A holiday classic is back on the stage
and ready to delight new audiences
with dreams of sugar plum fairies.
We're talking about the Brown
Forman Nutcracker presented
by the Louisville Ballet.
It opens December the 9th through the 23rd.
And here with the preview as
Artistic director Robert Curran.
Thank you so much for coming I
immediately I'm sitting straighter right.
All my ballet lessons in life are
coming to fruition right now that
I must I must be on my best and
we wanted to support you guys,
so I had a T-shirt made. Love it.
I'm. I'm sending you.
So you guys are gonna crush it too.
The team over at Dirty Tees created
something I said my Nutcracker
friends are on and it's one of
my favorites every single year.
And I do want to mention too
to have the Amazing Louisville
orchestra along with you.
All right.
What a treat to of this cities.
You know hallmark arts institutions in the
theater at the same time it's wonderful.
So what is new this year and
don't you get excited when you
get to to to plan everything.
I am about as happy as I can
possibly be right now you know?
Not cracker is is.
One of those things for Louisville
Ballet that we keep coming back to it,
it is something that is ingrained in us.
The music is exquisite.
This production uniquely made for Louisville.
So many great Louisville touches in it.
Ohh, that's a tease.
Tell me this is
the production that nobody
else does in the world.
It's our very own, made right here.
It's a it's a beautiful production that
has a lot of Louisville touches in it.
If you look closely in the scenery,
you can see the Saint James Square Fountain.
You can see some beautiful. Really.
Specifically Louisville. Things like
feel like notice in the landscape.
I know where that is. I know where this
is. Some of the characters too,
you know, there's a a section in in
the second act where Madame Bonbon
usually comes out in a big dress and
all of these little candy sweets,
little kids dressed as candy sweets come
running out and dance for for a few minutes.
But in this production
instead of Madame Bombon,
we have Madame Darby comes out and
of course we're just little
chuckies run out and dance.
So cute. It's so cute. I love
how you add, like,
so many new touches and so many
familiar things that people can see.
Yeah. And then what is back that's
like the the familiar things that,
you know, that audiences want
to see that you don't touch with
year after year after year.
Well, the sugar plum fairy,
of course, the sugar plum fairy
and her cavalier is like the
quintessential Nutcracker experience.
And and this year,
we actually have two dancers stepping
into those roles for the first time,
which is always really exciting.
It's a wonderful thing to have
the tradition of The Nutcracker
that the community of course
gets to share and and recognize.
But it's also a tradition inside the
ballet company where you you start
in the quarter ballet roles and
then as you gain more experience and
strength and artistry you matriculate,
if you like,
you graduate into the more leading roles.
And to see two dancers dancing together,
stepping into these, you know,
quintessential ballet roles for the
first time in this deal for them.
Really,
really
what's also a big deal I
always love every year.
And we see all these young
tiny performers that get to be,
you know, the kids in The Nutcracker
because they're so excited.
So you see their social media posts.
You know, I'm so excited
I'm going to be in it.
And we see the rehearsals and and it's just,
it's like this whole community
excitement around being
a part of this tradition.
I wish we could get everybody and
an inside view to their dressing
room where these 50 kids, 50 kids,
every show are in there on a high.
Like you just wouldn't believe.
Together. And are there lots of.
We have our performance going on ship.
They're very well behaved.
But there is definitely an outpouring
of joy coming out of that door.
Every day I walk into the theater.
It's beautiful.
Thank you've probably changed
a young dancer's life.
Like this is going to be something
they're going to remember
for the rest of their life,
whether they continue with dance and
performance or they look back and say,
I remember that winter that I
was in the right like that is a
part of their memories forever.
Yeah. Every single one of them.
I hope it has. That impact on them,
another experience that the audience
gets to take in if they're lucky
enough to get those tickets in time.
Talk about this sugar plum fairy
experience and kind of what it is
and how you get tickets for it.
Yeah, the sweet seats are very,
very limited seat. Sweet seats.
Yeah, very, very limited number of seats.
You get seated right in the snow zone,
so you get snowed on at
the end of the first act.
You also get to go backstage.
You actually get to stand on the
stage briefly before the performance.
You get to meet some dancers and of course.
Like we just said,
you get to see these joy filled
children of the children's cast.
What a way to see it and
another way to see it.
I think I I love that you all have a
sensory friendly performance. One is
that that is Sunday the 11th,
Sunday the 11th at 11:00.
I think it is 11:00 AM.
It's something that we've been
wanting to do for a really long time.
We just bit the bullet and did
it because it's so important for
those that have special needs,
but also for their families.
Yeah, so their families
can everybody to enjoy it right
in their in their own way.
Well, thank you so much for stopping by.
I can't wait to stop by and see it.
Wanna remind everybody it's at Whitney Hall.
It's December 9th through the 23rd.
And to get tickets, just go on
over to the Louisville ballet.org.