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Connecticut Concert Ballet's Nutcracker is Perfect for the Whole Family
Eight families of Connecticut Concert Ballet have parents and children who are dancers and perform on stage together
The Nutcracker ballet, it is often said, is perfect for the entire family. Connecticut Concert Ballet agrees and adds a twist...sometimes that entire family is on stage. CCB’s Nutcracker has Cherubs and dancers in the styles of Russia and Spain, and the whole Ryan family from Ellington. Performing together are parents Michelle and Matthew and daughters Tess and Melissa. Seven other members of the cast also call Ellington home.
This enchanting traditional version has everything a Nutcracker connoisseur looks for, a giant Christmas tree that grows, twirling snowflakes, waltzing flowers, and a vision of a Sugar Plum Fairy. It also has 230 dancers from CCB and four very special guest artists Azamat Asangul Uulu, Darren McIntyre, Katie Moorhead and Rebecca DeNies.
Three more shows are this weekend.
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Bailey Auditorium at Manchester High School
134 Middle Turnpike East
Saturday, December 19th at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, December 20th at 2:00 p.m.
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Advance Ticket Prices: Preferred Front & Center Seats $35; General Admission: Adult $25, Child/Student/Senior $15. Tickets are available online at www.connecticutnutcracker.com or in person at Dance Village, 171 Spencer St, Manchester and Hairdresser on Fire, 176 Broad St, Windsor. Tickets $38, $28, $18 at the door. Call 860-418-7294 for show information.
Connecticut Concert Ballet is a semi-professional 501(c)(3) classical ballet school and performing arts organization with studios in Manchester on the Glastonbury line and in Windsor at the Loomis Chaffee School; for info please visit www.ctconcertballet.org, call 860-643-4796 or visit us at www.facebook.com/connecticutconcertballet. CCB is a multi-year winner of “Best of Hartford” for Dance Lessons.
For more information on the Nutcracker please visit www.connecticutnutcracker.com or call 860-418-7294. Proceeds from the show fund our not-for-profit school year round, keeping the tuition and total cost for its students the lowest in the area. CCB’s Nutcracker was 2015 runner up for “Best of Hartford” Local Annual Event.
