Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet Returns to Albany This Holiday Season
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ALBANY — NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet returns to The Palace Theater on Dec. 6.
This year marks the 31st annual North American tour of the family tradition. The 2023 production showcases a record number of international talent, starring principal dancers from the great opera houses of Ukraine and 40 world-class artists from Japan, Italy, Turkey, and more.
“The international scale of the production is truly unique. With Artistic Direction from the birthplace of classical ballet in Kyiv, Ukraine to rising ballet capitals around the world we have built a world class team,” says Dan Talmi, Executive Producer of Talmi Entertainment and the son of co-founders Mary Giannone and Akiva Talmi. “We’re the only nationally touring Nutcracker production, so we strive to top ourselves each year.”
The 2023 production stars Ukrainian ballerinas- gold medalist Karyna Shatkovskaya – and Honored Artist of Ukraine Elena Pechenyuk as Clara. The Nutcracker Prince is danced by premiere danseurs – gold medalist Batur Buklu from Turkey, and the esteemed Rustem Imangaliev from Kazakhstan.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.nutcracker.com. Special pricing is available for groups. Call 800-320-1733 or email groups@nutcracker.com.