Clara & The Nutcracker
Miners Foundry presents Holt Ballet Conservatory’s production of Clara and The Nutcracker at 325 Spring Street, Nevada City, CA. Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM Friday, December 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM matinee Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 1:00 PM matinee Admission is from $35 to $40. A stocked bar and other refreshments will be available for purchase. For a complete listing of all Clara & The Nutcracker performances, visit the Miners Foundry events page. “Clara and The Nutcracker” is Director Yelena Holt’s retelling of the classic holiday story “The Nutcracker Suite” by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Talented youngsters make their stage debut, while pre-professionals and guest professionals perform traditional roles that have been tests of merit for decades of dancers. Holt Ballet Conservatory’s Clara and The Nutcracker brings to life the complete classical repertoire from original productions of The Nutcracker, with reimagined spectacle that has endeared Director Holt to dance audiences for over two decades. Holt’s tale of The Nutcracker follows the title character of Clara, whose Christmas present of a toy nutcracker soldier inspires a magical journey to a strange world she’s never known. Join us as Clara winds deep into the mysteries she uncovers, finding home a memory to which she must hold fast if she’s ever to return. With the historic atmosphere of the Foundry donning extravagant holiday decor, and Holt Ballet bringing together the highest calibre of classically trained ballet dancers in California’s Sierra Nevada, children will be enchanted and adults will be inspired by this evening to remember. The Miners Foundry Cultural Center is an arts and events center with rich historical heritage. Miners Foundry is centrally located within Nevada County, California, where two of fourteen state-designated Cultural Districts were bestowed by the California Arts Council in...
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Holt Ballet Conservatory, located at 400 Providence Mine Road, Building N2, Nevada City, California, provides Nevada County with quality, authentic, and joyful training in the arts of classical ballet. Holt Ballet’s Fall Term, 2024, offers comprehensive classes in all levels of ballet, from classes for 3 and 4 year olds who by introducing them to concepts in musicality, rhythm, and social cooperation, through programs that support pre professional training for college or career bound classical ballet dancers. HBC includes entry level morning classes for adults who want to train to acquire the skills of the accomplished ballet dancer, or to use ballet training concepts to sculpt and strengthen muscle and bone into capable and healthy exercisers. HBC also boasts, in additional to a full curriculum in classical ballet, production ballet, production contemporary and musical theater for advanced and beginning dancers, as well as classes in classical ballet for adults, progressing ballet technique, stretch and strength, and opportunities to showcase the dancers’ training in its winter Clara and the Nutcracker. HBC’s staff include teachers with backgrounds that include experience as classical ballet artists with performing careers, and also extensive training in the concepts of early childhood education and beyond. Take a class and find a hidden talent or fulfill a dream, or sign up your children and let them discover the world of art, story telling, and physical...
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Holt Ballet Conservatory
400 Providence Mine Road, Building N2
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 278-5131
Holt Ballet Conservatory offers outstanding classical ballet training for youths through adults by following a comprehensive syllabus endorsed by American Ballet Theatre's national curriculum, the Vaganova training method, and the California State Framework for the arts.