The Nutcracker ballet curls up with a book.If anyone from this cast of The Nutcracker wants to read the original E.T.A. Hoffmann story on which the ballet is based, they won't have to Google it. They can simply locate it on a nearby bookshelf. The Carnegie Performing Arts Center's 30th Nutcracker takes place in the historic Andrew Carnegie Free Library in Carnegie, PA. The town and library are named after the steel magnate and philanthropist who built the library in 1901. The Nutcracker will be performed in the library's Music Hall, which was modeled after Carnegie Hall in New York. Monica Ryan, artistic director for the Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. school and resident company, Ballet Forte, choreographed the production and directs a cast of more than 100 local children and adults. Some of Ryan's former students have gone on to perform with the New York City Ballet New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. , San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. , and American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre, one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet Theatre in 1940 under the direction of Lucia Chase and Rich Pleasant. . www.carnegieperformingartscenter.com. |
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