The Indiana Ballet Theater
brings
Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker
to Hobart!!!

By special arrangements, the Indiana Ballet Theater performed Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker at Hobart High School on December 2, 1998. This special performance became a school-wide study trip for George Earle Elementary School. Ridge View Elementary, Liberty Elementary's Third Grade and seventy students from Hobart Middle School also attended.

At George Earle, all of our classes from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade were prepared to attend this special presentation. They studied the story of the Nutcracker, created artwork relating to the story, analyzed the music, and discussed how dance and music replaced the words and pictures of the story book. This preparation took place during their regularly scheduled Music and Art classes, as well as in their regular classrooms.

 

This was a wonderful treat and
each student thoroughly enjoyed the experience!

Read the Press Release from the Indiana Ballet Theater.

 

These are interesting links to internet sites which tell the history and the legend of the Nutcracker Story:

The Nutcracker Story and Legend

History of the Nutcracker Ballet

 

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Thank you, Alexcia, for the fantastic nutcracker graphics!

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