First carried out in 1892, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s melodic ballet The Nutcracker has developed to turn into an indelible nationwide vacation custom.
From Ballet San Antonio’s grandly staged performances to youth ballet firms, a folklórico-tinged live performance and even a hip-hop model, locals and guests have loads of choices to see The Nutcracker this vacation season.
Here’s a checklist of performances all through San Antonio starting Saturday and operating by the tip of December.
San Antonio Dance
San Antonio Dance kicks off the season on the Lila Cockrell Theatre with The Nutcracker Ballet this weekend, that includes Melissa Gelfin because the Sugar Plum Fairy and Rafael Quenedit within the position of the dashing Cavalier.
The junior dance firm will provide performances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and a pair of p.m. on Sunday, with ticket costs starting from $12 to $47, accessible by Ticketmaster and the Alamodome field workplace.
Hip Hop Nutcracker
On Sunday, the Aztec Theatre hosts The Hip Hop Nutcracker, billed as “a remixed & reimagined model of the basic.”
Legendary rapper Kurtis Blow will emcee the present beginning at 6:30 p.m., with tickets ranging in value from $64 to $152.
Ballet San Antonio
Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker will fill the mainstage of the Tobin Middle for the Performing Arts with its magical Land of Snow and Sweets from Dec. 6-15, in collaboration with The Orchestra San Antonio.
Followers of the normal ballet will admire the basic choreography of Haley and Easton Smith, and San Antonio residents would possibly acknowledge neighborhood honorees within the position of Mom Ginger.
Tickets vary from $25 to $132, and the Dec. 10 sensory-friendly efficiency is already offered out.
San Antonio Philharmonic
The San Antonio Philharmonic and San Antonio Youth Ballet led by Danielle Campbell Steans return with their regionally-themed The Nutcracker: A Texas folklórico story on Dec. 6-7 on the Majestic Theatre.
Tickets for Friday and Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. performances run from $25 to $90.
San Antonio Youth Ballet
San Antonio Youth Ballet then brings its The Nutcracker to the Scottish Ceremony Theater Dec. 20-22, that includes the South Texas Symphonic Orchestra performed by Ronnie Sanders. A Sunday matinee follows Friday and Saturday night performances.
In between its folklórico live performance with the San Antonio Philharmonic and its personal performances on the Scottish Ceremony, the ballet faculty affords its Nutcracker Tea Get together, Dec. 15 at The Guenther Home. The Victorian attraction of the locale affords an ornate backdrop to sweets, dances and photographs with Santa.
Tickets for performances vary from $10 to $35, and tea celebration tickets vary from $40-$55.
Mid-Texas Symphony
In close by Seguin, the Mid-Texas Symphony affords its Merry Melodies vacation live performance that includes choices from The Nutcracker with Ballet Texas.
The live performance takes place Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. within the Jackson Auditorium and can spherical out the vacation cheer with vacation film soundtrack choices from such classics as It’s a Fantastic Life, White Christmas and The Polar Specific.
Tickets run from $32 to $57.
Alamo Metropolis Arts
Three Alamo metropolis arts organizations mix to supply The Nutcracker Dec. 21–22 at Our Woman of the Lake College, with matinee and night performances.
Alamo Metropolis Arts Affiliation, Alamo Metropolis Symphony Viva and Alamo Metropolis Dance Firm be part of to create their thirty second annual manufacturing of the vacation ballet basic. Tickets vary in value from $25 to $45 and donations are accepted.
Majestic Theatre
The Majestic Theatre will play host to the all-caps NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet Dec. 27-28, an elaborate manufacturing that boasts a global forged together with whimsical puppets and acrobats.
Tickets vary from $46 to $185 for the Friday night efficiency and three Saturday performances.
