MISSOULA, Mont. — The Northwest Ballet Company will hold a performance of “The Nutcracker” at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts.
Performances will take place Saturday, Nov. 30, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . Christmas! And to kick off the season . . . The “Nutcracker”! This year is the Northwest Ballet Company’s 36th, and it’s another not-to-be-missed production over Thanksgiving weekend at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. These Company performances have been a holiday staple in the Flathead Valley for years. Parents who began with bringing their kids are now grandparents bringing their kids and grandkids. Director Marisa Roth loves that about the shows, “Seeing the children dressed up in their Christmas best, eyes excitedly glued to the stage, taking pictures during the Sugar Plum Fairy Parade with the ‘big girls’, walking out with a Nutcracker doll of their very own to commemorate the event – it blesses my heart every year!”
Each year also varies from the last as Roth likes to keep variety and differences in her production. It has such a huge following, and yet it is such a classic tale. Pulling from an eclectic slew of Northwest Ballet costumes, props, backdrops, sets, etc., and having dancers and guest artists with such different talents and fortés, inspires Roth to “keep it fresh”, leaving the audience wondering what next year’s show will bring. For this season’s though, homeschooled Senior Mallory James reflects on her years with the Ballet and says, “The Northwest Ballet Company has been such an amazing part of my life. I am so blessed to have been a part of the Nutcracker for all these years. I can’t believe that it’s my senior year and I am so excited to be dancing my dream roll, Dew Drop, in Waltz of the Flowers. I hope to be able to come back and dance in the show again next year!”
Reserved tickets for the Northwest Ballet Company’s event are available on-line at their website, www.northwestballet.com or their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/NWB.Co. Performances are Saturday, November 30th, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, December 1st, at 4:00 p.m. The ever-popular Sugar Plum Fairy Parade will follow the 2:00 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Ticket prices are $25 Adults, $23 Seniors (65 and older), and $16 Children (12 and under). On show days, tickets will be available at the Bigfork Center’s box office, 526 Electric Avenue, Bigfork, one hour before the performances start. For more information, please call the Northwest Ballet at (406)755-0760, e-mail them at [email protected], or visit their website at www.northwestballet.com.