WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Some might call it the “American Idol” of ballet dancing.

Candidates come from Apponequet, Stang, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Voc-Tech, New Bedford, Old Colony, ORR and Wareham. Voting ends at 8 p.m. on Jan. 26.

More than 400 young ballet dancers from the Northeast have converged on Worcester, Massachusetts, to vie for scholarships at ...