Pinkerton Ballet's The Nutcracker is a Thanksgiving Weekend delight
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Fri, 11/27/2015 - 1:32pm
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Repeats every day until Sun Nov 29 2015 .
November 27, 2015 (All day)
November 28, 2015 (All day)
November 29, 2015 (All day)
Perennial holiday favorite “The Nutcracker” as performed by the Pinkerton Ballet Theatre returns to Carson City Thanksgiving weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 27-29. Featuring Erica Chipp of the Smuin Ballet in San Francisco as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Maykel Solas as Cavalier, this 27th year of performances is not to be missed.
All tickets are reserved seating and non-refundable. All ages are invited to this wonderful family event. General Admission is $22 while seniors and students are $18. The performances are at the Bob Boldrick Theater and Carson City Community Center. Tickets are available now here. Performances are at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The Nutcracker Ballet is based on the story “The Nutcracker and the King of Mice” written by E.T.A. Hoffman. It is the story of a young German girl, Clara, who dreams of a Nutcracker Prince and a fierce battle against a Mouse King with seven heads. Scored by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the ballet features one of the holiday season’s most famous pieces of classical music.
The Nutcracker takes place in Western Europe in the 1800′s. The story opens on Christmas Eve at the holiday party in the home of Hans Stahlbaum, the town mayor. The Stahlbaum children, Clara and Fritz, are anxiously awaiting the arrival of several invited guests. The home is immaculately decorated for the holidays, complete with a beautifully trimmed Christmas tree.
Arriving late to the party is the Stahlbaum children’s mysterious godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer. He delights the party guests with his life-size dancing dolls. He then presents gifts to all the children. Fritz receives a toy train and Clara is presented with a beautiful toy nutcracker. Clara is delighted with the unusual present until Fritz breaks it. Drosselmeyer wipes Clara’s tears and repairs the nutcracker, but she remains disappointed. The guests eventually depart and Clara and Fritz are sent to bed. Clara gets back up to search for her nutcracker, then falls asleep clutching it. And that’s when her dream begins.
The Pinkerton Ballet Theatre is a non-profit dance company that strives to promote the art of dance and sense of community by providing opportunities for the community’s youth to participate in performances alongside professional dancers and encourages dance among youth that have not had exposure to dance instruction and strives to bring the art of dance to the rural areas of Nevada. More information on Pinkerton Ballet Theatre can be found here. You can follow them on Facebook here.
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