Celebrate this holiday season with the Centre Company’s annual performance of The Nutcracker. Travel with Clara as she embarks on a journey into the magical Land of Sweets, where she meets dancing Snowflakes and Sugarplums, Dragons and Peacocks, Shepherdesses and Bon Bons, and avoids the tricks of a mischievous naughty little mouse. Featuring breathtaking costumes, stunning dancers, and renowned guest artists, the beauty, elegance, and charm of the Centre Company's full-length performance of the Nutcracker ballet will leave you astounded. Come join us at the Centre Company Nutcracker, for all who want to experience the season with childlike wonder.

American Ballet Theatre’s principal dancers Cory Stearns and Hee Seo will perform the roles of Cavalier and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Centre Performing Arts Company’s production of The Nutcracker. 

Stearns, who has been a principal dancer with ABT since 2011, received his early dance training in New York at the Seiskaya Ballet, and then went on to study at the Royal Ballet School in London, receiving honors and the Dame Ruth Railton Award for excellence. Stearns won the 2009 Erik Bruhn Prize for best male dancer, and his work continues to be acclaimed around the world. Ballet Herald describes his performance in a recent production of Giselle, with “His dancing is altogether so elegant, gravity-defying, and expressive.” Stearns frequently partners with Seo, and from that same Giselle production, Sarah Kaufmann of the Washington Post wrote, “Seo set the tone right away with her supple precision, a combination of effortless technical command and musical shading.” Seo has been principal dancer with ABT since 2012. She received her early training in Seoul, South Korea, before studying in the United States and Stuttgart, Germany. She is the recipient of the 2003 Prix de Lausanne Award and the 2003 Grand Prix at the Youth American Grand Prix in New York.