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Local children to perform in Moscow Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’

By Mahoning Matters staff and Jeremy Harper
Children perform with the Moscow Ballet during a performance of “Great Russian Nutcracker.” (Photo courtesy of Moscow Ballet)
Children perform with the Moscow Ballet during a performance of “Great Russian Nutcracker.” (Photo courtesy of Moscow Ballet)

YOUNGSTOWN — Local children will take the stage with Moscow Ballet's professional dancers when the "Great Russian Nutcracker" comes to Powers Auditorium, 260 W. Federal St., at 7 p.m. Dec. 18.

Each year, more than 6,000 children nationwide join the Moscow Ballet dancers during the performances. The children play the roles of Party Children, Small Mice, Little Snowflakes, Snow Sprites and Snow Maidens.

The local children performing in the production are from Jordan School of Ballet, 116 N. High St., in Cortland.

For information about Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker," click here.

For information about Jordan School of Ballet, click here.

This story was originally published December 6, 2019 at 1:52 PM with the headline "Local children to perform in Moscow Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’."