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Show .Regional Ballet presents 'The Nutcracker' at BYU Arizona, as will Rick Budd and Lisa Choules, who dance the Snow Cavalier, Snow Queen and Arabian roles. Sorenson and Adams will guest star with the Mendosino Ballet in Ukiah, Calif., during the first part of December as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier. "I've had many of them as students for 10 years and have watched many of them grow from children to college students," she says. "It's exciting to see them have additional opportunities." "The Nutcracker" tickets are available through the BYU music ticket office. The Utah Regional Ballet will bring the Christmas favorite, "The Nutcracker," to the de Jong Concert Con-cert Hall stage at BYU in what is becoming a holiday tradition for the BYU concert stage. Performances will be Dec. 19, 21, 22 and 23, with the Dec. 19 performance per-formance at 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 21 at 2 and 5 p.m.; and Dec. 22 and 23 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The Dec. 21 performance per-formance will be a special family night with a special price offered by contacting the music ticket office, 378-7444. Mark Lanham, former principal dancer with Ballet West, San Francisco Ballet and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, will appear as a guest dancer in the role of Cavalier. He is co-artistic director of the Theatre Ballet at BYU. Also featured in leading roles will be Corinne Adams, Jennie Creer and Laura Clarke, alternating as the Sugar Plum Fairy; and Troy Sorenson and David Woods sharing the Cavalier role with Lanham. For more than 10 years, artistic director Jacqueline Colledge has given her students and those selected in open auditions the dhance to dance her choreography of "The Nutcracker." As they have matured, she has modified the choreography to make it more challenging until she is now at the point where the ballet is close to her original vision of what the dance should be. Colledge, who studied under Willam Christensen of Ballet West and performed solo roles in his "Nutcracker," stages the famous ballet featuring Tchaikovsky's music for three primary reasons. "First, 'The Nutcracker' is at the base of any ballet company's financial security. It's an incredibly popular ballet," she says. "Second, it is such a natural Christmas tradition that it wouldn't seem like the season without it; and three, it gives many young dancers the opportunity to appear on stage in a quality production." The BYU production will feature costuming by Sarah Price and scenic design by Bill Kirkpatrick. Several of Colledge's students will be traveling throughout the West to guest star in other company versions ver-sions of "The Nutcracker." Clarke and Sorenson will guest star in Mesa for a ballet company in |