A classic continues
Published 1:29 am Wednesday, December 23, 2020
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Alaina Lucas performs the Spanish dance (Chocolate) in the Ashland Youth Ballet’s show of “The Nutcracker” on Dec. 19 at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Children perform as angels in the Ashland Youth Ballet’s show of “The Nutcracker” on Saturday at the Paramount Arts Center. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Elizabeth Perkins, performs as Clara, and Caleb O’Lynn is the title character during the Ashland Youth Ballet’s show of “The Nutcracker” on Saturday at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Dancers perform during the Land of Sweets scene during the Ashland Youth Ballet’s show of “The Nutcracker” on Saturday at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
Children perform as mice in the Ashland Youth Ballet’s show of “The Nutcracker” on Saturday at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
The Ashland Youth Ballet’s performance of “The Nutcracker” took place on Saturday at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland. (The Ironton Tribune | Heath Harrison)
ASHLAND, Ky. — The Ashland Youth Ballet hosted three days of performances of “The Nutcracker” last week at the Paramount Arts Center.
The shows, featuring masked dancers, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, played to socially-distanced audiences who came out to see the Tchaikovsky classic.
The Ashland Youth Ballet, who performs the show each year, features dancers from across the Tri-State. Those from Lawrence County who took part in the show included Jake Kinkade, as Dr. Stahlbaum, Ava Roach, as an angel and a polichinelle, Cinci Rose Wirzfeld, as an open cast member dancing the role of Cupcake, and Emily Kate Abbott, as an angel and a polichinelle.