| Enhance your
Christmas Season with the Mid Ohio Valley Ballet’s performance
of The Nutcracker at the Lincoln Theater in New Martinsville
on Monday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. Presented by ArtsLink
and sponsored by Marble King, this timeless classic will delight
and entertain adults and children alike as it fills the audience
with the Christmas spirit. Local dancer, Simon
Cannizzaro, will be joining the Mid Ohio Valley Ballet onstage in
the role of “Fritz” for this fun holiday classic. Tickets will be
available at the door. For ArtsLink members, tickets are $10 for
individuals and $15 for families; for non-members, $15 for
individuals and $25 for families. Student admission is $5. Children
are welcome to don their party dresses or other holiday finery for
this event. Theater parties are welcome with a discount for groups
over ten people. The joy of Christmas
is never more evident than in The Nutcracker. This whimsical ballet brings beautiful
fantasies, sugar plum dreams, and waltzing snowflakes to a very
large, adoring public. Parties, church celebrations, family and
friends, and
The Nutcracker are all part of the American Christmas
experience. Based on the book by
E.T.A. Hoffman, the ballet follows the dreams of a little girl
named Clara. At the family Christmas party, her Godfather
Drosselmeyer presents her with a mysterious gift of a nutcracker,
and her jealous little brother, Fritz, promptly breaks it. As the
guests depart, Clara comes quietly back into the living room to see
her nutcracker and falls asleep there. Her dreams take her through
a fierce battle between the Mouse King and the Nutcracker, a visit
to the Land of the Sweets where candy dancers perform for her, and
finally a journey through the snow kingdom with whirling, dancing
snowflakes. Mid Ohio Valley
Ballet is a member of and receives partial funding from Artsbridge,
a cultural development agency serving Wood County, WV, and
Washington County, OH. Funding for this
program made possible with assistance from West Virginia Northern
Community College, WETZ/WYMJ Radio, EQT Foundation, and Ohio Valley
Online. This program is presented with financial assistance from
the WV Department of Arts, Culture and History, and the National
Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the WV Commission on the
Arts. ArtsLink is committed to providing universal accessibility
wherever possible. Persons with special needs may contact ArtsLink
at 304-455-2278 for assistance. |
