CBT Presents The 25th Anniversary Nutcracker 2005

Children's Ballet Theatre of Michigan

The Silver Nutcracker, 2005
Celebrating our 25th Year of Children's Ballet!

This year, the Nutcracker featured a new prologue that showed the audience where the dancing dolls came from. Uncle Drosselmeyer's Toy Shop is that mysterious place where those special dolls are first created: Ballerina, Rat, Soldier, Butterfly & Puppet. New sets, new drops and new choreography gave the Nutcracker a fresh look for our regular patrons.

Drosselmeyer jump-starts
Ballerina Doll.
Village Women meet at the
Toy Shop and marvel at the
wonderful Rat Doll
Clara makes her wishes very
clear: I want that doll. What is it?
The Soldier Doll!

The Stahlbaums kick off the
party.
Clara isn't the only one who
wants the Soldier Doll. She &
Fritz turn him into a tug-of-war.
The maid and the party-goers
enjoy the revelry at the
Stahlbaums annual Christmas
party. All the children receive
gifts and celebrate with dancing.

The Puppet Doll.
The Butterfly Doll
The Soldier Doll comes to life
in Clara's dreams to rescue her
from the dreaded Rat King.

The Snow King & Queen
Beneath gently falling snow,
the Ice Princesses help chase
away Clara's nightmares.
Snow Princesses dance some
of the most complex chore-
ography of the ballet.

Clara travels to the Land of Sweets where she is entertained by saucy Spanish dancers, the beautiful waltzing flowers and sinuous Arabian dancers. These special divertissements give the choreographer great freedom to use dancers' skills to the best possible advantage.

The Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier are a vision in anyone's dream!

The Children's Ballet Theatre is proud to present Tchaikovsky's wonderful, traditional ballet every Thanksgiving
weekend at the Wharton Center on the Michigan State University campus. Don't miss your chance to see young
dancers performing professional-quality ballet. Mark your calendars for Thanksgiving 2006 today!

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This year, the Nutcracker featured a new prologue that showed the audience where the dancing dolls came from. Uncle Drosselmeyer's Toy Shop is that mysterious place where those special dolls are first created: Ballerina, Rat, Soldier, Butterfly & Puppet. New sets, new drops and new choreography gave the Nutcracker a fresh look for our regular patrons.
Drosselmeyer jump-starts Ballerina Doll.	Village Women meet at the Toy Shop and marvel at the wonderful Rat Doll	Clara makes her wishes very clear: I want that doll. What is it? The Soldier Doll!
The Stahlbaums kick off the party.	Clara isn't the only one who wants the Soldier Doll. She & Fritz turn him into a tug-of-war.	The maid and the party-goers enjoy the revelry at the Stahlbaums annual Christmas party. All the children receive gifts and celebrate with dancing.
The Puppet Doll.	The Butterfly Doll	The Soldier Doll comes to life in Clara's dreams to rescue her from the dreaded Rat King.
The Snow King & Queen	Beneath gently falling snow, the Ice Princesses help chase away Clara's nightmares.	Snow Princesses dance some of the most complex chore- ography of the ballet.
Clara travels to the Land of Sweets where she is entertained by saucy Spanish dancers, the beautiful waltzing flowers and sinuous Arabian dancers. These special divertissements give the choreographer great freedom to use dancers' skills to the best possible advantage.

The Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier are a vision in anyone's dream!

The Children's Ballet Theatre is proud to present Tchaikovsky's wonderful, traditional ballet every Thanksgiving weekend at the Wharton Center on the Michigan State University campus. Don't miss your chance to see young dancers performing professional-quality ballet. Mark your calendars for Thanksgiving 2006 today!