Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker — December 8-24, 2011
Choreographed by John McFall
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Live with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra
It's the most wonderful time of the year – Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker returns to the Fox Theatre for an enchanted evening the whole family will enjoy. It's a fun-filled magical adventure that has continued to thrill audiences for more than 50 years!
Run time is approximately 2 hours, including a 25-minute intermission.
The Fabulous Fox Theatre
The “Fabulous Fox” is Atlanta’s most opulent historic landmark and a nationally acclaimed theatre.
Cynthia Bond Perry, ArtsCriticATL
In the midst of the holiday rush, it's comforting to step into the Fox Theatre for Atlanta Ballet's "Nutcracker" and to see the snow-laden evergreens and rounded minarets of the Petrov family's 19th-century Russian home. It's enchanting to peer through a lattice of winter branches into its picture window. There's a feeling of nostalgia, a moment to slow down, take a deep breath and prepare to be transported to the age of old-world classical story ballets - a time when people traveled by horse and carriage or sleigh, pocket watches ticked and ballets lasted four to five hours.
Fox 5 Atlanta
It's considered a staple of the holidays. The Atlanta Ballet is currently presenting its 52nd annual "Nutcracker Ballet" on stage at the Fox Theatre. FOX 5's Deidre Dukes received a behind the scenes look on Thursday!