beautifully intertwines the Christmas holiday season with dance in a family favorite everyone will enjoy. Complete with the lively Party Scene where the magic comes alive in Clara's home - an exciting sword fight, a Christmas tree that grows before your eyes, a flying sleigh, beautiful Snowflakes, and the sparkling Sugarplum Fairy. Creative choreography enhances each scene, including the Waltz of the Flowers, Chinese Tea, Mother Gigogne - where dancing Polichinelles come out from under her enormous dress circling and dancing around her - and a daring Arabian dance. Be entranced yet again with the sweet dreams and warmth of this seasonal tradition, and experience the real Nutcracker - a timeless favorite.

More than 90 performers, ages 3 to adult, make up the cast. Cast members hail from Carson City, Reno, Sparks, South Lake Tahoe, Stateline, Dayton, Minden, Washoe Valley, Virginia City, and Stagecoach, Nevada. Several featured guest artists will travel from around the Nation to join the cast in this holiday extravaganza.