MEET THE LEAD DANCERS IN NUTCRACKER BALLET

Join us as we bring the holiday classic ballet and magical tale of the Nutcracker to life at Tecumseh Center for the Arts (TCA). Scores of dancers in elaborate costumes dance to the timeless music of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet December 9-11, 2021. The TCA Nutcracker Ballet is a biennial tradition at the theater and is a collaboration between The Ballet School, Dance Steps Studio, Inc., Dance with Heart Studios, Encore Dance Studio, The Tecumseh Players, and Tecumseh Center for the Arts – come join us as we become swept away with Clara and the Nutcracker Prince to the Land of Sweets.

Tecumseh Center for the Arts is proud to present this year’s performances that will showcase ballet dancers from Lenawee, Jackson, Monroe, and Washtenaw counties in Michigan and Lucas County, Ohio. Congratulations to this year’s lead roles:

CLARA

• Ava Delmotte from Deerfield, MI (Thursday & Saturday Matinee)
• Norah Anderson from Manchester, MI (Friday & Saturday Evening)
  
  

FRITZ:

• Emerson Harman from Toledo, OH (Thursday & Saturday Matinee)
• Jaleiah Nieto from Adrian, MI (Friday & Saturday Evening)
  
  

SOLDIER DOLL:

• Lydia Saunders from Adrian, MI (Thursday & Saturday Matinee)
• Isabella DesJardins from Tecumseh, MI (Friday & Saturday Evening)
  
  

CHRISTMAS DOLL:

• Maya Awad from Adrian, MI (Thursday & Saturday Matinee)
• Madison Thomas from Adrian, MI (Friday & Saturday Evening)
  
  

NUTCRACKER PRINCE & CAVALIER:

• Dylan Cunningham from Tecumseh, MI (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
  
  

SNOW QUEEN:

• Marli Baker from Adrian, MI (Thursday & Saturday Matinee)
• Natalie Delmotte from Deerfield, MI (Friday & Saturday Evening)
  
  

SUGAR PLUM:

• Ashlyn Payer from Jackson, MI (Thursday & Saturday Evening)
• Emily Willett from Sand Creek, MI (Friday & Saturday Matinee)

 
SPANISH LEAD:

• Riley Short from Adrian, MI (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)     
     

ARABIAN LEAD:

• Emily Willett from Sand Creek, MI (Thursday & Saturday Evening)
• Laura Blair from Brooklyn, MI (Friday & Saturday Matinee)
  
  

CHINESE LEAD:

• Mercy Marlatt from Blissfield, MI (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)
  
  

CANDY CANE LEAD:

• Emerson Harman from Toledo, Ohio (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)
  
  

REED LEAD:

• Lily Meyers from Adrian, MI (Thursday & Saturday Matinee)
• Marli Baker from Adrian, MI (Friday & Saturday Evening)
  
  

DEW DROP:

• Olivia Torres from Tecumseh, MI (Thursday)
• Claire Schafer from Onsted, MI (Friday)
• Elise Kruse from Tecumseh, MI (Saturday Matinee)
• Lily Meyers from Adrian, MI (Saturday Evening)
  
  

Make The Nutcracker Ballet part of your holiday tradition. Tickets are available for Thursday, December 9 at 7:30 pm, Friday, December 10 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, December 11 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Tickets are $16 for adults and $12 for seniors, youth, and military.
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Tickets can be purchased by phone at 517-423-6617, at the box office located at 400 N. Maumee Street, Tecumseh, Michigan, or on-line at www.thetca.org. The 2021 Nutcracker Ballet is supported in part by Vision Performance Group, Bob Fox - Howard Hanna Realtor, The Kiwanis Club of Tecumseh and this year’s show sponsor The Tecumseh Herald.

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