.00 and 1.45 PM.

The rehearsals take place in the premises of Verein Förderung des Lebensmittelgewerbes at Florianigasse 13 in 1080 Vienna.

The second rehearsal, at the same location, will take place on the 7th of January 2023 (Saturday), again between 10.00 and 11.45 AM for group 1 and between 12.00 and 1.45 PM for group 2.

The remaining two rehearsal will both take place in the Hofburg Vienna, Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna. The set rehearsal is two days before the ball on the 10th of January 2023 (Tuesday). Admission to the Hofburg begins at 6.00 PM, the rehearsal starts at 7.00 PM.

On the evening of the ball, the dress rehearsal for the opening couples will take place at 6:00 PM in the Hofburg. It is expected that the dancers will already appear in ball clothes. Admission starts at 5.00 PM.

Dress code

On the evening of the ball, ladies are requested to wear a floor length white evening dress, white gloves and white/silver shoes.

Gentlemen may come in a black tuxedo (or suit if appropriate) with a white shirt, black bow tie, white gloves and black shoes.

We wish all debutants the best of luck.