RECOGNIZE THE TRADITION.
THIS SATURDAY DIRECT FROM
RUSSIA, THE MOSCOW NUTCRACKER
WILL BE AT THE ORPHEUM.
EVERY YEAR SOME LOCAL BALLET
DANCERS GET TO BE ON STAGE AND
PART OF THE PERFORMANCE.
WITH US ARE SOME OF THE
DANCERS FROM THE DANCE FACTORY
IN FOREST LAKE.
WE HAVE JENNIFER WHO OWNS THE
DANCE STUDIO ALONG WITH
CHELSEA, OLIVIA AND MORGAN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN.
JEN FIREWORKS I WILL START WITH
YOU.
THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY.
THEY GET TO PERFORM WITH
PROFESSIONAL DANCERS FROM
MOSCOW.
HOW DID THIS ALL COME ABOUT?
SURE.
WE DID A WORKSHOP WITH THE
MOSCOW BALL PLAY IN THE SPRING
OF 2015.
AFTER THAT WE FOUND THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR A HOST STUDIO.
WE INQUIRED AND WERE CHOSEN AS
A LOST STUDIO.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN
PRACTICING FOR?
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
AUGUST.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU
HAVEN'T PERFORMED YET WITH THE
PROFESSIONAL DANCERS.
OLIVIA, HOW DO YOU THINK IT
WILL GO ON SATURDAY?
IT WILL BE GREAT.
WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING HARD.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR STUFF DOWN.
I THINK IT WILL GO SMOOTHLY.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE A DREAM
COME TRUE.
HAVE YOU SEEN "THE NUTCRACKER"?
I HAVEN'T.
IT'S SUPER EXCITING.
IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO BE
PART OF IT.
HOW MANY DANCERS WILL BE
DANCING FROM YOUR STUDIO
SPECIFICALLY?
WE HAVE ABOUT 34 OF THE CAST
OF 39 AND A FEW DANCERS FROM
OTHER DANCE STUDIOS AROUND THE
TWIN CITIES.
TELL US WHAT ROLE DO YOU
PLAY, THEN?
I'M A SNOW MAIDEN.
I'M DOING THE SPANISH
VARIATION.
AND FOR THE YOUNGER ONES?
THEY'RE DROOG THE FRENCH
VAIR -- DOING THE FRENCH
VARIATION.
AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL GIVE
US A PERFORMANCE, A TASTE OF
WHAT PEOPLE CAN SEE ON
SATURDAY.
ARE YOU READY TO GO?
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
WOW, GREAT JOB.
WELL THAT CERTAINLY DOES GET
YOU INTO THE HOLIDAY
EXPERIENCE.
WHAT A CLASSICAL EXPERIENCE.
YOU DIES WILL DO SUCH A GREAT
-- GUYS WILL DO SUCH A GREAT
JOB.
IT'S THIS SATURDAY AT THE
ORPHEUM.
THERE IS A 3:00 MATINEE AND A 7
P.M.
SHOW.