Ballet Theater Of Lancaster Presents
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
WITH THE DONETSK BALLET OF UKRAINE
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King was written in 1816 by German author, E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822). French writer Alexandre Dumas
retold the story in 1847, the source from which Russian composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and choreographers, Lev Ivanov
(1834-1901) and Marius Petipa, (1818-1910), created the The Nutcracker. The ballet was first performed in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892.
The story centers on a nutcracker, a gift given by Dr. Drosselmeyer to his goddaughter Clara, and how this gift comes to life and
transports her to a world of toy soldiers and dancing snowflakes, and the enchanted land of the sugar plum fairy.
Donetsk State Opera and Ballet Theater
The Donetsk Ballet is from Donetsk, Ukraine. They travel with over 20 dancers and support staff to several U.S. cities each year,
including Lancaster, to perform The Nutcracker.
The Donetsk Ballet tours and performs throughout the world. Vadim Pisarev is the current artistic director and is hailed as the
"irrepressible superstar". He trained at the Kiev Academy, he won many honors, including First Prize at the 1985 International Ballet
Competition in Moscow and the Gold Medal at the 1986 International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. Some of his other awards
include Male Dancer of the Year (1990) Soviet Union, and Best Dancer of the Year from UNESCO, and the Grand Prix award for People of the
Year in 1996 and 1997 in Ukraine.
Anna Kisselgoff of the New York Times writes of the company: "....it is clear that the ensemble standard is by no means merely that of a
regional company. The female corps is excellent... the ensemble is precise...a striking performance."
| Ticket Pricing | |||
| Premium Orchestra Seating | Adults $ | Students $ | |
| Orchestra Rear | Adults $ | Students $ | |
| Balcony | Adults $ | Students $ | |
| Mennonite High School - Fine Arts Center Seating Charts | |||
| ORCHESTRA CENTER | ORCHESTRA RIGHT - LEFT | BALCONY RIGHT - LEFT | |
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