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Saturday, December 08, 2012

The Nutcracker


Our local dance school put on a performance of The Nutcracker.  To get into the Christmas Spirit I went to the Yukon Arts Centre and saw the performance this afternoon.  I am always amazed at how much talent there is in the Yukon.  The performance was excellent.  This year we were privileged to have a talented dancer, Cesar Corrales, a young dancer that starred in "Billy Elliott".  Per Wikipedia:  "Cesar Corrales began his professional dancing career at age four when he appeared in a Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of Madama Butterfly.
Corrales received a small dancing role in the 2004 film Shall We dance?
In 2008 Corrales won first place for gymnastics at the Coupe Quebec. In the same year Corrales joined The National Ballet School of Canada.
After successfully auditioning for the part of Billy Elliot in 2009, Corrales began his run as Billy at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in March 2010.
After the Chicago production closed in November 2010, Corrales was transferred to Toronto to begin the production there as Billy beginning February 1, 2011.
Corrales appeared in the part of Billy Elliot for the final time in the Sunday May 1, 2011 matinée performance at the Canon Theatre in TorontoOntario.
Corrales has since returned to his home in Montreal where he is continuing his ballet training."

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