Critically-acclaimed,
One-of-a-kind Holiday Experience
Saturday, December 14, 2024
2:00 & 7:00 p.m.
Athenaeum Theater I Historic Main Stage
2936 N Southport Ave I Lakeview, Chicago
All Ages I 120 minutes with intermission
Chicago’s renowned A&A BALLET Company is excited to announce auditions for its critically acclaimed Art Deco Nutcracker 2024. This unique rendition of the classic holiday ballet has garnered praise for its innovative choreography, stunning period costumes, and captivating set designs, all inspired by the glamorous, exuberant Art Deco era of the 1920s.
Kremnev’s “The Art Deco Nutcracker” features Tchaikovsky’s score in an exciting and fast-moving but nevertheless classic ballet. The Chicago Tribune has described it as “A glossy rendition filled with gorgeous, glitzy costumes” and The Cincinnati Enquirer writes that Kremnev has “brought dance to a whole new level.” The vibrant “roaring” era costumes and stunning choreography directed by Alexei Kremnev offers a new approach to the story we all know and love with the historic Tchaikovsky score known around the world.
Critically-acclaimed,
One-of-a-kind Holiday Experience
Saturday, December 7, 2024
2:00 & 7:00 p.m.
Athenaeum Theater I Historic Main Stage
2936 N Southport Ave I Lakeview, Chicago
All Ages I 110 minutes with intermission
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Set in 1920s America, Kremnev’s “The Art Deco Nutcracker” features Tchaikovsky’s score in an exciting and fast-moving, but nevertheless, classic ballet.
The Chicago Tribune has described it as “A glossy rendition filled with gorgeous, glitzy costumes” and The Cincinnati Enquirer writes that Kremnev has “brought dance to a whole new level.”
The vibrant “roaring” era costumes and stunning choreography offers a new approach to the story we all know and love with the historic Tchaikovsky score known around the world.
A&A Ballet Holds Auditions for The Art Deco Nutcracker 2023
"...a gorgeous and thematically fitting reinterpretation, hopefully destined to stake its claim among the legion of Nutcrackers presented every December." (Perform.ink)
September 9, 16, 23, 30, 2023
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
AGES 4-24
A & A Ballet’s production of The Art Deco Nutcracker lavishly illustrates that a dance company need not have a big name to have oversized talent, vision and creativity. The performance last weekend at Athenaeum Theatre featured impressive choreography, stunning costumes and clever reimagining of the holiday season chestnut.
A&A Ballet will hold auditions for the upcoming December 2023 performance Saturdays in September:
WINTER INTENSIVE
International
Winter Intensive
SPRING 2024 PERFORMANCE
Cinderella
May 18, 2024
Athenaeum Theater I Historic Main Stage
2936 N Southport Ave I Lakeview, Chicago
All Ages I 90 minutes without intermission
"A masterpiece, a joy from start to finish"
A&A Ballet takes the classic story of Cinderella and brings it to life with an exciting rendition. Vibrant costumes and choreography tell the tale of Cinderella, her stepmother and stepsisters, the ball and finding her prince in a new way that is fun for the entire family.
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