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2. How Nutcrackers Became a Classic Symbol of Christmas

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   First performed by the San Francisco Ballet in 1944, The Nutcracker became a smash hit when it was reworked by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet in 1954. And the rest, they say, is ...

3. Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts - Wikipedia

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   The Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts is a theater located in Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was named after gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who was born in New Orleans. [2] The theater reopened in January 2009, after being closed since the landfall of Hurricane Katrina (August 29, 2005).

4. The Nutcracker (Balanchine) - Wikipedia

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   Choreographer George Balanchine's production of Petipa and Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet The Nutcracker is a broadly popular version of the ballet often performed in the United States. Conceived for the New York City Ballet , its premiere took place on February 2, 1954, at City Center , New York, with costumes by Karinska , sets by Horace Armistead ...

5. Kansas City Ballet - Wikipedia

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   Lower School. The Lower school offers two programs. The Children's Program, for ages 3-7, introduces children to ballet and movement while focusing on creativity and group interaction. The Primary Program, for ages 7-11, lays the foundation of more advanced classical ballet training. - Upper School. The Upper school offers Intermediate and Advanced programs. Both programs focus on developing a ...

6. List of productions of The Nutcracker - Wikipedia

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   Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (after Petipa) Company: Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow Premiere: 1919 Russian choreographer Alexander Gorsky, who staged a production of The Nutcracker in Moscow in 1919, is credited with the idea of combining Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy's roles (i.e. giving the Fairy's dances to Clara), eliminating the Sugar Plum Fairy's Cavalier, giving the Cavalier's dances to the ...

7. Catherine Hurlin - Wikipedia

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   In 2010, whilst she was a student with the JKO School, she created the role of Young Clara in Alexei Ratmansky's The Nutcracker, which was performed by the American Ballet Theatre. [ 7 ] Hurlin first danced with the American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, then became an apprentice with the main company in 2013, and a corps de ballet member in ...

8. The Nutcracker - Wikipedia

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   The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик [a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.

9. Gelsey Kirkland - Wikipedia

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   She left the New York City Ballet to join the American Ballet Theatre in 1974 as a principal dancer. [citation needed] Kirkland appeared in the dance role of Clara Stahlbaum in Mikhail Baryshnikov's 1977 televised production of The Nutcracker, which Baryshnikov also acted in as the titular Nutcracker/Prince. She left the American Ballet Theatre ...