MASON CITY – Alliant Energy Foundation proudly presents the Nutcracker as they take the stage at the North Iowa Community Auditorium on the NIACC campus at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday December 7, 2013. Tickets are $35 for adults in advance and $20 for children 16 and younger in advance. All tickets purchased on the day of the show and at the door are $40. This performance is part of the 2013-2014 Performing Arts and Leadership Series.
Your holiday dream begins with this sparkling treat, created by Allen Fields. At a party in her family’s elegant Manhattan townhouse a century ago, Clara receives a wooden nutcracker. After midnight, he comes to life and leads his toy soldiers against mice warriors. With Clara’s help, the Nutcracker triumphs and magically turns into a prince.
Enjoy the enchantment with Clara and her Nutcracker Prince in this wondrous place. Enjoy Central Park, the exotic Asian, Arabian, Spanish and Russian dancers. Enjoy Mother Ginger with her winsome troupe of gingerbread children, the regal Sugar Plum Fairy, beautiful flowers led by the Dew Drop Fairy.
Fifty-seven local dancers have been selected to dance in this performance of the Nutcracker. They are listed by city:
Algona: Cassie Carr, Levi Clegg, Lillee Deike, Juliana Doolittle
Belmond: Elizabeth Hinman, McKenna Pentico, Allison Wessels
Burt: Cearra Crosser
Charles City: Megan Ingersoll-Conrad, Mariah McKenzie, Hannah Menken
Clear Lake: Annika Shallberg, Mattea Skinner, Sky Toyne, Savannah Williams
Floyd: Sandra Bontemps
Forest City: Lydia Aberg
Hampton: Miranda DeVries, Emily Dunt, Abbey Fielding
Ionia: Rebecca Hoffman
Mason City: Melanie Askildson, Olivia Black, Alex Bohls, Grant Bohls, Ava Ciavarelli,Sophia Ciavarelli, Maria Determan, Allison Diekema, Kale DiMarco, Anna Floden, Kylie Hansen, Makenna Hansen,
Rosella Levad, Eden Lewerke, Senai Lewerke, Madelyn Love, Kaylee Millard-Maulsby, Elise Obermire, Madison Rumeliote, Madalyn Schweitzer, Molly Theilen, Hannah Weber, Elyssa Wilson
Manly: Hannah Hill, Brayden Pinske
Nashua: Miah Malven
Nora Springs: McKanzi McKibben
Northwood: Ella Fritz
Osage: Azure Christensen, Mary Miller, Victoria Schwarting, Alexa Thyer
Plymouth: Josh Ginapp
Riceville: Emma Schumann
Rockwell: Yuvia Maldonado
Rudd: Loren Fierova
For tickets to the show, call the NIACC Box Office at 1-888-466-4222, extension 4188. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.niacc.edu/boxoffice.