{"id":48607,"date":"2025-11-30T23:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/48607\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T23:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T23:56:09","slug":"erie-ballet-theatres-nutcracker-brings-magic-to-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/48607\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Ballet Theatre\u2019s \u201cNutcracker\u201d brings magic to the stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Erie Contemporary Ballet Theatre performed alongside a live orchestra for the iconic Christmas story of \u201cThe Nutcracker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d is a classic ballet beloved for generations, and the artistic director of this production, Sarah Purvis, said that the performance will create lifelong memories for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/north-east-kicks-off-holiday-season-with-treemendous-lights\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:North East kicks off holiday season with \u2018Treemendous Lights\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> North East kicks off holiday season with \u2018Treemendous Lights\u2019 <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It took three months of rehearsals to prepare and Purvis said that they are beyond excited to show off their hard work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sarah Purvis, Erie Contemporary Ballet Theatre Artistic Director, said, \u201cIt\u2019s some of the most iconic pieces of music performed. Especially when you hear it live, it just takes you back to this nostalgia era of your life, whether you\u2019re a kid or you\u2019re a kid at heart. This is a wonderful family event that\u2019s a holiday classic, that kicks off the season, and it\u2019s our Christmas card to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Erie Contemporary Ballet Theatre partnered with NAMI of Erie County to make this show possible. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Erie Contemporary Ballet Theatre performed alongside a live orchestra for the iconic Christmas story of \u201cThe Nutcracker.\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[28191,136,142,138,137,28190,24056],"class_list":["post-48607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-contemporary-ballet","tag-erie","tag-erie-county","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-sarah-purvis","tag-the-nutcracker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}