The Nutcracker Ballet is one of the most well known, and famous ballets out there. Most people have seen it, read the book of it, or heard of it; and many little dancers dream of being in it one day. Some dancers in cedar rapids, Iowa get the opportunity to be in it every year, this is because The Dancers Edge puts on the show annually.
The base line of the Nutcracker story is that a little girl Clara gets a nutcracker doll from her crazy uncle at Christmas. Later that night she has a dream that the nutcracker doll comes to life and he is her dream prince. Then the dream turns into a nightmare and she starts to get attacked by mice, with the king mouse having seven heads. The nutcracker prince ends up fighting off the mice and saving Clara. Shortly after they go on an adventure all over the world, they meet Arabians, tea cup dancers, the sugar plum fairy, the doo drop fairy, and many more. But, eventually her mischievous brother wakes her up from her spectacular dream.
There are many parts in this production so some of the dancers in The Dancers Edge Nutcracker production are double or even triple casted. There are many leads like: Clara, the nutcracker, the sugar plum fairy, the dew drop fairy, the king mouse, the mechanical doll, the uncle, and many more. Some of the more difficult group parts are the merlatins, snow, and flowers.
The nutcracker in this production of The Nutcracker is a 15 year old boy named Drew who is originally form here but moved to New York to be a lead on Broadway, and attends performing arts school. Clara is a young girl named Lexi who dances at The Dancers Edge Studio and is in sixth grade, and the Sugar Plum Fairy is a 15 year old girl named Katie who also dances at The Dancers Edge.
The show times are this Saturday, November 21, at 2 P.M. and 6:30 P.M. and it is twenty dollars per ticket in the Prairie High School auditorium. It is a show you won't want to miss.
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