After the excitement of putting together a brand new show last year, it was really nice to return to Visions of Sugarplums. It definitely feels like the Holidays when you hear the music of Snow in the hallways of CBC! This year we were excited to expand our show which helped our youngest viewers to follow the storyline with ease. Above you can see our sleeping Clara dreaming of the Land of Sweets (photo by Brooke Meyer).
Before falling asleep, we had our expanded party scene featuring a very animated Drosselmeyer. You can just glimpse him below carrying in one of our dolls Anna. Look at the faces on the Party Scene guests!
Another new addition to our show was the battle between the Rats and the Soldiers. Very fun change of pace and a bit of humor as the Rat King goes through his death throes!
Of course, the most magical moment is when it starts snowing during Snow! Here is a view from the wings where you can see our Snow Queen Hannah shining in the spotlight.
A sweet little Polichinelle…
I wonder if she’ll grow up to be the Snow Queen someday?
And of course, the Land of Sweets is not complete without a pas de deux between the Sugarplum Fairy & her Cavalier, here danced by Stephanie & Darion).
After intermission the audience was treated to the Trans-Siberian orchestra’s version of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suites as The 3D Project performed their Straight Up Christmas- a high energy piece featuring some very crazy haired Divas.
The holiday season passes in a blur sometimes, so it’s nice to look back and be able to appreciate the wonderful show we had which was possible with the hard work of our dancers, faculty and parents!