dirac Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Midland Festival Ballet cancels its Nutcracker. Quote Instead of the traditional live performance at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, the Ballet is creating and producing a dance film featuring the story of Clara and the Nutcracker. The movie will be a modern retelling of the classic tale told by ballet companies around the world. Link to comment
dirac Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Washington Ballet loses another executive director and cancels its Nutcracker. Quote Canceling “The Nutcracker” is a financial blow to any ballet company, but in taking this difficult step, the Washington Ballet is not alone. New York City Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet and the Pennsylvania Ballet have scrapped their “Nutcrackers” as well. The popular ballet is generally a company’s only production to turn a profit, but the large cast, the child performers, the cramped backstage conditions and the full theaters mean that social distancing measures cannot be maintained. For the Washington Ballet, gross ticket sales to “The Nutcracker” accounted for $3.1 million of the ballet’s $14 million budget for fiscal year 2020, according to spokesman Scott Greenberg. Link to comment
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