Aspen Santa Fe Ballet: The Nutcracker
The Sugar Plum Fairy returns to dance in this quintessential Christmas ballet!
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet: The Nutcracker
The Sugar Plum Fairy returns to dance in this quintessential Christmas ballet!
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet: The Nutcracker
The Sugar Plum Fairy returns to dance in this quintessential Christmas ballet!
Why see Aspen Santa Fe Ballet: The Nutcracker?
A holiday treat for the whole family
The Nutcracker is a holiday fairy tale about a young girl, Clara, and her very favorite Christmas. Her Godfather, Herr Drosselmeier, is a magical, mysterious character in her life. This Christmas he has a special gift for her, a beautiful Nutcracker doll. She receives the present from him at the annual family party. Very excited about the new doll, Clara wants to stay up all night with it, but her family sends her off to bed.
After everyone has left and the family is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs to look at her Nut-cracker doll. She eventually falls asleep, and with a little help from Drosselmeier’s magic, her dreams begin.
Key Information
Audience
Suitable for audiences of all ages
Dates
Finished Dec 9, 2012
Cast
The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is a uniquely structured and multi-faceted organization - alongside its world-class productions and tours, it also provides education and training to talented students in numerous forms of dance, many of whom continue on to dance ASFB-choreographed productions such as the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's The Nutcracker.
Reviews
Customer reviews
1 reviews, average rating: (4.0 Stars)
Alex Brown
An Enjoyable Evening
Excellent dancing and a novel retelling of a holiday favorite made
this performance a pleasure to watch.
Although minor changes were made to the story, the core of this
ballet still rings true-a young girl receives a much loved
Nutcracker and dreams of a magical land. The second act had a bit
of circus overtone, which I wasn't fond of, but young children and
non-ballet aficionados will likely enjoy it.
The dancing was very good all around, though the male dancers
outshone the ladies, in my opinion. The Jester and Snow King were
standouts. The young lady playing Clara was also very endearing
and expressive. This staging did an adequate job of including the
young dancers from local schools while keeping the focus on the
story and professional dancers. ... Read more
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