The new group, Nutcracker 2005, will seek to raise $250,000 for the production and to rent sets and costumes from Ballet Internationale. According to the Star, it will need to move quickly—companies in the United States and Russia have already made offers to Ballet Internationale's principal dancers.
Composer John Adams and theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz retells the story of the Nativity, through the lens of Latin America.
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Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the new production, opening April 23.
The Cuban-born composer is this season's Debs Composer's Chair.
The cast is led by Bryonha Marie and Nathan Gunn, with Tony winner Ted Sperling at the baton.
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