Alberta Ballet

Alberta Ballet's New Nutcracker Closes With a Flourish

Calgary/Edmonton, AB - Edmund Stripe's all new production of The Nutcracker proved to be one of the most spectacular productions in Alberta Ballet's history. Featuring new sets, costumes and choreography, The Nutcracker broke box office records in the four cities where it played.

Twenty performances of The Nutcracker took place over 25 days in Victoria, Spokane, Edmonton and Calgary. Over 41,000 people in these cities enjoyed the new production of The Nutcracker, including 10,500 in Edmonton and 19,500 in Calgary. Attendance in Edmonton for The Nutcracker was up 18% from 2007. Calgary attendance rose by 31%. Of Alberta's 14 performances, 10 sold out. In fact, audience interest was so high that a ninth show was added in Calgary.

 

Calgary Herald Review: Fresh sense of wonder fills new Nutcracker

The bone-chilling cold of a long wintry blast was forgotten — if only for a few precious hours — in the warmth of life that positively flowed from the stage of the Jubilee Auditorium on Wednesday during the Calgary premiere of Alberta Ballet’s long-awaited new production of The Nutcracker.