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The Nutcracker
accompanied by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
DURATION: Approximately 120 minutes, including intermission.
Please note that all tickets are available exclusively through Mahalia Jackson Theater.
*link will direct you to mahaliajacksontheater.com
Tickets are on sale now for Delta Festival Ballet’s 43rd production of The Nutcracker with performances on December 21st at 6:00pm and 22nd at 2:00pm at Mahalia Jackson Theater accompanied by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.
Delta Festival Ballet is Louisiana’s largest resident, professional dance company. The company includes both a school and a pre-professional company, the New Orleans Youth Ballet (NOYB). Delta Festival Ballet is strongly committed to arts-in-education and devotes a large portion of its programs and services to young people. In 1981, the company launched the Children’s Concert Series in conjunction with its first Louisiana tour of The Nutcracker. In the three decades since, this mini-version of The Nutcracker Ballet has been enjoyed by thousands of students in Louisiana.
The long-standing association with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra began in 1976 when Delta Festival Ballet and the Orchestra (at that time the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony) collaborated to produce and present the full-length Sleeping Beauty ballet. The relationship has continued, and each December Delta’s presentation of the Nutcracker is accompanied by the LPO.