It’s Christmas time around the Atlanta Ballet, which means the magical world of The Nutcracker will once again be conjured at the Cobb Energy Centre, Dec. 8-26.
This larger-than-life production is a winter wonderland where falling snowflakes, twirling flowers and spinning stars guide Marie and her Nutcracker Prince through a dream-like world of delights, amplified by traditional stage magic and state-of-the-art technology.
For Atlanta Ballet’s staging of Tchaikovsky’s classic holiday show, the ballet’s setting is a charming German city on Christmas Eve. The show incorporates elements from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
The two-act ballet, choreographed by Yuri Possokhov, utilizes elaborately crafted scenery combined with advanced techniques in lighting and video projection to enhance the story’s wonder.
For tickets or more information, visit www.atlantaballet.com.
Photo: A scene from Atlanta Ballet’s The Nutcracker.
