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Nutcracker at Home

November 16, 2020 by Canyon Concert Ballet

Have a fabulous night in with The Nutcracker! While we are not able to film our beautiful cast for a 2020 Nutcracker, we still want to celebrate the season. On Friday, December 11 at 7:00pm mountain time we plan to premiere our 2019 Nutcracker on our YouTube Channel (linked here). The video will be available through the rest of the month of December.

We encourage you to make it a special matinee/evening, and we want to help with some prize packages while also supporting our mission as a nonprofit dance school and ballet company! Schedule any amount donation for our Colorado Gives Day fundraiser to be entered to win! You could win: a gift certificate for a meal to be delivered or picked up, beer from a local brewery, and some surprise goodies, all delivered to your doorstep.

To qualify for a prize package, you must preschedule your Colorado Gives Day donation of any amount by 11:45pm on Monday, December 7 and live in/near the areas listed below. Winners will be notified Wednesday, December 9 and the packages will be delivered Thursday or Friday (12/10 or 12/11).

Thank you to the amazing businesses who donated to support Nutcracker at Home!!

Fort Collins

  • $25 gift card from Pulcinella Pizzeria and a growler with fill from Zwei
  • $25 gift card from Pulcinella Pizzeria and a crowler from Gilded Goat
  • $50 gift card from Pulcinella Pizzeria and a six pack from Crooked Stave
  • $50 gift card from Pulcinella Pizzeria and a six pack from New Belgium Brewing
  • $25 gift card from Oreganos and and a six pack from New Belgium Brewing (we have two of these prizes!)

Loveland

  • $30 gift card from Henry’s Pub and a six pack from New Belgium Brewing

Boulder

  • $50 gift card from Boss Lady Pizza and a six pack from New Belgium Brewing (we have two of these prizes!)

Fort Collins/Greeley/Loveland

  • $50 gift card from NoCo Nosh and a six pack from New Belgium Brewing

Filed Under: CCB News, The Nutcracker

39th Annual The Nutcracker

October 27, 2020 by Canyon Concert Ballet

CCB is planning on both virtual live-stream and limited in-person options for The Nutcracker this year!

In-person and Virtual shows:

  • Friday, December 4 at 7pm
  • Saturday, December 5 at 1pm & at 7pm
  • Sunday, December 6 at 11am & at 5pm

Tickets (both in-person and virtual) will go on sale November 10, 2020 at the Lincoln Center box office.

In-person shows will be socially distanced, and can only have 100 in the audience for each show. Tickets will be limited to 8 per purchaser. Pricing is as follows:

  • In-person tickets: $50
  • Virtual tickets (one per household/device): $20

For more information and to purchase your tickets, please visit: https://www.lctix.com/ccb-39th-annual-nutcracker

As particularly American embraced tradition, CCB’s treasured production of The Nutcracker includes 94 dancers, 250 beautiful costumes, special effects, fantastic lighting, and sets. It has dazzled old and new audiences in Fort Collins for almost 40 years. Start your holiday off with a special treat that is sure to please audiences of all ages with mystery, battles, and beautiful ballerinas in sparkling tutus.

Please note, this year’s The Nutcracker will not feature the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra.

About The Nutcracker

“The Nutcracker” follows a young girl, Clara, through her adventures on Christmas Eve during a party visited by her mysterious Uncle Drosselmeyer. Life size dolls and toy soldiers create an evening that grows even more fantastical as she falls asleep and witnesses toy soldiers battling mice and rats. A journey through the Land of Snow leads her to a world led by the Sugar Plum Fairy, and filled with dancing candies and sweets performing for her and her soldier prince.

COVID-19 Precautions

For everyone’s safety, this event will comply with Larimer County’s current event guidelines. All attendees will be required to wear a facial covering and remain socially distanced (6 feet apart) from other parties. Purchasers will be limited to 8 tickets within a single order, and vacant seats will be automatically added around seat reservations to create the appropriate 6 feet distance between purchasing parties. Please stay home if you are feeling symptomatic or have had known exposure to COVID-19. If you are unable to attend, please call the Lincoln Center Box Office at least 24 hours in advance of the performance.

Livestreams

The livestream performances will air live at the time the show begins, and cannot be paused or replayed. If you purchase tickets to the livestream, you may watch this event on any device that can access the internet, including laptop and desktop computers, iPhones, iPads, other SmartDevices, and SmartTVs. Purchasers will receive more information about how to watch and access the livestream upon purchase of a livestream ticket.

Filed Under: CCB News, Company, The Nutcracker Tagged With: Ballet Performance, Performance, The Nutcracker

Audition for 2020 Nutcracker!

August 11, 2020 by Canyon Concert Ballet

Canyon Concert Ballet, Fort Collins’ premier ballet company is holding auditions for our 2020 Nutcracker! We are requiring all auditions to sign up ahead of time for a time slot to ensure social distancing during the auditions.  

If you have any questions or need any additional information, please email our amazing Interim Artistic Director, Erica Mugoye, at assistant<at>ccballet.org. 

Date:
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Location:
CCB’s main studios at 1031 Conifer St.

Audition Information

Auditions are Saturday, August 29 at our main location, 1031 Conifer Street in Fort Collins.  Audition forms are available in the CCB office at 1031 Conifer Street and can be emailed to you (please email us at info<at>ccballet.org if you need a form!).  Please make sure you are using the appropriate level form, and bring your completed form with you on audition day.  

You are required to sign up for an audition time slot this year.  Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/FTBmFMNJBtQLu9V27 

  • Ballet Level 7 & 8:  12:00pm – 12:30pm
  • Ballet Level 6:  12:45pm – 1:15pm
  • Ballet Level 5:  1:30pm – 2:00pm
  • Ballet Level 4:  2:15pm – 2:45pm OR 3:00pm – 3:30pm
  • Ballet Level 3:  3:45pm – 4:30pm OR 4:45pm – 5:30pm

Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and needing to keep our cast size smaller this year, we will not be accepting any dancers below Level 3 this year.  We are so very sorry and cannot wait to have a full cast next year!!

Performance and Rehearsal Information

At this time, the Nutcracker is planned for Friday-Sunday, December 11-13, 2020 at The Lincoln Center, with rehearsals and tech being the week following up to that weekend.  The rehearsal on Thursday, December 10 may be attended again this year as a sponsor night.  We are not planning on the condensed matinees this year.  Please know we may need to be flexible with The Lincoln Center, but at this time we do have these dates!

COVID-19 Information

We are working closely with the Larimer County Health Department to make sure our rehearsals and performances are as safe as possible.  We are waiting on final approval at this time, but once we have finalized information for our approved rehearsal plan, we will share it right away.  The audition process will be following our current class protocols, linked here. 

Filed Under: Company, The Nutcracker

Muttcracker 2019

November 25, 2019 by Canyon Concert Ballet

Four adoptable dogs from Animal House and one very brave adoptable cat from Fort Collins Cat Rescue joined our cast from our 38th Annual The Nutcracker for our first annual Muttcracker photo shoot! You can also visit our Muttcracker behind the scenes/outtakes album on our Facebook page here.

Get your tickets today for The Nutcracker!

Thank you to Kate Edberg and Brooke Forwood for their fabulous photography in the Muttcracker photo shoot!

Filed Under: Company, The Nutcracker Tagged With: Muttcracker, Nutcracker, The Nutcracker

38th Annual Nutcracker Guest Artists

November 12, 2019 by Canyon Concert Ballet

We are incredibly excited to announce our guest artists for this year’s The Nutcracker: Performing as the Sugar Plum Fairy will be Erica Felsch and her Cavalier will be Michal Wozniak!

Tickets for our 38th Annual The Nutcracker are on sale now! Learn more about the production and get your tickets here: https://www.lctix.com/38th-annual-the-nutcracker

Erica Felsch began her professional training at North Carolina School of the Arts.  She was later offered a full scholarship to San Francisco Ballets’ pre-professional program.  She performed in many company productions, and toured with SFB in their production of “Don Quixote”.  After several years with San Francisco Ballet, Erica joined Colorado Ballet with artistic director Martin Fredmann.  She continued on to perform soloist and principal roles with Madison Ballet, Nova Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Performance Series, and Sierra Nevada Ballet, where she performed Odette/ Odile in “Swan Lake”.  She also performed world premiers by Adam Hougland, Emery Lecrone, Robert Dekkers, and Rick McCullough.  In 2008 Erica joined Ballet Arizona under the direction of Ib Anderson. She performed in George Balanchine’s “Four Temperaments”, “Stravinsky Violin Concerto”, “La Valse”, “Rubies”, and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.  She was also featured in ballets choreographed by Ib Anderson, Alejandro Cerrudo, and Marius Petipa.  After four season with Ballet Arizona Erica moved to Los Angeles.  She was featured in commercials, print ads, and an episode of Disney’s “Shake it Up”.  She later joined Smuin Ballet in 2012 with artistic director Celia Fushille.  She has performed both principal and soloist roles with Smuin, and has originated roles in world premiers by Adam Hougland, Helen Pickett, Val Caniparoli, and Garrett Ammon. She has also worked with and performed pieces by Michael Smuin, Jiri Kylian, Trey McIntyre, Darrell Moultrie, Amy Seiwert, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Ma Cong, among others.  Erica is a passionate dance teacher and choreographer.  She has choreographed for Smuin Ballet and has taught master classes and workshops throughout the United States.  After seven season with Smuin Ballet, Erica has embarked on a freelance career. She will be guesting with various companies throughout the season

Michal Wozniak began his training in gymnastics at age seven, and his ballet training when he was 10 at the State School of Ballet in Warsaw, Poland. As a student, Michal was invited to perform in ballets and operas at the Great Theatre in Warsaw, and in 2004 was awarded first place in the ballet competition there. In 2006, he accepted a full scholarship to study at The School of American Ballet in New York City where he trained for two years. Michal continued studying on full scholarship at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre. Since joining Ballet Arizona in 2009, Michal has been featured in Swan Lake, George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Petipa’s Raymonda, and Ib Anderson’s The Sleeping Beauty. Michal danced the principal role in Balanchine’s Prodigal Son and Ib
Anderson’s Mosiak. Michal toured with Ballet Arizona to perform Andersen’s Diversions at The Kennedy Center, Balanchine’s “Rubies” (from Jewels) at the Chicago Dancing Festival and Andersen’s Play at The Joyce Theatre in New York City.

Filed Under: CCB News, Company, The Nutcracker Tagged With: Guest Artist, Nutcracker, Performance, performances, The Nutcracker

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