The Nutcracker - SOLD OUT
New Paltz Ballet Theatre

STUDY GUIDE

(Snow date: Monday, Dec. 14)
Grades: All ages
Running time is approximately 1 hour.

The New Paltz Ballet Theatre returns for a 17th season to present this classic holiday event featuring dancers from the New York City Ballet. Peter and Lisa Naumann, co-directors of the NPBT, have brought many fine regional artists together to create this beautiful production. Dancers, designers, and technicians have all contributed to make this Nutcracker a visual delight. Come along with Marie as she dreams of a fierce battle between giant mice and toy soldiers followed by a magical journey through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets.

Made possible with funding from The Beechwood Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Church Communities Foundation, Gannett Foundation, George A. Strba Charitable Trust, Helen I. Graham Charitable Foundation, Key Bank Foundation, Klock Foundation, Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Millman Harris Romano Foundation, Rhinebeck Bank, Second Hand Rose, Stewarts Shops, TD Bank Foundation, and from the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley: Ann and Abe Effron Fund, Charlie Carroll Music Enrichment Fund, Ed & Barbara Joba Fund for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and the Robert R. Chapman Fund. Additional support from the Dyson Foundation, James J. McCann Charitable Trust, Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, and Jeanette F. Schlobach Charitable Trust, and special thanks to all the donors who contributed to the Field-Trip Fund. This program is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.