BANGOR — The Bangor Ballet will present “Nutcracker in a Nutshell” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at Center Theatre in Dover Foxcroft; 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, at at the Gracie Theatre, Husson University in Bangor, and at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Bucksport Performing Arts Center. This holiday favorite had been refreshed with new costumes and new choreography.
Ticket are $15, $10 seniors and students, $8 children 12 and under. Tickets are available for all shows at Thomas School of Dance, Seven Arts Gallery in the Maine Grind in Ellsworth and Patrick’s Hallmark Shop in the Broadway Shopping Center. Tickets for the Bucksport show are available at BookStacks in Bucksport. Call 945-5911 or email bangorballet@gmail.com for information or to order tickets.
As part of its outreach efforts, Bangor Ballet also will bring in-school performances to students at Downeast School in Bangor and to students at Bucksport Middle School.
In addition to “Nutcracker in a Nutshell,” Bangor Ballet, in a program called Cabin Fever Reliever, will perform a variety of short ballets on Jan. 10 at the Gracie Theatre in Bangor — “The Little Mermaid” in March and “Les Sylphides” plus a second short ballet in June.
Season subscriptions to all four of Bangor Ballet’s productions are available by contacting Bangor Ballet.