Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Bringing The Nutcracker to life

Crews set up for the Moscow Ballet's performance of The
Great Russian Nutcracker on Nov. 19, 2013 at Mosaic Place.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy
By Lisa Goudy


A ballet show is much different than a typical music concert.

“It’s an aesthetic experience. It’s not a rock show. It’s not a really loud, crazy, in-your-face thing,” said Dan Talmi, producer of the Moscow Ballet’s production of The Great Russian Nutcracker that performed in Moose Jaw on Tuesday night. “But you’ve got to take time to slow down, to smell the flowers. I think that’s what ballet really does. That’s what it’s good at. It’s just calming.”

The Moscow Ballet took to the stage at Mosaic Place to perform the ballet to Peter Tchaikovsky’s famous score for a crowd of approximately 1,000 spectators.

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