Montana Ballet Company has recently announced its 33rd Annual Performance Season with a number of wonderful upcoming performances through the end of the year and into next.MBC will host three High Teas with Clara and many characters from The Nutcracker at the Baxter Ballroom, Sunday, November 20th with show times at 10am, 12:30pm, and 3pm. This event is a must for families and children, and will include numerous performance excerpts from The Nutcracker. Tickets will be available for purchase by visiting www.montanaballet.org/ beginning September 22nd. Classic and audience favorite The Nutcracker will light up the stage during several presentations this coming winter. Bozeman performances will take place at the Willson Auditorium, Friday, December 2nd at 7pm, and, Saturday, December 3rd with showings at 2pm and 7pm.
There will be a Big Sky show at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, Sunday, December 4th at 4pm. Tickets will be available for purchase by visiting www.montanaballet.org/ beginning September 22nd. The Nutcracker Ballet is based on the book entitled “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” written by E.T.A. Hoffman. The legendary choreographer Marius Petipa commissioned Tchaikovsky to write the music for The Nutcracker Ballet in 1891.
The following year, the very first performance of The Nutcracker appeared at the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia, the home of the Kirov Ballet. In the United States, the first full-length Nutcracker was choreographed by W. Christensen and performed by the San Francisco Ballet in 1944. Today, The Nutcracker is an annual holiday tradition, performed by ballet companies large and small all over the world.
Looking ahead, MBC will present the Bozeman premiere of Winthrop Corey’s Original Snow White, with live music, at the Willson Auditorium, Saturday and Sunday, February 25th and 26th, 2017, at 4pm and 2pm, respectively.
MBC enriches and inspires the minds and spirits of our community of dancers and audience members alike. MBC presents the highest caliber dance performances, offers the finest quality training, and provides meaningful access to the arts. Learn more at www.montanaballet.org/. •