Carolina Ballet makes 'Nutcracker' feel new

How Carolina Ballet reimagined this holiday classic for a modern audience.
Posted 11/6/2025, 6:39:00 PM Updated 11/6/2025, 7:00:09 PM

Here at the Carolina Valley we are currently getting ready

for the greatest time of year when we present the

Nutcracker

Every year the Nutcracker is really a magical thing

The music itself is so ingrained in all of our

lives

It just is something that's so familiar

The Nutcracker is something that is really the gateway into

ballet for most folks

Carolina Ballet's production of The Nutcracker was recently revamped and

the reason we did it was because we thought that

we wanted something of a more relatable time that seemed

more familiar

So when we decided to do this new production we

thought that what was relatable was like a Norman Rockwell

Christmas

We really wanted to embrace the that time of year

We've gotten tremendous response with this production because I think

it is unique to our area

It's obviously unique it's the one of a kind production

most productions are but it it really relates to like

where we are in the country

It's inviting and it's relatable and

And also has um a sophistication I think about the

the looks that that speak to people who aren't necessarily

ballet

It's something that Creates tradition and family and community and

opportunity to gather around something that um just brings lots

of joy and magic and wonder

We would really love everyone to come join us at

the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts Raleigh Memorial

Auditorium is the hall that we perform out of

We open December 11th and we close Christmas Eve morning

There are 20 performances

You can call Carolina Ballet's box office for tickets

You can also go

Onto our website you will be directed to Ticketmaster

Uh there are fees associated with that but if you

call our box office they will be happy to accommodate

you and there it's a huge house it's a beautiful

theater that really is an experience for the family and

friends and uh we really we would love to share

with you what is so special and what could become

a tradition for your family at Carolina Valley is Nutcracker