Chicago Ballet Company’s Promotion of Diversity in Ballet Expands in 2024's Art Deco Nutcracker
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A&A Ballet is based in Chicago’s state-of-the-art A&A BALLET Center for Dance and is devoted to training in strong, versatile dance techniques, as well as the development of personality, independence and artistry. Led by internationally acclaimed artists and former Founding Artistic Directors of the Joffrey Academy and Joffrey Studio Company, Anna Reznik and Alexei Kremnev, A&A offers a wide variety of ballet classes, professional performance opportunities, private instruction, choreography and training for dancers ranging from age 3 to adult.
To date, A&A students have secured more than 200 full scholarships and multiple company, apprentice and studio company positions with powerhouses including American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Boston Ballet, English National Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, Bayerisches Staatsballet, Houston Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet School, Royal Ballet School, John Cranko School of Stuttgart Ballet, Princess Grace Academy of Monaco, Bolshoi Ballet, Colorado Ballet, BalletMet, Ballet West, Sarasota Ballet, and many others.
Critically-acclaimed,
One-of-a-kind Holiday Experience
Saturday, December 7, 2024
2:00 & 7:00 p.m.
Athenaeum Theater I Historic Main Stage
2936 N Southport Ave I Lakeview, Chicago
All Ages I 110 minutes with intermission
Set in 1920s America, Kremnev’s “The Art Deco Nutcracker” features Tchaikovsky’s score in an exciting and fast-moving, but nevertheless, classic ballet.
The Chicago Tribune has described it as “A glossy rendition filled with gorgeous, glitzy costumes” and The Cincinnati Enquirer writes that Kremnev has “brought dance to a whole new level.”
The vibrant “roaring” era costumes and stunning choreography offers a new approach to the story we all know and love with the historic Tchaikovsky score known around the world.