For the first time in 33 years, Abilene’s holiday celebrations will be missing a classic: The Nutcracker Ballet. The Abilene Ballet Theatre is postponing this annual performance until March, 2021 due to coronavirus concerns. The Abilene dancers first performed the show at the Historic Paramount Theatre in 1987. That year it was also performed in Sweetwater, said Nancy Gore, … [Read more...]
A Dream in the Making
The temperature was still sizzling in the 90s, but inside the Ballet Abilene studio, 43 nine- to-12-year-old girls were already thinking about Christmas on a Saturday in September. It was The Nutcracker audition day, the day that each year marks the beginning of the performing season for Abilene Ballet Theatre. Over 65 dancers attended one of two auditions that day, already … [Read more...]