Vermont Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’

BURLINGTON - Vermont Ballet Theater is returning for its seventh season with Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.” With four sold-out performances last year at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, it has become a Christmas tradition.  Performances at the Flynn are: Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 18, at 1 and 6:30 p.m.
VBT company director Alexander Nagiba’s unique choreography is set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score and performed by VBT’s dancers and guest artist Samuel Wilson of the Dance Theatre of Harlem of New York City.
Follow the adventures of Clara and the Nutcracker Prince as they conquer the evil Mouse King and travel on a mystical journey to The Land of Sweets where the Sugarplum Fairy reigns. Mice filching Christmas gifts, snowflakes swirling in dreamy white tutus, dolls spinning like tops, a fantasy world of dancers—from a Christmas tree that grows to tower over Clara and the mysterious Herr Drosselmeyer to the captivating ballerinas.
For tickets, call (802) 86-FLYNN (863-5966), or go online to www.flynntix.org. For more information about Vermont Ballet Theater visit www.vbts.org.