ART BEAT: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre takes a leap of faith, landing the new professional company live on stage for 'The Nutcracker' | Entertainment | gwinnettdailypost.com

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From left to right: Charly Gioino (Charly Gioino) as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Isaiah Franklin (Isaiah Franklin) as the Cavaliers in The Nutcracker at the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, Alex Alex Rampey plays Clara. The holiday favorite will return to the Infinite Energy Theater during the first three weekends of December with live performances by the newly established Gwinnett Ballet Theater Professional Company.

Lori Zamzow-Wire, the new artistic director of the Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, said: "We have never seriously considered canceling the "Nutcracker" performance. "The question is whether we need to have a live show. Audience. "

Children and adults who make this ballet a holiday tradition can rejoice. "The Nutcracker" will perform at the Infinite Energy Theater during the first three weekends of December. The last of these weekends will feature the GBT Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Predrag Gosta, playing beautiful music by Tchaikovsky.

The biggest change between this year's performance and past performances is not dancing. In February last year, GBT announced Zamzow-Wire as the new artistic director. She quickly launched the plan and established Gwinnett's first professional ballet company. When the epidemic came, the live audition quickly became a virtual audition, but despite this, a professional company was established.

Zamzow-Wire said: "We are working hard to provide a virtual "Nutcracker" performance and hope to have a live performance."

"In August, we met with employees of Infinite Energy. They proposed a plan to open a 200-seat limited seat in the 700-seat auditorium." Zamzow-Wire said. "However, considering the production costs and potential box office revenue, the performance of the show is not economically justified."

But employees and the board are not yet ready to give up.

The company was confident and booked a date at Infinite Energy Theatre. The board of directors began to meet with past donors and apply for grants.

"The money is slowly flowing in," Zamzow-Wire said.

The show continues.

The new professional company consists of Brooke Burgess, Charly Gioino, Sabrina Mack and trainee Cecily Davis, Holly Stone (Holly Stone) and Caleb Wire (Caleb Wire). Several professional guest artists have been added to the Nutcracker, including Nick Haglin as the knight of all performances, and Francisco Aguilar as the king of the snow scene.

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There are more than 100 dancers in the performance, including members of Sugar Loaf Youth Ballet.

Drosselmeyer has always been the most popular role, and the work will be performed by professional dancer and lecturer John Streit.

The role of Jiang Mu is another popular role, and GBT's "Celebrity Jiang Mu" (with a different performance for each performance) will be on stage again.

The mother of the coordinating celebrity Gingers is board member Amy Bray.

She said: "This role is coveted and brought joy and a little joy to the production." "Our purpose is to reflect the diversity of our community and the dedication of local leaders who support the arts."

Even the intermission will bring a new entertainment experience.

Zamzow-Wire said: "We call it a "walking break." "It will pass through the Great Hall of the People in the Huggins Center, where there will be a nutcracker boutique, limited discounts, and a particularly admired dance photographer Richard An exhibition of new dance images by Richard Calmes. "

The Infinite Energy Center has developed a seating allocation plan and theater cleaning plan to ease the minds of people related to the pandemic.

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Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and art professional public relations consultant. Email her hcalmes@

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