Highlights
Professional Russian dancers leap and pirouette against nine hand-painted backdrops in a holiday ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved score
About This Deal
Going to see The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition as beloved as whittling effigies of your loved ones, or feigning delight upon being given yet another effigy. Watch woodwork come to life with this deal.
The Deal
- One G-Pass to see Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
- When: Friday, November 22, at 7 p.m.
- Where: Cannon Center for the Performing Arts
- Door time: 6 p.m.
- Ticket values include all fees. <p>
Ticketing Options
- $36 for one G-Pass for mezzanine seating, plus a DVD of the show (up to a $72.70 value)
- $49 for one G-Pass for orchestra-2 seating, plus a nutcracker (up to a $99.02 value)
- $72 for one G-Pass for orchestra-1 seating, plus a nutcracker and a DVD of the show (up to a $144.56 value)
- Click to view the seating chart. <p>
How G-Pass Works: Your G-Pass will be ready to print 48 hours after the deal ends. Print the G-Pass and use it to enter the venue directly; you won’t need to redeem at will call. Due to security restrictions, G-Passes cannot be redeemed through the mobile app.<p>
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
The spirit of Tchaikovsky guides Moscow Ballet’s professional ballerinas as they leap and pirouette against nine hand-painted backgrounds that invigorate his spirited score in time for the holiday season. Great Russian Nutcracker reintroduces audiences of all ages to young Masha, whose taste for adventure rivals her magical wooden doll’s legendary aversion to chestnuts. Dancers fling themselves across the stage in grand jetés as the curtain opens on Moscow’s iconic skyline, which gives way to a spooky dreamland as the Mouse King rears his fuzzy head to stir up mischief. Audiences gasp as legions of mice capture Masha’s strong-jawed companion and carry him away in front of a lavishly decorated Christmas tree that grows to a height of more than 60 feet and a population of more than 600 squirrels. Live orchestral accompaniment blares during the ensuing battle and ushers the action into the enchanted land of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the ballet’s second act.
Russian designer Valentin Fedorov’s 3-D backdrops pay homage to the snowy forests of his homeland, and the puppets that dance alongside the ballerinas nod to the mysterious felt creatures that roam the foothills of Siberia. Moscow Ballet selects its soloists from Moscow’s finest crop of dancers, and up to 60 local children traditionally get the chance to twirl their little feet with the company in walk-on roles.<p>
