You can have your Christmas movies and holiday TV specials.
It takes a joyous production of “The Nutcracker” to get me in the Christmas spirit, and Ballet RI’s 2024 production has it all.
From the music of Tchaikovsky to the international dancers to the local dance school students to the innovative costumes and sets, this year’s annual Christmas gift is one that every mother’s child from five to one hundred should see.
Director Kathleen Breen Combes has the monumental task of working with two adult cast members and dozens of children to create a magical couple of hours that will relieve your holiday stress and make you a believer of all that is right with the world.
Giant pandas dance up a storm. Flamenco dancers, Russian dancers and Chinese dragons entertain, a magician makes the Nucracker come alive, sugar plum fairies and ballerina dancers perform, along with the snow queen and king.
The production literally involves hundreds of people on stage behind the scenes. How it all comes together is itself a Christmas miracle.
Artistic Curator and Resident Choreographer Yury Yanosky supplements professional company dancers with apprentices, junior apprentices and trainees to fill the stage with beautiful choreography.
This Nutcracker will put you in the holiday spirit. It is at the Vets through December 29. Don’t miss it.
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