Hey, you Sugar Plums and Snowflakes! Stop dancing in our heads, and start whirling ’round the Segerstrom Hall stage. This will occur sooner than you can shake a candy cane. In a real first, Segerstrom Center of the Arts is presenting a big-city-style, lengthy run of American Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” at the esteemed Orange County performance venue.
Fourteen (count ’em!) holiday performances of “The Nutcracker” with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky are currently tippy-toe’ing their way across the nation from New York. In a brilliant two-for-one offering, the excellent Pacific Symphony provides the pit band in delivering Tchaikowsky’s beloved score. Perusing the alluring cast-listings below, we would never pull favorites from amongst ABT’s wonderful principal dancers. However, were you to insist on rooting for the home team, California’s own Misty Copeland, partnered by human-cannonball Herman Cornejo will rock the house, cast as Clara/The Princess and Nutcracker/The Prince on December 16 and 19.
| Thursday, Dec 10, 7:30 pm Veronika Part Marcelo Gomes |
Wednesday, Dec 16, 7:30 pm Misty Copeland Herman Cornejo |
| Friday, December 11, 7:30 pm Gillian Murphy James Whiteside |
Thursday, Dec 17, 7:30 pm Isabella Boylston Alban Lendorf |
| Saturday, Dec 12, 2 pm Isabella Boylston Alban Lendorf |
Friday, Dec 18, 7:30 pm Sarah Lane Joseph Gorak |
| Saturday, Dec 12, 7:30 pm Veronika Part Marcelo Gomes |
Saturday, Dec 19, 2 pm Stella Abrera Alexandre Hammoudi |
| Sunday, Dec 13, 1 pm Stella Abrera Alexandre Hammoudi |
Saturday, Dec 19, 7:30 pm Misty Copeland Herman Cornejo |
| Sunday, Dec 13, 6:30 pm Gillian Murphy James Whiteside |
Sunday, Dec 20, 1 pm Hee Seo Cory Stearns |
| Tuesday, Dec 15, 7:30 pm Hee Seo Cory Stearns |
Sunday, Dec 20, 6:30 pm Sarah Lane Joseph Gorak |
photo credit: gene schiavone
The Nutcracker | American Ballet Theatre | Segerstrom Hall | Dec 10 – 20