Live at the Hippo Pool Events continues the Nutcracker tradition here and is running auditions.
Ballet Jörgen Canada will returns to River Run Centre on Dec. 22 and 23 at 7:30 pm with The Nutcracker.
Last year, 23 students from dance schools in the area were selected to join the company’s professional cast for the Guelph performances.
Once again, organizers offer local dance students a chance to participate in performances.
Ballet Jörgen Canada will audition local dance students on Sept. 17 at River Run Centre. Interested young dancers between the ages of 8 and 17 are asked to register online at the Ballet Jörgen Canada website www.balletjorgencanada.ca.
In the weeks leading up to the performance, the selected students will rehearse regularly at Royal City School of Ballet and Theatre Jazz Inc., in Guelph.
The Group of Seven Nutcracker features as a backdrop Canada’s 20th century landscape artists Franklin Carmichael’s Church and Houses at Bisset (1931), Tom Thomson’s Snow in the Woods (1916) and L.L. FitzGerald’s Trees and Wildflowers (1922). Roles such as Deer, Beaver, Frog, Dragon Fly, Squirrel, and Bear Cub will be filled by young dancers.
Ballet Jörgen Canada brings dance to more communities in Ontario than any other dance company in the province and also tours from both the East and West coasts of Canada and the United States.
All seats are reserved. Adult tickets are $45 and $41, senior tickets are $43 and $39 and students pay $30 and $26. Prices include HST.
