Crosbi Pettit, as Clara, is surrounded by the rats as the cast of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet's production of The Nutcracker perform a show for schoolchildren from around the region Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at the Garde Arts Center. The company will perform three shows, two Saturday and one Sunday, over the weekend at The Garde with guest artists from the New York City Ballet joining the cast. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Georgia Corbett, playing the "kissing doll," waits behind the living room scene backdrop to make her entrance for the party scene at the opening of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet's production of The Nutcracker Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at the Garde Arts Center. The company performed two shows Friday for schoolchildren from around the region. The company will perform three shows, two Saturday and one Sunday, over the weekend at The Garde with guest artists from the New York City Ballet joining the cast. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Snowflakes dance their scene as the cast of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet's production of The Nutcracker perform a show for schoolchildren from around the region Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at the Garde Arts Center. The company will perform three shows, two Saturday and one Sunday, over the weekend at The Garde with guest artists from the New York City Ballet joining the cast. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Laura Barnard, a faculty member at the Eastern Connecticut Ballet, stands with mouse Ryann Maontesanto, in the wings as the cast of the ballet's production of The Nutcracker perform a show for schoolchildren from around the region Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at the Garde Arts Center. The company will perform three shows, two Saturday and one Sunday, over the weekend at The Garde with guest artists from the New York City Ballet joining the cast. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Georgia Corbett dances as the Dew Drop Fairy in the Waltz of the Flowers as the cast of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet's production of The Nutcracker perform a show for schoolchildren from around the region Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at the Garde Arts Center. The company will perform three shows, two Saturday and one Sunday, over the weekend at The Garde with guest artists from the New York City Ballet joining the cast. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Members of the cast of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet's production of The Nutcracker watch from the wings for their next scene during a show for schoolchildren from around the region Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at the Garde Arts Center. The company will perform three shows, two Saturday and one Sunday, over the weekend at The Garde with guest artists from the New York City Ballet joining the cast. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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The audience of schoolchildren applauds as the cast of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet's production of The Nutcracker perform a show for schoolchildren from around the region Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at the Garde Arts Center. The company will perform three shows, two Saturday and one Sunday, over the weekend at The Garde with guest artists from the New York City Ballet joining the cast. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Bella Lingua-Cutler dances as the Sugar Plum Fairy as the cast of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet's production of The Nutcracker perform a show for schoolchildren from around the region Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at the Garde Arts Center. Lingua-Carter will give up that role to New York City Ballet Principal Sara Mearns when the company will perform three shows, two Saturday and one Sunday, over the weekend at The Garde with guest artists from the New York City Ballet joining the cast. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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