Symphony Space Announces Three Upcoming Holiday Events
By: Gabrielle Sierra Nov. 25, 2009
HOLIDAY EVENTS FOR 2009- Two full-length Nutcracker productions and an Irish Christmas Revels
KOZLOVA'S DANCE CONSERVATORY COMPANY'THE NUTCRACKER'
December 5 at 4 PM & 8 PM
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway
Tickets: $30; $20 for children
Box Office: 212-864-5400 or www.symphonyspace.comValentina Kozlova presents her Dance Conservatory Company in a full-length "Nutcracker," which has original 1st act choreography by Margo Sappington, and 2nd act staged by Kozlova after the Kirov version by Vainonen. Veronica Verterich will dance the Sugar Plum Fairy and Margo Sappington will appear as Auntie Drosselmeyer.CHRISTMAS REVELS
December 11-13 ( Friday at 8 PM; Sat. at 2 & 8 PM; Sun at 3 PM)
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway
Tickets: $45; $35; $25 - children 17 & under: $35; $25; $15
Box Office: 212-864-5400 or www.symphonyspace.com
Revels, a celebration of the Winter Solstice, takes place in a different time and place every year. This year's Revels is set aboard a ship in 1905, bringing Irish immmigrants to America in the hopes of finding a better life. On December 21, the shortest day of the year, the passengers gather "to drive the dark away" with their joyous singing, dancing and story-telling.
'THE NUTCRACKER'
December 18 at 7 PM; December 19 at 2 & 7 PM
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place
Tickets: $28-$58 $12 seats for students
Box Office: 212-352-3101
The Joffrey School presents its new production of Tchaikovsky's full-length Nutcracker, choreographed by Davis Robertson after Petipa and Ivanov. Former principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, Robertson is Associate Artistic Director of the Joffrey School.
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