Carolina Ballet's The Nutcracker

Carolina Ballet is currently staging a completely reworked version of The Nutcracker. This is the first time for about 10 years that a full dress rehearsal has been held in order to update the photo portfolio. We took over 2000 images at the dress and are busy working through them now for Carolina Ballet to use in future publicity materials. Due to popular demand here's a few preview shots for viewing over the Christmas holiday.

Alicia Fabry as the Toy Sugar Plum

Nikolai Smirnov as the Toy Cavalier

Left to Right: Robert Schantz (The Butler), Tyler Spencer (Fritz), Ashley Burnett (Clara), Marin Boieru (Herr Drosselmeyer)

The Grandparents (Elizabeth Parker & Ruben Suarez) with Dr & Mrs Stahlbaum (Dameon Nagel & Cecilia Iliesiu) & Parents (Zalmen Raffael & Talya Krumholz)

Clara (Ashley Burnett) with The Mice

The Nutcraker with The Soldiers

The Calico Cat with The Nutcraker

Rat King (Sean Armstrong)

North Wind with Snowflakes

Act I Final Scene

Act I Finale

Lara O'Brien as Coffee

Marcelo Martinez as Candy Cane

Mother Ginger (Davy Nethercutt) with the Gingerbread Cookies

The Gingerbread Cookies

Butterfly (Jan Burkhard) & Flowers

Sugar Plum Fairy (Margaret Severin-Hansen) with her Cavalier (Pablo Perez)

Sugar Plum Fairy (Margaret Severin-Hansen) with her Cavalier (Pablo Perez)

Alicia Fabry as Ribbon

The finale as Marin Boieru (Herr Drosselmeyer) makes a magical entrance