The Nutcracker comes to New London
November 26, 2018 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: November 28, 2018 8:49 pm
Rachel Watrous, right, a tech crew member at The Garde Arts Center, consults with Tanya Sandberg-Diment, production manager for the Eastern Connecticut Ballet, second from right, and Yale set design shop workers Dashiell Menard, left, and Kevin Belcher, second from left, as a crew installs the first of five new backdrops for the ECB's production of The Nutcracker on stage at the Garde Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
New London — Eastern Connecticut Ballet's The Nutcracker, featuring stars from New York City Ballet and Miami City Ballet, and a stage transformed to a New London winter seaport in the 1850s, will be performed at the Garde Arts Center Dec. 8 and 9.
Showtimes are 1:30 and 7 p.m. on Dec. 8 and 1:30 Dec. 9. For ticket information, go to www.gardearts.org.
Tanya Sandberg-Diment, production manager for the Eastern Connecticut Ballet, unfurls the lower half of a new backdrop for the ECB's production of The Nutcracker on stage at the Garde Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Melissa Corbett, left, holds a light as Kevin Belcher, center, and Rachel Watrous bolt a backdrop to a faux casement as a crew installs the first of five new backdrops for the ECB's production of The Nutcracker on stage at the Garde Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A crew from the Garde Arts Center, the set design shop at Yale University School of Drama, along with volunteers from the Eastern Connecticut Ballet, install the first of five new backdrops for the ECB's production of The Nutcracker on stage at the Garde Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A crew from the Garde Arts Center, the set design shop at Yale University School of Drama, along with volunteers from the Eastern Connecticut Ballet, install the first of five new backdrops for the ECB's production of The Nutcracker on stage at the Garde Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Melissa Corbet, left, watches as Tanya Sandberg-Diment tightens the straps securing the fabric backdrop to the steel frame as a crew from the Garde Arts Center, the set design shop at Yale University School of Drama, along with volunteers from the Eastern Connecticut Ballet, install the first of five new backdrops for the ECB's production of The Nutcracker on stage at the Garde Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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