Learn how much fake snow 'The Nutcracker' requires, and other trivia about the upcoming BalletMet production.
BalletMet’s “The Nutcracker”The classic ballet — which opens Thursday and continues through Dec. 24 in the Ohio Theatre — has long entranced young audiences with its tale of Clara Stahlbaum, a girl whose nutcracker doll takes on life-size proportions and beckons her to a candy-filled fantasia known as the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
BalletMet will perform the full-length version of “The Nutcracker” 18 times through Dec. 24; a sensory-friendly abbreviated version, “,” will be presented once on Dec. 22. Through the three weeks’ worth of productions, the dancers go through stages. Four student dancers will perform as Young Clara this year: Sydney Anosike, 11; Phoebe Congleton, 13; Elsie Lewis, 11; and Chloe Steele, 14. The part is always coveted.
Although “The Nutcracker” is a Christmastime favorite, the dancers have been preparing for the show since before Halloween. “It takes about between four to six weeks to get ready for the full production,” Liang said.The fake snow, featured prominently during the snow scene, is made up of paper cut into tiny pieces with hole punches. “Our production team every year orders 300 pounds of new ‘snow,’” Liang said. “It is a big mess, not only in the theater.
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