{"id":30128,"date":"2023-12-18T15:35:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/photos-mann-dance-academy-performs-nutcracker-in-farmington\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T22:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:35:42","slug":"photos-mann-dance-academy-performs-nutcracker-in-farmington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/photos-mann-dance-academy-performs-nutcracker-in-farmington\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Mann Dance Academy performs \u2018Nutcracker\u2019 in Farmington"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Waltz of the Snowflakes during act 1 of Mann Dance Academy's 15th annual production of the Nutcracker at Henderson Fine Arts Theater on Saturday. (Crystal Shelton\/Special to the Tri-City Record)<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe Nutcracker,\u201d a classic ballet composed by Peter Tchaikovsky in 1891, was performed Friday, Dec. 15 and Saturday, Dec. 16, at the San Juan College Henderson Fine Arts Theater in Farmington.<\/p>\n

Set on Christmas Eve, the story follows young Clara, who receives a magical nutcracker doll from her godfather. The enchanted toy comes to life, leading Clara on a journey to the Land of Sweets.<\/p>\n

The ballet is renowned for its music, choreography, and imaginative storytelling, making it a beloved holiday tradition worldwide.<\/p>\n

Mann Dance Academy has been entertaining Farmington audiences with its rendition of The Nutcracker for 15 years. This year’s production boasted a diverse ensemble of dancers, spanning ages from 8 to 22. Notably, some performers have been a part of Mann Dance Academy’s Nutcracker production since its inception.<\/p>\n

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Dancers perform, Ribbon Candy during act 2 of Mann Dance Academy's 15th annual production of the Nutcracker at Henderson Fine Arts Theater on Saturday, December 16, 2023. (Crystal Shelton\/Special to the Tri-City Record)<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cassandra Hallum as Clara with the Nutcracker played by, Dreylon Matthews during Act 1 of Mann Dance Academy's 15th annual production of the Nutcracker at Henderson Fine Arts Theater on Saturday (Crystal Shelton\/Special to the Tri-City Record)<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Toy Soldiers perform during act 1 of Mann Dance Academy's 15th annual production of the Nutcracker at Henderson Fine Arts Theater on Saturday. (Crystal Shelton\/Special to the Tri-City Record)<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dancers perform, Arabian Coffee during act 2 of Mann Dance Academy's 15th annual production of the Nutcracker at Henderson Fine Arts Theater on Saturday. (Crystal Shelton\/Special to the Tri-City Record)<\/span>Crystal Shelton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Waltz of the Snowflakes during act 1 of Mann Dance Academy's 15th annual production of the Nutcracker at Henderson Fine Arts Theater on Saturday. (Crystal Shelton\/Special to the Tri-City Record)Crystal Shelton \u201cThe Nutcracker,\u201d a classic ballet composed by Peter Tchaikovsky in 1891, was performed Friday, Dec. 15 and Saturday, Dec. 16, at the San […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-30128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30128"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=30128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}