Program - Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

This Champaign Urbana Ballet presentation of The Nutcracker, in cooperation with Sinfoniada Camera and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, is made possible with support frompromotional sponsors CarX Tire & Auto, Champaign Ballet Academy, the Champaign TelephoneCompany, and First Federal Savings Bank of Champaign-Urbana. This vital support keeps our localarts environment lively and thriving.the act of givingThe NutcrackerA ballet in two acts after the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. HoffmannMusic by Piotr Ilyich TchaikovskyChoreography by Deanna Doty and Harvey HysellPresented byChampaign Urbana BalletDeanna Doty, Artistic DirectorSinfonia da CameraIan Hobson, Music DirectorKrannert Center for the Performing ArtsMike Ross, DirectorprogramThe NutcrackerCHAMPAIGNBALLETACADEMYOvertureAct IThe PartyThe BattleThe Land of Snow20-minute intermissionAct IIThe Land of SweetsA classical ballet in two acts, The Nutcracker is based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s tale The Nutcracker and theMouse King (1816). Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky created the music for the ballet of this charming story in closecollaboration with Marius Petipa, the renowned choreographer who, due to illness, turned the project overto his assistant, Lev Ivanov. The Nutcracker was first performed in 1892.Please note: this production uses controlled special effects in the form of lighting, fog, and smoke.4 5