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The Val Deakin Dance Theatre Trust will be presenting
The Nutcracker Suite (Act II of The Nutcracker Ballet)
at the Dance Centre (306 St Aubyn Street) on
Friday, December 11 at 11 am
Saturday, December 12 at 2 pm and 5 pm
Sunday, December 13 at 2 pm and 5 pm
This very popular Christmas story ballet has delighted audiences worldwide since it was first performed in Russia in 1892. It is the story of a young girl's journey to the Land of the Sweets where she meets and is entertained by dancers who represent various drinks and sweets including the Sugarplum Fairy, Russian bon bons, Chinese tea, Arabian coffee and the marzipan Mirlitons.
The DANCE CENTRE will be transformed into a magical and intimate theatre presenting an exciting live dance experience to the wonderful and tuneful music of Tchaikowsky. The cast of 35 will be led by ballerina Jane Roseman taking the part of the Sugarplum Fairy.
Other experienced cast members dancing in the show include Donna Kelly (Spanish chocolate dancer), Inge Vink (delicious marzipan Mirlitons), Rosanne Taylor (a sultry Arabian coffee dancer), April Krijger (a very funny Mother Ginger) and Kristina Rodgers (a Russian bon bon dancer) Lots of delightful and delicious dances!
Tickets will be family priced to allow families to enjoy this wonderful holiday treat. Adult tickets are $10, children $7 with family and group discounts available Tickets can be obtained from Pianoworks, 163 Devon Street East, New Plymouth. ( Phone 758 3114) or at the door.
Forever Bubbles
This past September, soap
bubble, bubble gum, bottles of bubbly and three very different
historical recordings of "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"
provided an effervescent sparkle to the Val Deakin Dance
Theatre's humorous ballet Forever Bubbles.
Forever Bubbles is a light-hearted look at New
Zealand in the 1920's, 30s and 40s - a slice of Kiwiana from
the "housewives' point of view. The ballet is a humorous and
satirical look at "women's place in the home" with commentary
on social programming from the promise of "sure to rise" and
soap powder commercials to the sway of fashion in clothes and
how women's role in society has changed. The radio and
gramophone give accompaniment to three decades of washing,
ironing and cleaning with dance crazes of the time, Aunt
Daisy's handy household hints and some of the great musical
hits of the various eras.
The cast included some
of the Dance Theatre's most experienced and versatile
performers. They included Jane Roseman, Donna Kelly, Shelley
Prestney (returning from Thailand to take part!) and Inge
Vink. These are four of the five original creators of the
work. Also dancing were Catherine Donlon, Lynda West, and
Kristina Rodgers.
Harry Brown enthused over the work
saying "Essentially fun, it sparkled with the imaginative
choreography and skilful presentation that has become a
hallmark of the Val Deakin Dance Theatre Trust." Forever
Bubbles was also a great hit when performed by the Dance
Theatre on their 2006 tour to England.
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