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Show The Daily Herald OOl lfT nf'S8! UiflHJy WjJJ 1H BLifestyieGI 8 Weddings G2 ' j-- Sunday, December 8, 19S1 : I t . r ' ... . 1 V. fe V" r v ' , - . f . - f jtf . ' ... is- - - 4 -- v u yi A ' . V SL ! 41 : ' i. . r- if Qr LI I" U , r -.. -- Vo -- .4 v. f- .; -j - x . - - x . ; , f "V'- . x -v '. s f I .... , X. i .i... - - - I : ; . Ktrald Photot by Patrick J. Krohn Production Assistant Vickie Thomas makes up a toy soldier's face in the midst of a rehearsal for the annua! holiday production "The Nutcracker" for the Utah Regional Ballet Company. Ballerinas bring Christmas fantasy to life through dance each evening at 7:30 p.m. plus a matinee at 2 p.m. on Dec. 21 and Dec. 23 with performances at 2 and 5 p.m. Tickets are available through ti e BYU Music Ticket Office by calling Matinee performance tickets are $6.50. Tickets for the evening performances that include a live orchestra, are $7.50. Faculty, senior citizens and students can get $1 discounts. Tickets are currently on sale. Guest artists are performing from national touring ballet companies including Joseph Woelfel, balletmaster with the Montgomery Ballet of Alabama, Edward Warburton from the Boston Ballet and Michael Onstad, featured artist with Ballet West. Colledge's mother, Sara Price, has designed and sewn all of the costumes for the production. Each year, she refurbishes or replaces a set. This year she's made a new Sugarplum fairy costume and new Marzipan candy outfits. Dancers are selected on their ability to fit into existing costuming as well as on their ability to do the choreography. "It's hard sometimes because we'll have one try out that is really gifted but doesn't fit the cos- By SHARON HADDOCK Herald Lifestyle Writer For the producer and force behind the annual production of "The Nutcracker" in Utah County, the legendary ballet show is synonymous with Christmas. ) Jacqueline Colledge has seen the Utah Regional ;Ballet production through more than half a dozen a production that involves weeks of 'years Remanding rehearsal, truckloads of costuming, endless detail tracking. But she doesn't grow tired 5pf 2t."It really is just synonymous with Christmas !fpr me," said Colledge as rehearsals swung Jufcderway on the heels of the close of a "Classics" Jsnow at the Peteetneet School in Payson. J 'Jit's the spirit and the essence of Christmas. I imagine the holidays without it." ?u$ can'tNutcracker" is triple cast, involving 150 I Jiancers from as young as eight years old. "Last year, we had our youngest cast member, the daughter of one of our teachers. She was Jthree. This year, I have my whole family 378-579- If i Snvolved." I As a rule, however, dancers for the ballet must be eight to audition which they do in early Octo-Jbe- r. cast members start rehearsals twice a week almost immediately and daily during December. Most are enrolled in the Jacqueline Colledge School of Ballet and continue to attend their regular classes as well as the rehearsals. 35 girls who're the top Company dancers dancers in the ballet school come in on perfor-- : imance days for an hour and a half class and Jwarm-uThey then stop and get made up, ' Jdressed in costume, then warm up again. J Time becomes a precious commodity but the discipline taught in the ballet classes carries over and the dancers are still able to keep school work 1 .J 'A Colledge. "We work with some limitations." Nutcracker roles are plums to be won for the ballet students. This year Emily Van Cott and Angie Sumsion dance the Sugarplum Fairy role; Heather Colledge, Tami Smith and Traci Alleman perform the role of the Snow Queen. Smith and Alleman also dance the Waltz of the Flowers principal role with Brandy Jensen. Troy Sorensen does the Russian Variation. Summer Hansen, Jamie Farmer and Kelley Boren perform the roles of Clara and Fritz is danced by Trevor Hill and Jed Colledge. More than 300 people are ultimately involved in the production, either as stage crew members, orchestra personnel, dancers or production I Once selected, the ; p. 1 seri- ous about their classes," explained Vickie Thomas, assistant to Colledge and publicity . director for The Nutcracker. "Many plan to make a career of their dancing. Many get scholarships based on their talent and ability." for the The Nutcracker is the main fund-raisballet company, scheduled annually in the deJong Concert Hall at Brigham Young University in December just before Christmas. This year, it runs Dec. 19-2- 1 with performances er t . - r ' " - , v ' ' ' t ifc. i - 1 .. - -- ' rj f 2 ". r I , J' ' ; l iS-- " I -- - 1 sA1. : 7-'- 1- n. , -- f ,'vt;'"f, ' r 1 1 1 i Cast as Clara, Jamie Farmer poses in the Sugarland costume. Summer Hansen and Kelley Boren play Clara also. ; ' 'Hi... '' ' ' "X v"' - I? J " " . 1,. v j, r r w,..v." :.V fl 4 i ! f - v ? - Xj i ,r- - - ij few. Point shoes and the frilly tutus with ruffley leggings of Clara are an Integral part of this colorful Christmas production. ft ,1. a f i . 4 i S- " V ''.'4 '4 , tume, isn't tall enough or something, ".said The Sugarplum Fairy this year, Emily Van Cott, gets some assistance adjusting her crown from the other Sugarplum Fairy, Angle Sumslon. and studies up. "These girls are serious about their ballet, 0. Jacqueline Colledge is the energy and vision behind the show. She casts and directs the talent, choreographs the scenes and dances, shares her love of ballet with an appreciative public. Here she critiques Emily Van Cott and Joseph Woelfel. |