=Ballet Jörgen Canada returns to River Run Centre on Dec. 2 and 3 at 7:30pm with The Nutcracker.
In a renewal of the seasonal family favourite, Ballet Jörgen Canada premiered the Canadian Nutcracker in 2008 to rave reviews.
Choreographed by Bengt Jörgen to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s score, this re-working of the classic is born from a collaboration with Kleinburg’s world-renowned McMichael Canadian Art Collection. The Group of Seven Nutcracker features as a backdrop, Canada’s 20th century landscape artists Franklin Carmichael’s Church and Houses at Bisset (1931), Tom Thomson’s Snow in the Woods (1916) and L.L. FitzGerald’s Trees and Wildflowers (1922).
Set in the early 1900s, this Nutcracker brings to life the magical tale of a little girl’s Christmas dream and her grand journey through our northern landscapes filled with snowflakes, trilliums, and creatures of the woods.
As well, 23 students from dance schools in Guelph, Elora, Orangeville, Georgetown, and the surrounding areas have been selected by Ballet Jörgen Canada to join the company’s professional cast for the Guelph performances. The students were chosen from a group of 72 that auditioned in September. In the weeks leading up to the performances the children are rehearsing regularly at Royal City School of Ballet and Theatre Jazz Inc., in Guelph.
For more than two decades Ballet Jorgen Canada’s ballets have delighted audiences with their innovation, warmth, humour and beauty. They are the only Canadian ballet company with a repertoire consisting exclusively of original works.
For the performances at River Run, all seats are reserved. Adult tickets are $39 and $43, seniors’ tickets $37 and $41, student $25 and $29 (HST inc.). Limited premier seating is also available. These are eyeGO performances. Tickets are now on sale at the River Run Centre Box Office at (519)763-3000 or 1-877-520-2408 or online at www.riverrun.ca.
The community is invited to Share The Magic and support the work of Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County.
By pledging a ticket at the discounted price of $20, patrons can give a seat to a child or family who might otherwise not be able to see the Nutcracker magic. The box office is able to assist those wishing to give to Share The Magic.
