Dec 22 - Dec 23

Clara’s Trip: A Cirque & Dance Nutcracker Story

Fletcher Opera Theater
Fletcher Opera Theater
Snowy blue winter background with pine tree branches and glowing lights at the top with two dancers on silks and a dancer doing a straddle jump.
Dec 22-23
December 22 - 7:00 PM
December 23 - 3:00 PM
December 23 - 7:00 PM
Snowy blue winter background with pine tree branches and glowing lights at the top with two dancers on silks and a dancer doing a straddle jump.

Created by North Carolina choreographer ,Caroline Calouche, Clara’s Trip is a contemporary twist on a holiday classic.

Clara is now a young adult and dancing her heart away at Mr. and Mrs. Flowers holiday party.  She loves to dance but is clumsy.  Her two left feet get the best of her.  She trips and is whisked off to the emergency room to find out she has a sprained ankle.  

That night Clara dreams that her foot is healed and her friends’ get-well gifts come to life. Gingerbreads, fish, monkeys, candy canes, bracelets and a ballerina ornament are not to miss!

Clara’s Trip includes enchanting ensemble snow and flower scenes with aerial silks and athletic dancing.  There is not a Rat King rather a comical warped struggle with stilt dancing doctors in Clara’s warped dream.  

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