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Oregon Ballet Theatre – Keller Auditorium

“The Nutcracker” Presented by the Oregon Ballet Theatre (Up to $64 Value). Nine Showtimes Available.

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In a Nutshell

Family-friendly holiday ballet regales audiences with the timeless tale of young Clara and her wooden nutcracker

The Fine Print

The Nutcracker dazzles children’s eyes, but it also confirms their deep suspicion that toys come to life, even when no one is looking or poking them repeatedly with cattle prods. Feel the season’s electricity with this GrouponLive deal to see The Nutcracker, performed by the Oregon Ballet Theatre at the Keller Auditorium. For $32, you get one G-Pass for second-balcony seating (up to a $64 value, including all fees). Choose from the following dates:

  • Sunday, December 9. Choose between the 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances.
  • Friday, December 14, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, December 16. Choose between the 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances.
  • Wednesday, December 19, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, December 20, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Friday, December 21, at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, December 23, at 2 p.m.

Doors open one hour before showtime. Because the ticket is a G-Pass, Groupon customers can use it to enter the venue directly; they will not need to redeem their Groupon at will call.

The Plot

Based on a novel by the 19th-century romantic fabulist E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Nutcracker weaves a magical tale of holiday adventure. Clara, the story's heroine, receives a nutcracker from her godfather, a wizardly toymaker named Drosselmeyer. Sneaking downstairs to see the toy after everyone else has gone to bed, Clara suddenly finds herself caught in the middle of a pitched battle between the toys and an army of mice. After saving the nutcracker with a well-thrown shoe to the Mouse King's head, Clara and her now-living prince venture into the Land of Snow and the Land of Sweets to celebrate amid the dances of nimble snowflakes, the regal Sugar Plum Fairy, and seasonally confused vampires.

Oregon Ballet Theatre

Since debuting in 1989, the Oregon Ballet Theatre has built its reputation on two seemingly opposed elements: strict balletic classicism and newly commissioned works. The unusual combination has paid off. Under founding director James Canfield, the company mastered more than 80 traditional and contemporary pieces, and subsequent directors have only expanded the troupe's scope. Christopher Stowell in particular has been a magnet for positive criticism, earning rave reviews from the likes of Bob Hicks from the Oregonian, who writes that Stowell's Swan Lake is “a work of sumptuous geometric balances that echo the story's mirror-image theme.”

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Oregon Ballet Theatre

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    Keller Auditorium

    222 SW Clay St.
    Portland, Oregon 97201
    (503) 248-4335
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  • Contact Keller Auditorium at (503) 248-4335 for questions or hours.

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