The Nutcracker 2010

RPO & Rochester City Ballet's Nutcracker 2011

We began taking Harper to see the RPO and Rochester City Ballet's performance of The Nutcracker when she was just two years old.  It is performed every year, Thanksgiving weekend, at the historic Eastman Theatre in downtown Rochester.  If you have not seen a performance yet, you really must go!  It is one of the few ballet's performed to a live orchestra. 

Harper loves going to the ballet.  She gets to wear a fancy dress and take a little purse with snacks.  We go to the last performance on the Sunday evening after Thanksgiving, and purchase seats that allow Harper to have an aisle to stand up in (if necessary) and also have an incredible view of the perfomance itself.  Each year she has gotten more and more mezmorized by the costumes and dancing.  And with each year, we enjoy watching her appreciate a cultural experience few adults have the opportunity to witness.

For me, her mom, I like that she gets excited by classical music and starts dancing whenever and WHERE ever she hears Tchaikovsky!

P.S.
This year was extra special because Harper got to meet (and receive an autograph from) Jessica Tretter, part of the company and Dew Drop in the 2010 performance of The Nutcracker.  Cool!!


Harper meets Jessica Tretter (Dew Drop 2010)