{"id":7453,"date":"2014-12-24T14:59:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T19:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=7453"},"modified":"2015-08-19T19:17:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T19:17:01","slug":"the-nutcracker-pennsylvania-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/the-nutcracker-pennsylvania-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nutcracker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7457\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/the-nutcracker-pennsylvania-ballet\/img_9993\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9993\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?resize=840%2C630\" alt=\"philadelphia the academy of music theater\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?w=3264&amp;ssl=1 3264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?resize=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99933.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/the-nutcracker-pennsylvania-ballet\/img_9991\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg?fit=2448%2C1516&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,1516\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9991\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg?fit=840%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7456\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg?resize=840%2C520\" alt=\"pennsylvania ballet the nutcracker\" width=\"840\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg?w=2448&amp;ssl=1 2448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg?resize=1024%2C634&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg?resize=840%2C520&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/img_99913.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I grew up watching the annual TV runs of the ballet and re-reading the book version (multiple times) every December even after I knew the story line by heart. I even had a figurine of the Nutcracker Prince; he\u00a0lived on my fireplace until Christmas Eve, standing guard in my bedroom as I\u00a0drifted off to sleep in the hopes that he&#8217;d come alive by some stroke of midnight\u00a0magic and whisk me away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was a practical child, but this was the one fairy tale I believed in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My girlfriend suggested we see the Pennsylvania Ballet&#8217;s reproduction of\u00a0<em>The Nutcracker\u00a0<\/em>a few weekends ago. It had been years\u2014over a decade, actually\u2014since I last saw this show at Lincoln Center. I was eight then, elated that my parents surprised me with tickets after being cast as an angel in my dance school&#8217;s production.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fourteen years later, a foot taller, and a little more jaded, I sat at the steepest point of the ampitheather.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was every bit as magical as I remembered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">. \u00a0 . \u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><i>The Pennsylvania Ballet&#8217;s &#8220;The Nutcracker&#8221; runs until December 31, 2015. Get your tickets\u00a0<\/i><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.paballet.org\/nutcracker2014\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up watching the annual TV runs of the ballet and re-reading the book version (multiple times) every December even after I knew the story line by heart. I even had a figurine of the Nutcracker Prince; he\u00a0lived on my fireplace until Christmas Eve, standing guard in my bedroom as I\u00a0drifted off to sleep in the hopes that he&#8217;d come alive by some stroke of midnight\u00a0magic and whisk me away. I was a practical child, but this was the one fairy tale I believed in. My girlfriend suggested we see the Pennsylvania Ballet&#8217;s reproduction of\u00a0The Nutcracker\u00a0a few weekends ago. It had been years\u2014over a decade, actually\u2014since I last saw this show at Lincoln Center. I was eight then, elated that my parents surprised me with tickets after being cast as an angel in my dance school&#8217;s production. Fourteen years later, a foot taller, and a little more jaded, I sat at the steepest point of the ampitheather. It was every bit as magical as I remembered. . \u00a0 . \u00a0 . The Pennsylvania Ballet&#8217;s &#8220;The Nutcracker&#8221; runs until December 31, 2015. Get your tickets\u00a0here.\u00a0 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