WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER
WHICH IS COMING RIGHT UP.
IT'S MY FIRST YEAR WITH THE
SPRINGFIELD BALLET AND WE ARE
DOING SOME NEW THINGS.
THE PRODUCTION IS FANTASTIC AND
IT HAS BEEN GOING FOR 30 YEARS
AND NEW CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
TO MAKE IT MORE ENTERTAINING
AND MAGICAL BUT THIS YEAR I
HAVE A NEW SNOW CANE AND A NEW
ARABIAN DANCE AND NEW
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR WALTZ OF THE
FLOWERS.
AS FELLOW CREATIVE PEOPLE DO
YOU TAKE ARTISTIC LICENSE
BECAUSE THE NUTCRACKER IS SO
ICONIC.
WHEN YOU SAY YOU MADE CHANGES
HOW DOES THE AUDIENCE FEEL
ABOUT THAT?
I HAVE DONE NUTCRACKER'S ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY SINCE I WAS
NINE.
I HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT IDEAS AND THERE IS
THE BALLET PREMIERED 100
YEARS AGO.
THERE WE GO MORNING.
THE ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY WAS
DONE BY A MAN WHO WAS A
FRENCHMAN WHO CHOREOGRAPHED IN
RUSSIA SO WHEN IT PREMIERED IN
RUSSIA IT WAS WITH HIS ORIGINAL
CHOREOGRAPHY.
A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN LOST OVER
THE YEARS BUT THERE IS ONE THAT
GLUES IT TOGETHER THAT MANY
COMPANIES USE AND THAT'S THE
PRINCIPAL GUESTS ARTISTS.
SO WE HAVE COMING BACK TO DO
DANCE OF THE SUGARPLUM AND THAT
CHOREOGRAPHY IS VERY MUCH BASED
ON THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION FROM
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO BUT THEN
OTHER SECTIONS LIKE THE BATTLE
SCENE OR SOME OF THE AND THE
TOY SOLDIERS THERE IS ARTISTIC
LICENSE TO EVERY PRODUCTION TO
PUT YOUR OWN SPIN ON IT.
THAT'S NICE.
YOU PROBABLY ENJOY THAT.
DO YOU HAVE THE SAME PERFORMERS
EVERY YEAR?
MANY OF OUR PERFORMERS ARE
REPEAT AND NUTCRACKER IS THE
KIND OF SHOW THAT KIDS
PARTICULARLY WILL GROW UP SO
THEY WILL START OUT AS A LITTLE
BABY DOLL AND THEN BE A SOLDIER
AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR THEY
BECOME TOTALLY ENAMORED AND
WANT TO BE IN IT EVERY YEAR
WHICH IS WONDERFUL FOR THEM AND
FOR US AND THEN THEY WILL GROW
UP AND END UP BEING THE DEW
DROP FERRY OR THE SNOW QUEEN IN
HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT'S A NEAT
WAY.
IT'S LIKE A FAMILY THAT GROWS
TOGETHER.
WHAT SCENE WILL WE BE
SEEING?
A SCENE FROM ACT ONE.
IT IS A PIVOTAL SCENE CLARA HAS
JUST RECEIVED A NUTCRACKER FROM
HER UNCLE IF SHE IS DANCING
WITH IT AND IS TOTALLY IN LOVE
WITH HER NEW GIFT AND A LITTLE
BIT YOUNGER BROTHER FRITZ IS
JEALOUS.
AUNTIE HAS A FINGER PUPPET AND
IF YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT IT IS IT
IS THE MOUSE KING.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.♪
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♪ >> THAT SAW WONDERFUL.♪
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♪ >> WENT IS THE NUTCRACKER ♪
♪ PREMIERING?♪
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♪ >> DECEMBER 20 FRIDAY ♪
♪ EVENING AND WE HAVE A TOTAL ♪
♪ OF SIX PERFORMANCES AT THE ♪
♪ BEAUTIFUL LANDERS THEATER SO ♪
♪ WE HAVE A MATINEE AND ♪
♪ EVENING PERFORMANCE AND A ♪
♪ SPECIAL WONDERFUL MATINEE ON ♪
♪ THE 23RD.♪
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♪ >> HOW CAN PEOPLE GET ♪
♪ TICKETS?♪
♪ >> CONTACT THEM ONLINE, IN ♪
♪ PERSON OR THROUGH CALLING ♪
♪ THEM.♪
♪ ♪
♪ >> NOTHING SAYS THE HOLIDAYS ♪
♪ LIKE THE NUTCRACKER.
COME BACK ANYTIME.
COMING UP, WHO WANTS TO BE A
DOLLARNAIRE.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.