Show Jan 4 an and 6 Set For or Nutcracker Nutcracker the great ballet ballet bal bal- let classic by will appear for the first time on Brigham Young University campus Jan 4 and 6 presented present present- ed by the Utah Civic Ballet The Provo performances will feature the Corps de Ballet from the University of Utah Ballet Department and music will be provided by the Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel Students are urged to pick up their tickets immediately at the Harris Fine Arts Center Tic- Tic et Office since the final day f the performances will be bet bei i t ie ue day the B BYU YU students ret re- re t rn from Christmas vacation 1 Z also are now on sale for the public Matinee is scheduled for 3 1 m and n o evenin n n k p. p 0 g A at pm p.m. on both days Students Students students Stu stu- dents ar are advised to attend the performances on Monday Jan 6 6 Townspeople are being en encouraged encouraged encouraged en- en to attend on Jan 4 when students are not on cam cam- pus The Utah Civic Ballet which af after er the he first of the year willbe will willbe willbe be known known as Ballet West West will provide for the Provo shows all of the sets and costumes designed by Ariel Ballif a veteran veteran veteran vet vet- eran Broadway and Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood stage designer The musical musical musical mu mu- score was donated by the George T. T T. T THansen Hansen Foundation Artistic director is William Christensen veteran of Utah and San Francisco ballets who choreographed this work after the style of Utah Civic Ballet began in 1951 when Mr Christensen left San Francisco and established the first school of ballet in inan inan inan an American University at U. U of U. U In 1953 the University Th Thoo e a ter B 11 t f n a e of v c. c the present group presented the first performance of the Nutcracker to Utah audi audi- Mr Christensen was well ac acquainted acquainted ac- ac with the work having been the first American choreographer choreographer choreographer grapher to stage the complete ballet in 1944 with the San Francisco Ballet Ballet mistress of the Utah Corps de Ballet is Bene Arnold Arnold Ar Arnold Ar- Ar nold who was formerly ballet mistress for the San Francisco Francis Francis- co Ballet Company She be became became became be- be came an auxiliary of the San Francisco Ballet Company at atthe atthe atthe the age of 14 soloist demi-soloist at 16 and a soloist a year later She has danced numerous roles and also has staged ballets for Sacramento and Newark companies compani com com- pani es She will bring to the Provo stage a regular company of ot 35 augmented bv by 35 children n with ballet experience from Salt Lake City and surrounding com corn Nutcracker which was first staged Dec 17 1891 is today one of the most widely done e of ballet works It is a part of oft the he repertoire of nearly every every ev every ev- ev ery major company in the world and scores of ot minor ballet companies companies companies com com- present all or part o of f the work annually The earthiness of pagen post post- harvest festivals the spirituality spir spit of Christian rejoicing and the European folk beliefs about ani animals mals being gifted with speech on Christmas Eve a aall are all in the fanciful ul delight It is set in Germany Ger Ger- many about 1850 in the home of ot two children Clara and Fritz At a big party around the Christmas tree Claras Clara's godfather god god- father Herr Y er a m mysterious Y ous gives Clara a In the form torm of of a man After Arter the party she dreams that the toys come to life lite and the nutcracker be be comes a prince who leads he her through a fairyland of the Su Sugar Su- Su gar Chinese Plum Fairy dan dancing flutes dancers etc |