Armed forces of active and inactive personnel and families are invited to experience the Christmas tradition taking the country by storm! Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker is the holiday show for families form 4 years to 84 years! Children laugh, parents are in awe and seniors gasp! Experience the exceptional dancing of a company of 40, a 60-foot growing Christmas tree, 10 foot tall dancing animal puppets, and stunning sets and costumes hand-painted in Russia. Moscow Ballet also has a rose shooting cannon and a stunning 2-person “Dove of Peace” with a 20’ wingspan!
Tickets start at $28, get the Moscow Ballet Military Discount by showing ID at theater box office up to 24 hours prior to performance or go to Ticketmaster’s military discount via “Gov-X.” Military Discount cannot be combined with other discounts.
In response to demand in major markets in 2017 producers added a third show in the legendary Fox Theatre in Detroit, a second show in the Fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis, a second performance in Brooklyn’s historic and newly restored King’s Theatre, and premieres in the “Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and Toyota Oakdale Theater in Hartford. Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker is the only fully produced (One 60’ growing Christmas Tree, seven backdrops featuring Russian heritage, 10-foot tall puppets, 40 dancers, and 100 costumes for each of the three tours) national tour of the Christmas favorite. The new backdrops and costumes were hand-made in Russia at a 300-year old theatrical shop that also builds for La Scala and others. Tickets are in high demand and 2017 sales are up by double digits compared to last year at this time. Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker appeals to city dwellers and small-town citizens, ‘tweens to pensioners, ballet aficionados and families. “Lively and resourceful... Virtuosity...Fleet authority...disarmingly poetic,” Lewis Segal, Los Angeles Times. There is simply nothing like it.
Showing in Asheville on Sunday, December 3rd
Showing in Jacksonville on Wednesday, December 27th
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