School children attend performance of “The Nutcracker”
December 08, 2023 5:28 pm
• Last Updated: December 08, 2023 10:19 pm
The Nutcracker, performed by Kaylee Parnell, fights the Rat Queen, performed by Sarah Minnick, and the pirate rats during one of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performances of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Dewdrop Fairy, performed by Peniniah Rosenthal, and fellow dancers perform during Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performance of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Pirate Rats wait in the wings to go on stage for the during one of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performances of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Opening scene of the second act of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performance of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The Nutcracker, performed by Kaylee Parnell, and Clara, performed by Gabriella Monte, in a scene after a battle with Pirate Rats during one of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performances of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mother Ginger’s, left, and Pollys, her children, dance during one of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performances of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A scene during one of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children’s Performance of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Clara, performed by Gabriella Monte, dances with a nutcracker during one of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performances of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Snow Queen, performed by Sarah Minnick, and fellow dancers perform during one of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performances of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A student from St. Joseph School in New London, reacts to a scene during one of the Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s School Children's Performances of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
New London ― Eastern Connecticut Ballet held two School Children Performances of “The Nutcracker” Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the Garde Arts Center in New London.
ECB raised the money to host 2,700 children from schools in New London and Middlesex Counties for a free field trip to the Garde to see one of the two performances of the ballet.
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