{"id":80133,"date":"2025-12-12T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/80133\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T01:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:15:08","slug":"straz-to-present-ngbs-nutcracker-diversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/80133\/","title":{"rendered":"Straz to present NGB\u2019s \u2018Nutcracker\u2019 | Diversions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 Next Generation Ballet will present its production of \u201cNutcracker,\u201d with performances scheduled from Dec. 19-23, in Morsani Hall at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at $26.50. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/strazcenter.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">strazcenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NGB\u2019s \u201cNutcracker\u201d takes audiences into a fantastical world of dazzling dancing sweets, sword-fighting rodents and timeless ballet music. The production features award-winning young dancers from NGB alongside principal guest star dancers from New York City Ballet, dancers Unity Phelan and Jovani Furlan.<\/p>\n<p>From the moment the lights dim, audiences will be transported to a magical place filled with toy soldiers, a growing Christmas tree, giant mice and crystalline waltzing snowflakes.<\/p>\n<p>Next Generation Ballet\u2019s \u201cNutcracker\u201d will be performed Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., and Monday and Tuesday at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 Next Generation Ballet will present its production of \u201cNutcracker,\u201d with performances scheduled from Dec. 19-23, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7557,276,44752,29624,5168,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-80133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-ballet","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-next-generation-ballet","tag-nutcracker","tag-straz-center","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}