NOVEMBER 17. BALLET AND BREWS PRESENTED BY AVANT CHAMBER BALLET. Join us at Community Beer Company for an evening of Brews and Ballet! No entry fee - just come and enjoy craft beer, meet company artists plus free gifts and a drawing for free tickets! All proceeds of your drink purchases goes towards ACB’s educational outreach program for children! 5 - 10PM | Community Beer Company, 1530 Inspiration Dr #200, Dallas, TX 75207.


NOVEMBER 19 - 21. BEHIND THE SCENES PRESENTED BY DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE The community is invited to take a FREE peek “Behind the Scenes” of Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s five performing companies. Presented by Nordstrom, this collection of intimate noontime performances provides an opportunity for audiences to meet the dancers, get a glimpse of their rehearsal process, and preview works that are being developed for future performances. Monday and Tuesday DBDT and DBDT: Encore! perform. Wednesday all three youth ensembles from the Dallas Black Dance Academy perform. November 19-21 from 12 - 1PM | DBDT Studios, 2700 Ann Williams Way, Dallas, TX 75201 | Free | Seating is limited, please RSVP by email at ticketsales@dbdt.com.


NOVEMBER 23 - 25. THE NUTCRACKER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND WITH CHAMBERLAIN PERFORMING ARTS Children will dance, mice will scurry, snow will fall, and you should hurry! Featuring New York City Ballet Principal Dancers Tiler Peck & Tyler Angle. Various times | $15- $100 | Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Dr, Richardson TX 75082


NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 2. THE NUTCRACKER PRESENTED BY TEXAS BALLET THEATER It’s a holiday tradition like no other. A magical Christmas Eve comes to life in the ballet that has delighted generations with its charming story and exquisite dancing. Join Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they battle an army of mice led by the evil Rat King, and travel through a winter wonderland to the Sugar Plum Fairy’s Kingdom of Sweets. Step into the beloved Christmas dream, and add a little extra magic to your family’s holiday memories. Various times | $20-$125 | Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St Dallas, TX 75201 .


NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 1. TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY PRESENTS DANCE UPCLOSE CONCERT SERIES Various times | $5-$10 | Dance Studio Theatre, TWU Campus, Denton.


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NOVEMBER 24 - 25. LAKECITIES BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS NUTCRACKER


Daniel Ulbricht, New York City


as the Cavalier and Sara Lane, American Ballet Theatre as Sugar


Plum Fairy. Various


times | $25-$45 | Marcus High School Theater, 5707 Morris Flower Mound, TX 75028 .


DECEMBER 7 - 8. BLACK ON BLACK PRESENTED BY DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE It’s a unique experience! A complimentary holiday Happy Hour starts the evening. Then DBDT and DBDT: Encore! dancers showcase their skills as choreographers, creating works performed by their fellow dancers. The evening concludes with a Live DJ and DBDT dancers in an after-party.


19 • DANCE NORTH TEXAS • NOVEMBER 2018 – JANUARY 2019


NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 2. BALLET ENSEMBLE OF TEXAS’ THE NUTCRACKER Join Clara as she is taken on a magical journey through the Land of Snow to the magical Land of the Sweets where she entertained by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Featuring


court. American Ballet


Theatre’s Patrick Frenette as the Cavalier. Various times | $25-$30 | Irving Arts Center,


3333 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75062. Photo by Cathy Vanover.


NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 9. THE NUTCRACKER PRESENTED BY DALLAS BALLET COMPANY Dallas Ballet Company’s annual Nutcracker is the highlight of our year! This holiday season is our 31st annual performance of The Nutcracker. Complete with elaborate sets and scenery, the journey begins with the dream of a young girl, Clara, and her Nutcracker Prince. Through the battle scene of scurrying young mice and soldiers, the victorious Nutcracker Prince takes Clara through the Snow Kingdom and Kingdom of Sweets where they are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy and tasty treats from around the world. Come and enjoy this Christmas tradition with a cast of more than two hundred students from the Dallas Ballet Center. Don’t wait to buy tickets, as this event has traditionally sold out before the curtain opens at the Granville Arts Center. Various times | Garland Granville Arts Center, 5th & Austin in downtown Garland.


DECEMBER 7. BALLET CONCERTO Varied holiday ballet performance featuring Memories of Frosty based on Frosty the Snowman and O Holy Night based on the Christmas story. Also on the performance will be Hanukkah Flamenco & Winter Wonderland, a ballet set to lively holiday tunes. 7PM | $25-$35 | Will Rogers Auditorium, 3401 W.


Lancaster Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76107.


Photo by Nancy Loch


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