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Little Leapers presents "The Nutcracker"
Venue: Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2022
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost:
Adult Tickets: $15.00-$45.00 Youth Ages 3-18 Tickets: $10.00-$40.00 Kids 2 & Under: Free

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Description:
Little Leapers & LEAP Performing Arts Academy presents their 11th Annual Production of "The Nutcracker" with three performances on Saturday, December 17, 2022 and Sunday, December 18, 2022 at The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.

Schedule of Performances:
• Saturday, December 17th at 1:00 PM (Sold Out)
• Saturday, December 17th at 6:00 PM
• Sunday, December 18th at 2:00 PM

Bring the family out to experience a holiday tradition! Little Leapers & LEAP Performing Arts Academy Nutcracker is by far the most unique and spectacular production in the New River Valley. From our unique approach to the narrative, and intricate costuming to elaborate set design, Little Leapers strive to think outside the box luring the audience into Clara’s sugar plum-filled world.

When watching Little Leapers' Nutcracker, you forget you are watching a local, children's dance studio. Director Heather Leeper's imagination, which knows no limits, adds new and exciting elements each year. Over the past 10 productions, Little Leaper's version of the Nutcracker has boasted exciting elements such as a short film, flying mouse queen, aerial silks artists, a live orchestra (pre-covid), pyrotechnics, guest performers like Dylan from ABC’s hit show Modern Family, newly named Radio City Rockette Natalie Butt, as well as local dance groups: Ballet Project, Olé, & Turkish Student Association at Virginia Tech, Mental Health and Motion (Roanoke, VA), Modern Dance Ensemble (Extension of Roanoke Ballet Theater), and more!

Each scene includes larger-than-life sets from the two-level home in the party scene in act one, to giant cakes and gingerbread houses in the land of sweets of act two.

Always seeking to outdo herself, Director Heather Leeper pushes the boundary each year, making the production bigger and better. As a result, no two years of the Little Leapers Nutcracker are the same. Every year, the costume, and sets are updated and more dances are added to enhance the performance and the viewer's experience.

Our production this year includes over 200 local dancers and community dance groups Blacksburg Children's Choral, Ballet Project at Virginia Tech and Hill and Veil.

Adult tickets range from $15.00-$45.00 depending on seat location. Youth tickets for ages 3-18 range from $10.00-$40.00. Ages 2 & under are free.

Tickets are available online at: https://tinyurl.com/NutcrackerDec18.

For more information, visit: https://www.thelittleleapers.com/nutcracker or https://www.facebook.com/TheLittleLeapers or https://www.instagram.com/littleleapers/.