Performances
School Outreach Seminars and Performances– December 7 and 8 at 9:30am and 11:00am at Musselman High School . Tickets $5 for students and teachers free. Contact Denna Smith for seat availability and complete program information 304-229-3209.
Public Performances-Saturday, December 9th at 5:00pm and Sunday, December 10th at 2:00pm, Tickets $15 and up adults and $10 and up students. Tickets will go on sale November 1st .
Nutcracker Sweets Party
Enjoy delicious tea and treats, make super special keepsake crafts, hear the magical story of the Nutcracker, and interact with our beautiful Nutcracker dancers! Wear your festive holiday wear for beautiful photograph opportunities. Advance reservations only. Seating is limited, so don’t delay. Call 304-229-3209 to buy your tickets today. Children age 12 and under $25 for child and adult chaperone, additional family members $10 each.
Guest Artist
Matthew Helms began his training in Colorado on full scholarship at the Academy of Classical Ballet, where he danced principal roles in The Nutcracker, Giselle and Le Corsaire. He then studied on full scholarship with Mark and Sandra Carlson and German Zamuel at the International Ballet School where he performed soloist roles in The Nutcracker and Peter Pan. Matthew competed in the 2008 Youth America Grand Prix and the 2008 Denver Ballet Guild Competition where he received a full scholarship to The Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah. Matthew has been a guest artist with ballet companies in Utah, California, and Idaho, and for the last three years has performed leading roles in ballets such as The Nutcracker, Paquita, The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, and Le Corsaire. He choreographed a contemporary ballet that was premiered in the Ballet West Academy Spring show in 2009. Matthew was promoted to the Ballet West Pre-Professional Trainee Program in 2010 and has trained with artists from American Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, Joffrey Ballet, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Kirov Ballet and David Taylor Dance Theater. Matthew has studied martial arts since age three, has been acting since age four, and has appeared in movies, commercials and TV shows as an actor or a fight choreographer. This is Matthew’s seventh season with Boulder Ballet.
Guest Artists sponsored in part by the Marion Lewis Foundation