Saturday, November 7

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Photo gallery of rehearsals of Wayne Center Ballet's Nutcracker.

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Clara, played by Emma Graziano from Wooster High School, runs and throws a slipper, hitting King Rat, played by Mark Hersher.

 

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 Vicki McLean, the AD of Lone Star Ballet, is retiring.

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McLean came back to her hometown after dancing and teaching dance throughout the United States as well as acting in television shows like “Days of our Lives.” In her role with the Lone Star Ballet, she designed, choreographed and developed multiple productions and taught many dancers throughout her tenure. 

 

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Singapore Dance Theatre cancels its Nutcracker.

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SDT said patrons who bought season passes for this year will have their passes extended over the entirety of next year's repertoire.

 

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A review of the Royal Ballet by Jann Parry for DanceTabs.

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The first half of the 90-minute programme consisted of standard gala fare, combined with less familiar pas de deux and solos. Helpfully, each selection was introduced by projected titles and credits, since there were no programmes or cast sheets – and no need for a perky presenter. The choice of three short works by Frederick Ashton, the company’s founder choreographer, provided blissful moments of calm and consolation in the face of a second lockdown.

 

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Ballet Northwest will film this year's Nutcracker.

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This “Nutcracker” will not be a live performance but a movie filmed on the center’s stage Nov. 13-15 and screened Dec. 4-20 for small, physically distanced audiences. (The center’s main theater seats about 180 people in socially distanced groups for films, compared to 983 for a full house before COVID-19.)