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When I was a little boy, my father would dress up my brother, sister and myself to take us to see The Nutcracker, I was never a fan of the ties we had to wear, but the story was cool and watching our little sister beam with happiness was always a bonus and it kept her quiet.
Then I graduated high school, went off to college, graduated college, got a job, married a woman and forgot about the Nutcracker, until we had a little girl of our own. Then suddenly the memories of the music, the dancers and the beauty of it all came back and I knew that this was a tradition I wanted to re-start with her, which we did and continue to do every year.
Boys or girls, young or old, The Nutcracker is a great way to ring in the holidays.
This year the tradition continues for us as The Joffrey Ballet celebrates the 26th annual presentation of Robert Joffrey’s The Nutcracker, Chicago’s most popular holiday tradition and America’s #1 Nutcracker, in a 23-performance engagement at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, from December 6 – 28, 2013.
If you have never been or you are going for your 20th time, there’s something amazing about The Nutcracker: Clara, the mysterious Dr. Drosselmeyer, the toy soldiers and legions of mice, the Queen and King of Snow, the Sugar Plum Fairy it’s all there and all pretty darn amazing.
It’s more than a Chicago tradition, The Nutcracker uses Chicago kids, lot’s of them. The full Joffrey company is joined onstage by 118 young dancers from the Chicagoland area – dancing as Party Girls and Boys, Polichinelles (Mother Ginger’s children), Battle Mice and Mounted Mice, Soldiers, Snow Tree Angels and Dolls – and young vocalists from five different local children’s choirs perform the choral parts from the magical Snow Scene, including singers from the Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago, the Barrington Children’s Choir, the Jones College Prep High School Treble Choir, the Pro Musica Youth Chorus and the Providence-St. Mel School Choir.
Before the show starts, the choirs also sing popular seasonal songs in the Auditorium Theatre’s main lobby a half-hour before the show starts and during intermissions at every performance.
If you want to go the Full Nutcracker Monty Experience (first person to fix those two together) there is a Nutcracker Family Dinner on December 8. This is a one night event that’s a must for the true fan. The Nutcraker Family Dinner has been described as Chicago’s “family event of the season,” the Nutcracker Family Dinner continues to be an essential fundraising event for The Joffrey Ballet’s productions as well as the Joffrey’s Community Engagement programs, which are dedicated to sharing the art of dance with thousands of children each year, regardless of income. For more information regarding ticket or donation inquiries, contact Julia Doherty, Director of Special Events, at 312-386-8921.
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