LYNDONVILLE – Ukraine’s Grand Kyiv Ballet will present two performances of “The Nutcracker,” December 10 and December 11, at 7 p.m., at Lyndon Institute.
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The Grand Kyiv Ballet is an independent touring ballet company of 30 Ukrainian dancers, some of whom are temporarily operating from the International Ballet Academy in Bellevue, while in refuge from the Russian invasion. The company works under the artistic direction of Oleksandr Stoianov, who was born in Crimea and became a champion ballroom dancer at the age of 10. At the Kyiv State Choreographic School, Stoianov worked under the mentorship of Ukrainian dancer and choreographer Vladimir Denisenko. After graduating, he became a soloist for the National Opera of Ukraine, performing the leading roles of nearly the entire repertoire, and received invitations to work at the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater in St. Petersburg, the Bolshoi Theater and the Berlin Opera.
“The Nutcracker” is a classical ballet in two acts, based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 fairy tale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The story follows a young girl, Clara, who receives a nutcracker doll as a Christmas gift. On Christmas Eve, the doll comes to life, battles an army of mice and transports Clara to the Land of Sweets.
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