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Holiday Favorite The Nutcracker by the Joffrey Ballet Returns to the Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center - Opera House (2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566)
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The Joffrey Ballet's classic version of The Nutcracker returns to the Kennedy Center. Featuring music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, selected choreography by Gerald Arpino and conceived and directed by Robert Joffrey, the ballet includes dozens of singing and dancing children. Joffrey conceived the production in 1987 turning the European ballet into a uniquely American experience.

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The last date listed for The Joffrey Ballet: The Nutcracker was Sunday November 28, 2010 / 7:30pm.

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5 Goldstar Member Reviews

Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 monicaelizabeth
5.0

Beautiful performance. The dancers were exquisite and the music was wonderful.

Written on Dec 17 2010
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Goldstar Member
5.0

A fantastic performance! Beautiful staging and choreography, and the live orchestra made it even more impressive.

Written on Nov 29 2010
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 sahayes1
4.0

I've seen other Nutcracker productions and was overall unimpressed by the simplicity of the choreography. The sets and costuming were fabulous. The Kennedy Center was large and something to see in itself, although not elaborate or decorated. The music was great - not loud enough though. Overall, it was nice but I will definitely try the Warner Theatre production next time.

Written on Nov 29 2010
Missing_member_pic_grid_2_1 Goldstar Member
4.0

It is the Nutcracker. A nice performance and good dancing (Sunday eve performance) but not as inspired artistically (dancing or scene/setting) as it could have been. It's time for this classic to get a real dust-off.

Written on Nov 29 2010
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More Information About The Joffrey Ballet: The Nutcracker

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http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=...

Quotes & Highlights

  • "It's the dancers' naturalness of feeling that gives this Nutcracker extra appeal…it brings holiday harmony tantalizingly close." --Washington Post
  • "A magical concoction of fireside warmth, battling giant mice, snowy winter landscapes and invigorating dance." --Chicago Tribune

Description

Lights are twinkling and gifts are wrapped—sure signs that the holidays are here again. The Kennedy Center invites audiences to unwrap one of the season's favorite gifts when The Joffrey Ballet returns to perform their Nutcracker. Featuring charming Victorian scenery and costumes, Gerald Arpino's waltzes for the Snowflakes and Flowers, and dozens of dancing and singing children, Robert Joffrey's staging beams brightly from beginning to end. The holidays get off to a festive start with a Nutcracker that shines with enough yuletide luster to last through the season.

Says the Washington Post: "The snow scene is one of the ballet's high points, with its clusters of ballerina-snowflakes skimming about like pools of light. And in genuine Russian style, the folk dances that constitute the second act's divertissements are sentimental, even nostalgic."

About the Ticket Supplier: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America's living memorial to President Kennedy as well as the nation's busiest arts facility, presenting more than 2,000 performances each year. The Center is home to seven theaters: the Concert Hall, the Opera House, the Eisenhower Theater, the Family Theater, the Terrace Theater, the Theater Lab, and the Terrace Gallery. In addition, as part of the Kennedy Center's Performing Arts for Everyone outreach program, free performances take place each evening at 6 p.m. on the Millennium Stage. In addition to offering annual series of the National Symphony Orchestra, theater, ballet, dance, chamber music, jazz, and performances for young audiences, the Kennedy Center presents festivals celebrating the arts and culture of countries and regions around the world. Recent festivals include African Odyssey, AmericArtes, Festival of China, and JAPAN: culture + hyperculture.