Nutcracker Ballet celebrates 30 years with Thanksgiving weekend Carson City performances
Pinkerton Ballet Theatre presents the 30th anniversary of The Nutcracker Ballet featuring a live orchestra in Carson City this Thanksgiving weekend.
Performances are Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23-24, 2018 at 7 p.m., and a matinee on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center, Bob Boldrick Theater.
Featured ballet dancers include Erica Chipp-Adams and Oliver Adams, professional dancers from Smuin Contemporary Ballet Company, who will return to inspire audiences as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.
Also featured is Maykel Solas of the San Jose Ballet to dance his magnificent rendition of the Nutcracker.
An audience favorite, the Russian dance will feature Armen Haggopian and Company.
“Watching Pinkerton’s Nutcracker when I was 7 years old inspired me to become a professional ballet dance," said Erica Chipp. "I love ballet and I have loved my professional career and am thrilled to share my love of dance and my choreography with Pinkerton Ballet Theatre in the Nutcracker.”
Of course, The Nutcracker Ballet would not be the same without the many local dance students, young and old, who have dedicated hundreds of hours to the production.
“A production like this involves hundreds of volunteer hours and we are grateful to everyone that has given so much this year, and throughout the past 30 years,” said Molly Walt, Pinkerton Ballet Theatre’s Board President. “For the 30th year celebration, the Board decided that new choreography, costumes and sets were in line to keep this old traditional favorite new and fresh so we have put a great deal of effort in that direction.”
The Pinkerton Ballet Theatre is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to presenting quality professional ballet performances to the Carson City, Carson Valley and Tahoe Communities and performance opportunities for the area’s dancers of all ages.
Ticket cost for The Nutcracker Ballet performances is $22.00 for General Admission and $18 for seniors and students.
To purchase tickets visit www.pinkertonballet.com or call 775-600-2880.
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