Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Nutcracker

© Rejean Brandt
© Rejean Brandt
Dancers: Alanna McAdie, Yosuke Mino, RWB School Recreational Division Students © Samanta Katz
© Rejean Brandt
© Vince Pahkala
Dance Ballet with Orchestra Holidays
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:00 pm Seats available

““Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Nutcracker is picture perfect.””

Janet Smith, The Georgia Straight

Featuring the National Arts Centre Orchestra

Frolicking polar bears, majestic Mounties, and a snowy pond hockey game! This Nutcracker is a jubilant, shimmering, Canadian holiday treasure that honours tradition while adding a playful, delightful homegrown touch. Join young Clara in her fairytale reverie through glittering winter landscapes where an enchanted nutcracker becomes a valiant soldier, the mischievous Mouse King wreaks havoc, and the dazzling Sugar Plum Fairy holds court in an exotic land. Set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved music, and with stunning sets and costumes, this Canadian Nutcracker fills the heart with joy and wonder!

Join us for the fabulous Sugar Plum Parties in the NAC Canal Lobby! Arrive one hour before show time to enjoy coloring for kids and learn a few dance stps from dancers of The School of Dance.

Artists

  • andre-lewis-2017-credit-ian-mccausland
    RWB Artistic Director & CEO André Lewis, C.M., O.M., M.S.M.
  • Choreographer Galina Yordanova
  • nina-menon
    Choreographer Nina Menon
  • Costume Designer Paul Daigle
  • perchaluk-brian
    Scenic Designer Brian Perchaluk
  • michael-whitfield
    Lighting Designer Michael J. Whitfield

Join our email list for the latest updates!

Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. Arts Alive is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation, the Government of Nunavut, Canadian North, Calm Air, The River Philip Foundation, The Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation, and The Thomas Sill Foundation. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.