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MUSIC FROM THE NUTCRACKER
NUTCRACKER
AT THE LONG CENTER THIS MONTH
YOU CAN ENJOY THE CLASSIC
BALLET THE NUTCRACKER.
NUTCRACKER. IT OPENED THIS
WEEKEND AND ITS A SPECIAL
OCCASION....THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF BALLET AUSTIN
PERFORMING THE NUTCRACKER.
DAVID SCOTT REPORTS - THAT
CALLS FOR A SPECIAL REUNION.
REUNION.
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THE NUTCRACKER HAS BEEN A
HOLIDAY STAPLE OF BALLET
AUSTIN FOR FIFTY YEARS.
DANCERS YOUNG AND OLD WHO
PERFORMED IT HAD A REUNION
THIS WEEKEND....AND THE GUEST
OF HONOR WAS 84 YEAR OLD
BARBARA CARSON. A BALLERINA
FROM NEW YORK, SHE MARRIED A
TEXAN AND MOVED TO AUSTIN,
FORMING THE AUSTIN BALLET
SOCIETY IN 1956. SHE HAD NO
IDEA WHAT IT WOULD BECOME.
BECOME."NO OF COURSE NOT. YOU
JUST WANT TO GET IT STARTED. I
AMBITIOUS BUT I WAS FOCUSED ON
THE IMMEDIATE THINGS.
THINGS.THE NUTCRACKER IS A
MAGICAL CHRISTMAS EVE TALE OF
A YOUNG GIRL, HER DREAM OF A
BATTLE BETWEEN TOY SOLDIERS
AND AN ARMY OF MICE, AND THE
NUTCRACKER WHO TURNS INTO A
HANDSOME PRINCE. WAS IT A
DREAM? IT WAS FIRST PERFORMED
IN RUSSIA IN 1892, WITH A
SOARING SCORE BY TCHAIKLOVSKY.
IN THE 1960'S IT BECAME A
HOLIDAY TRADITION IN AMERICA.
WHY IS IT SO BELOVED?
BELOVED?"ITS ACTUALLY A
MARVELOUS STORY AND THE MUSIC
IS WONDERFUL. THE PARTS OF IT
ARE SO INCREDIBLE. THE MUSIC
IS DIVINE, AND IT APPEALS TO A
AUDIENCE.
PEOPLE WHO PERFORMED IT HERE
THE PAST FIFTY YEARS COMPARED
NOTES THIS WEEKEND. THEIR
INSPIRATION, BARBARA CARSON,
WHO STILL PRACTICES HER DANCE
MOVES ON THE BALLET BAR, EVERY
SINGLE DAY. IN THIS DAY OF SO
MANY MODERN DISTRACTIONS, WHY
DOES SHE THINK YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE STILL DRAWN TO DANCE?
DANCE?"MAYBE THEY MISS THAT
KIND OF DISCIPLINE. AND
LEADERSHIP. THEY DON'T ARGUE
WITH THE TEACHER IS BALLET.
SOMETHING I THINK THEY MIGHT
MISS, THAT KIND OF DISCIPLINE
AND LEADERSHIP, AND CHALLENGE.
MUSIC FROM THE MOTHER GINGER SCENE
SCENE
FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN YEARS
NOW BALLET AUSTIN HAS BEEN
TAPPING CELEBRITIES TO APPEAR
AS THE BELOVED MOTHER GINGER...
MOTHER GINGER DOESN'T HAVE TO
DANCE OR SPEAK, BUT YOU HAVE
TO STAND ON A FOUR FOOT
PLATORM, IN A MASSIVE EIGHT
FOOT DRESS, SPORTING A
COLORFUL HEADDRESS, WHILE THE
BON-BON CHILDREN EMERGE FROM
THE COSTUME.YESTERDAY'S MOTHER
GINGER WAS FORMER FIRST
DAUGHTER JENNA BUSH HAGER.
HAGER.WE GREW UP COMING AND
GOING TO THE NUTCRACKER EVERY
HOLIDAY SEASON. IT WAS PART OF
OUR FAMILY TRADITION. SO TO
NOW BE ABLE TO BE IN THE
NUTCRACKER IN AUSTIN, WHICH IS
THE PLACE I GREW UP, IS
ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL.
MEANINGFUL.OUR TRAFFIC
REPORTER AMANDA DUGAN WILL
ALSO APPEAR AS "MOTHER GINGER".
SHE TAKES THE STAGE DECEMBER 21ST.
21ST.YOU CAN WATCH BALLET
AUSTIN'S VERSION OF THE
NUTCRACKER NOW THROUGH
DECEMBER 23RD.THEY HAVE
PERFORMANCES AT 7:30 AND
MATINEE SHOWS ON VARIOUS DAYS.
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