THE NUTCRACKER

Back for the holidays, American Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker is now performing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County (December 9th through December 18)! The story is about a little girl and her cherished nutcracker around Christmas time. The villains are mice who causes havoc to the toys and the children are afraid of them. In ballet there are no voices nor talking. To understand the story and to understand what is happening in the scene, you have to watch their facial expression, body language and listen to the tone of the music. The props play an important part too like for example, the children were throwing tantrums … READ MORE >>