Northeast Youth Ballet Announces Nutcracker Production

Northeast Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker is the enchanting journey of a young girl named Clara in 1835’s Germany who embarks on an adventure through a winter wonderland to a palace of sugary sweets. Featuring the talents of more than 150 dancers who auditioned from the Greater Boston area, along with international guest artists hailing from France, China, Australia, Columbia, and New York, the production will return to the J. Everett Collins Center for the Performing Arts in Andover, Massachusetts. Exquisite dancing, beautiful costumes, lavish sets, and Tchaikovsky’s brilliant score guarantee a magical holiday experience.

Northeast Youth Ballet (NYB), a non-profit ballet company since 1996, is known for producing quality ballet productions in the Boston and greater Boston areas. Critics rave about NYB productions: past praise is from news sources including The Boston Globe, The Medford Daily Mercury, WBZ Channel 4, The Lynn Item, and other local papers and cable channels.

This year thirty-seven Melrose residents, Jadyn Abraham, Kiersten Barriss, Lucy Blazej, Zoe Blumenthal, Serena Bourque, Victor Brusch, Zoe Chan, Kaileigh Clark, Lucy Clauson, Virginia Clauson, Olivia Cornelius, Carolina Dell Isola, Julianne Delude, Raessler Guthrie, Camille Hodgkins, Meghan Hubbard, Aidan Hughlett, Felicia Isotti, Anna Klapman, Ciara Kovacev, Celia Krouse, Emma LaFontaine, Sophie Michel, Isabelle Miller, Grace Murphy, Abby Pierce, Sarah Sawyer, Isabella Scribner, Nora Sheehan, Ben Taber, Simona Teodorescu, Danielle Valdez, Zoe Van Beever, Alexandra Vito, Abby Walsh, Hannah Wells, and Julia Woods, are privileged to share the stage with international guest artists in NYB’s Nutcracker production. Performances will run from Thursday, December 11th through Sunday December 14th, 2014. Tickets are $26.00 for adults and $23 for children and seniors and may be obtained through northeastyouthballet.tix.com or by calling 800-595-4849 (4tix). Groups of 20 or more and students are eligible for discounted tickets at $22.00. For those who qualify, complimentary tickets are also available through NYB’s S.T.A.R.S. program, a community outreach program created to encourage and educate children and individuals of all ages who might not otherwise have the opportunity to attend the ballet (including underprivileged students, senior citizens, special needs organizations and military families).

A delightful story that includes a battle with mice, mischief, magic and a beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy dancing in her Palace of Sweets, The Nutcracker has something for the whole family. Tickets are expected to sell out quickly, so reserve yours now!

Choreographed by: Artistic Director, Denise Cecere

Music by: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky

For more information about Northeast Youth Ballet, or to purchase tickets, please visit www.northeastyouthballet.org or call 800-595-4849 (4tix).

The J. EVERETT COLLINS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS is located at 100 Shawsheen Road, Andover, Masssachusetts. Show times are as follows:

Friday, Dec. 12th, 7:30pm

Saturday, Dec. 13th, 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, Dec. 14th, 2:00pm