Cork Airport and Cork City Ballet Is Offering You The Opportunity To Win Two Tickets For The Opening Night Performance Of The Nutcracker In The Cork Opera House On Thursday 20th November At 8pm. To win, simply LIKE us on Facebook and tell us in ten words our less why you enjoying flying through Cork Airport ? Cork City Ballet, in association with the Cork Opera House, presents The Nutcracker directed by Alan Foley, which will run at the Cork Opera House on 20th, 21st and 22nd of November, for four performances only - including a matinee at 2.30 pm on Saturday 22nd starring world-renowned prima ballerina Erina Takahashi from the English National Ballet as the ‘Sugar Plum Fairy’. Ms Takahashi will be partnered by Jan Erik Wikstrom from the Royal Swedish Ballet. For this festive production, Cork City Ballet will lead the audience on an enchanting journey through the Land of Snow to the magical Kingdom of the Sweets. Enhanced by magnificent costumes made at the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet in St. Petersburg together with the glorious music of Tchaikovsky, CCB’s Nutcracker promises to be a thrilling spectacle of sumptuous dance delights. This production by Cork City Ballet with choreography by Yury Demakov from the Bolshoi Ballet will feature the Sugar Plum fairy and her Prince, principals, soloists, and a full corps de ballet in this seasonal classic for the entire family. Speaking at the recent launch, Artistic Director Alan Foley said, In these tough economic times, Cork City Ballet is proud to continue to represent the classical ballet genre in its home city with a spectacular event which is sure to please every cultural palate.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:47:04 +0000