If you had hoped to attend the 2016 Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow to experience its thrilling production of “The Nutcracker,” then if you have not booked your trip to see them plan on dropping more than $3,000 to get there by Sunday.
For those on a budget, and for the seventh year in a row, fans of this world-class ballet troupe can experience the joys of “The Nutcracker” on Sunday afternoon right here in West Michigan and still be home in time for work on Monday morning without the obligatory jet lag.
For the low cost of just $18 a ticket, you can sit in comfortable seats with a cup holder (not found in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre) and enjoy a larger-than-life dance performance at Celebration Cinema North.
The story is set on Christmas Eve and takes off immediately after Marie’s gift of a wooden nutcracker doll transforms into a towering prince who sweeps up the young woman as they depart on a magical journey told through dances that cover a spectrum of nations.
“The Nutcracker” is the gold standard of all of the holiday live productions that one can attend each year, and Grand Rapids provides opportunities this year to see two world-class production via two very distinct dance companies: the Bolshoi Ballet on the big movie screen and the Grand Rapids Ballet (GRB), which will be wrapping up its 2016 run of its recently reimagined “The Nutcracker.” (See Rapid Growth’s coverage on GRB's version of "The Nutcracker"
here.)
Admission: $18.