Dance Wisconsin Celebrates Forty-One Years of The Nutcracker and Still Crackin'

 

December 7, 2017

Photo courtesy of JoJean Retrum

Local dancers Ella Ginocchio and Jessica Schmitt will be dancing in The Nutcracker in December. To purchase tickets, visit the Wisconsin Union Theater Box Office, located at 800 Langdon Street, call (608) 265-ARTS or buy online at http://www/uniontheater.wisc.edu.

This is a special year for Dance Wisconsin! JoJean Retrum is celebrating 41 years of her classic version of the original Nutcracker in Shannon Hall at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Performances will take place Saturday, December 16, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, December 17, at 2:00 p.m., at the Wisconsin Union Theater.

The Tchaikovsky score will be performed by the Dance Wisconsin orchestra and conducted by Taras Nahirniak. The Monona Grove High School singers will accompany several pieces.

Guest Artists are Maggie Batterman, studying at the Joffrey Ballet Academy in Chicago,...



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