Tag: Getting to the Nutcracker
Dreams of sugar plum fairies return to Marat’s ‘Nutcracker’
Little girl dreams of sugar plum fairies and waltzing snowflakes will come alive this holiday season when, after a long two-year wait, Marat Daukayev will present his magic of the holiday season on a professional stage. The school’s ballet students — many live in our neighborhoods — will leap and twirl in four performances of […]
Marat Daukayev Nutcracker set to twirl
Marat Daukayev School of Ballet begins selling tickets this month for its annual performance of “The Nutcracker” at Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr. Clara, sometimes also known as Marie or Masha, and her Nutcracker take the stage with the Sugar Plum Fairy and Snowflakes Saturdays Dec. 3 and […]
Film of ‘Getting to (Marat’s) Nutcracker’ is on pointe
Years of rehearsals, car pools and ballet slippers are often endured before a young dancer lands a role in the famed Nutcracker. A behind-the-scenes look at Miracle-Mile based Marat Daukayev School of Ballet is captured in “Getting to The Nutcracker.” The documentary is in its early stages with hours of film footage showing local boys […]
