BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com For almost seven years, ballet went as planned for Rosy Odum. She put in her time, went to practice and played her role in the Champaign-Urbana Ballet Academy’s performances. But the 13-year-old Mahomet-Seymour Junior High student learned a lesson last spring: life doesn’t always go as planned. […]
Champaign Urbana Ballet presents its holiday classic, The Nutcracker, for one weekend only, December 5-8 at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts. Nutcracker regulars and first-timers alike can ring in the holiday season with this outstanding production that features intricate stagecraft, live orchestration by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, and, as […]
Champaign Urbana Ballet’s holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” returns to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts for two weekends; November 30, December 1-2 and 7-9. This time-honored community tradition will feature a freshly reimagined scene featuring the very smallest cast members. The darling new “Dutch Dairy” scene is expertly designed, locally inspired, and […]
