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Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” Delights Families

Each year George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker sets the season a-sparkle, creating memories for Portland area families. This year 7 performances will feature the full OBT Orchestra. Ballet lovers got to take a trip into a land where toy soldiers fight rat armies, snowflakes come dancing to life and the  sugarplum fairy presides over it all with the wave of a wand. Oregon Ballet Theatre continues to delight.

Kelsie Nobriga in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 2011 production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, December 10-24 at the Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert.

 

Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production of "George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker" Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert.

 

Veyoncé Ratcliff as “Marie” and Wyatt McConville-McCoy as “The Little Prince” in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 2011 production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, December 10-24 at the Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert.

 

Principal Dancer Kathi Martuza as "Arabian Coffee" in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production of "George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker" Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert.

 

Principal Dancers Haiyan Wu and Yang Zou as the "Sugar Plum Fairy" and "Her Cavalier" in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 2011 production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, December 10-24 at the Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert.

 

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