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Cowell Theater
’Tis the season, isn’t it? Chestnuts roasting on
an open fire and all that. One of the rituals of the season
is The Nutcracker. And why not? Especially when it
is a joyful production by the City Ballet School and the City
Youth Ballet.
Students, ages 6 to 17, are showcased in this annual Cowell
Theater event held this year on December 17 and 18. Artistic
Director Galina Alexandrova, who performed with the Bolshoi,
San Francisco and Smuin Ballets, collaborates with Yuri Zhukov,
who performed with the Kirov and San Francisco Ballet.
City Ballet School, known for producing professional dancers,
provides children with the highest level of ballet training
and places students with professional dance companies and
in university programs.
The Nutcracker story is based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s
"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and set to music
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
For more information check the December 17 calendar listing
or visit www.cityballetschool.org.
– Ronald Tierney
Image: The Nutcracker Waltz of the Flowers, Photo: Benny
Eder
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