Sunday, 12/8/2024
at 3:00 PM


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Once upon a time… just a few days before Christmas in a large city. At a Christmas market, merchants, children, and busy people bustle about, doing their last holiday shopping or tasting the sweet treats from the colorful stalls. Only a little girl stands apart from the cheerful hustle and bustle, freezing, in shabby old clothes, trying with trembling hands to sell her small boxes of matches – as instructed by her father. Afraid of returning home without a sale and desperate from the cold, she lights one of the precious matches for herself. For the duration of the light, she finds herself by a warm oven in a loving home. Thus, she lights one after another, and with the last one, she is carried away to a heavenly world full of joy, light, and dance.

Music: Franz Schubert (Act 1) and Peter I. Tchaikovsky (Act 2)
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel, Laurel Benedict, as well as original choreographies by Marius Petipa

The Benedict Manniegel Dance Company performs with the students of the Benedict Manniegel Ballet School & Academy.

Fairy tale ballet in 2 acts
Recommended for children aged 6 and up

Photo: Peter Werner

Event data provided by: Reservix

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