Gulfshore Ballet Presents "Excerpts from The Nutcracker" at BIG ARTS on December 11

Nov. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- Gulfshore Ballet and BIG ARTS present their ninth annual production of Excerpts from The Nutcracker. The holiday classic will be performed Saturday, December 11, at BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall, located at 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel. The matinee performance is at 4 p.m. and evening show is at 7 p.m.

           The role of the Cavalier will be performed by New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Tyler Angle, who began his dance training at the age of nine with Deborah Anthony at the Allegheny Ballet Company. For this role, he will be partnering with Gulfshore Ballet’s senior student, Deidre Rogan. Angle entered the School of American Ballet in 2001, and in 2003 he became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet (NYCB). As an apprentice, Angle danced a featured role in Michel Fokine’s Chopiniana, performed by the School as part of NYCB’s winter 2004 season. He became a member of the corps de ballet in 2004, was promoted to the rank of soloist in 2007, and then to principal dancer in 2009.

           Since joining NYCB, Angle has danced featured roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Melissa Barak, Eliot Feld, Sean Lavery, Peter Martins, Angelin Preljocaj, Jerome Robbins, and Christopher Wheeldon. He originated roles in three ballets by Christopher Wheeldon. Angle is a 2002 recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award, a 2003 recipient of the Martin Segal Award, and a Jerome Robbins Scholarship.

           Matinee tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children under 17, with paying adult. The evening performance is $10 for children, $20 for adults. The evening performance brings back the “Nutcracker Sweets” reception on BIG ARTS Gainer Veranda.

           Gulfshore Ballet is Southwest Florida's only nonprofit classical ballet school. The school has an internationally-acclaimed teaching faculty and offers students the unique opportunity to study with professional instructors of the highest caliber. Gulfshore Ballet also works to foster an increased interest in classical ballet through educational outreach programs in the public schools and in various civic groups.

           To purchase tickets stop by BIG ARTS, 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, or call (239) 395-0900. For more information about the performers, call Gulfshore Ballet at 239-590-6191 or email office@gulfshoreballet.org.

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