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Performing in the 2017 Brass City Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” are, left to right, Molly Grealis (Middlebury), Jenna Tymosko (Wolcott), Savannah Gould (Wolcott), Gabrielle Harris (Middlebury) as Clara, Brooke Harris (Middlebury) as Fritz, Hannah Brocksmith (Middlebury), Sarah Wolfenden (Naugatuck), Julia Markelon (Middlebury), and Christian Mikulskis (Watertown). See performances Dec. 15 and 16. (Steve Seymour/Essennelle Studios photo)
Brass City Ballet (BCB) will present its 22nd annual production of “The Nutcracker” Saturday, Dec, 15, at 5:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m., at the Fine Arts Center Mainstage of Naugatuck Valley Community College at 750 Chase Parkway in Waterbury. Online tickets for this family favorite are $25 for adults and $20 for seniors and children 18 and under. Tickets may be purchased online until noon on Saturday, Dec. 15, at Tututix.com or by calling 1-855-222-2849. On the days of the performances, tickets will be available for purchase at the door at $35 for adults and $30 for seniors and children 18 and under.
Year after year, this classical ballet brings joy to families across America. “What child – or adult, for that matter – doesn’t delight in seeing the stage fill with mice and soldiers battling, snow flakes falling and sugarplums twirling?” asked BCB Artistic Director Elizabeth Fisk Barisser. “The young ones will want to get up and dance in the aisles! My two-and-a-half year old granddaughter already can’t get enough of ‘The Nutcracker.’ Her love of tutus has led to the ownership of five of them!”
Performing in “The Nutcracker” in 2017 are, left to right, Sam Austin (Waterbury), Alexandra Koulouris (Middlebury) as Sugar Plum Fairy, Livia Sarnelli (Naugatuck) as Clara, and Gabrielle Harris (Middlebury). (Paulina Pietrorazio / Deamore Photography photo)
Performing in the lead roles are BCB Company members, all of whom are pre-professionally trained: Clara by Lindsey Matthews of Middlebury, Snow Queen by Gabrielle Harris of Middlebury, Dew Drop Fairy by Nadia Stronkowsky of Middlebury, Spanish Rose by Jenna Landmon of Southbury, Russian Doll by Livia Sarnelli of Naugatuck, Jasmine Tea by Kate Gilchrist of Middlebury, and Savannah Gould of Wolcott. Deanna Pietrorazio of Middlebury returns to the BCB stage as Sugar Plum Fairy. Pietrorazio, a BCB alumna, is a BCB faculty member currently enrolled in UConn Waterbury.
At each performance, Brass City Ballet holds a toy drive to collect new, unwrapped presents that will be donated to children at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury. BCB dancers, dressed in costume, will deliver the toys to the children in person.
Brass City Ballet is a nonprofit dance school and student performing company with studios in Middlebury, Conn. The school offers recreational and pre-professional dance classes in classical ballet, hip-hop/jazz, contemporary and modern dance. BCB serves students ages 3 to adult with year-round enrollment. For more information, call 203-598-0186 or visit www.brasscityballet.org.
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