Win tickets!! 'Peanutcracker' opens Dec. 5
Win tickets to shorter, narrated version of the 'The Nutcracker'
The Sierra Nevada Ballet will present the popular “'Peanutcracker' – The Story in Nut Shell” throughout the Reno/Lake Tahoe region this December. Based on the Peter Tchaikovsky's original ballet “The Nutcracker,” "Peanutcracker" is a shorter, 45-minute narrated version that is “designed for families with younger children to introduce them to the wonderful world of ballet,” noted Rosine Bena, Artistic Director of the Sierra Nevada Ballet. Bena wrote and choreographed this traditional holiday show.
Beginning Nov. 9, enter to win two tickets to the performance of your choice! Enter here
This year's performances will feature the Ballet's professional dancers, apprentices, and trainees, in addition to dance students from schools in the local community. "Peanutcracker" features Sierra Nevada Ballet stars Larissa Cassera, Alexander Biber and Ramona Cachinero.
• Carson City – Dec. 5
The first event is scheduled for Dec. 5 in conjunction with the Carson City Redevelopment Authority, the Sierra Nevada Ballet and the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. The shows are scheduled for at 2:30 p.m and 7 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. Ticket prices start at $6 for youth (15 and under); all other tickets are $11 and can be purchased on line at www.laketahoeshakespeare.com/tickets or call (800) 74-SHOWS.
• Virginia City – Dec. 6
PEANUTCRACKER – The Story in a Nut Shell will also be presented for the general public at Piper's Opera House in Virginia City on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 p.m.. Ticket prices start at $6 for youth (15 and under). All other tickets are $11. For more information, visit www.pipersoperahouse.com or call (866) 422-1956.
• Reno – Dec. 15
Students in the Reno area can enjoy this special holiday event at the Pioneer Center for Performing Arts on December 15th at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. For ticket information, contact the Sierra Nevada Ballet at (775) 783-3223.
Beginning Nov. 9, enter to win two tickets to the performance of your choice! Enter here
This year's performances will feature the Ballet's professional dancers, apprentices, and trainees, in addition to dance students from schools in the local community. "Peanutcracker" features Sierra Nevada Ballet stars Larissa Cassera, Alexander Biber and Ramona Cachinero.
• Carson City – Dec. 5
The first event is scheduled for Dec. 5 in conjunction with the Carson City Redevelopment Authority, the Sierra Nevada Ballet and the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. The shows are scheduled for at 2:30 p.m and 7 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. Ticket prices start at $6 for youth (15 and under); all other tickets are $11 and can be purchased on line at www.laketahoeshakespeare.com/tickets or call (800) 74-SHOWS.
• Virginia City – Dec. 6
PEANUTCRACKER – The Story in a Nut Shell will also be presented for the general public at Piper's Opera House in Virginia City on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 p.m.. Ticket prices start at $6 for youth (15 and under). All other tickets are $11. For more information, visit www.pipersoperahouse.com or call (866) 422-1956.
• Reno – Dec. 15
Students in the Reno area can enjoy this special holiday event at the Pioneer Center for Performing Arts on December 15th at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. For ticket information, contact the Sierra Nevada Ballet at (775) 783-3223.
The Story in Nutshell
Bena was first inspired to create this special production for families by young audience members. After 25 years of performing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy professionally, Bena came to discover through speaking with young fans that the Nutcracker was often children first introduction to ballet and often very young children found the full two hour ballet too long and difficult to follow. Bena produced her first mini version of the Nutcracker with narration in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1993. The short ballet with its growing Christmas tree and animated story telling proved to be very popular. She continued to present this (as the Artistic Director of Perspectives Dance Theatre and The Reno Ballet) to audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area every year through December of 2000 until Rosine moved permanently to Nevada and started the professional ballet company, Sierra Nevada Ballet.Sponsor a Child Program
Through the generosity of many sponsors, Sierra Nevada Ballet was able to invite thousands of “at risk” children to attend performances at the Pioneer Center for free and over 3,000 to attend at the reduced rate of $5. Individuals or businesses who are interested in helping to sponsor free tickets should contact Sierra Nevada Ballet .About the Sierra Nevada Ballet
Versatile and innovative, Sierra Nevada Ballet is northern Nevada's only professional ballet company and incorporates the popular with the experimental. Always a crowd pleaser, the Ballet offers music and different types of dance from well known classical to new age contemporary original pieces. Sierra Nevada Ballet is supported in part by the E. L. Cord Foundation Nevada Arts Council, the Nevada Endowment for the Arts, Carol Franc Buck Foundation, Wayne L. Prim Foundation and Western Money Systems. For more information, contact Sierra Nevada Ballet, visit sierranevadaballet.com or call (775) 783-3223.
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