Dance--Performance

Pacific Northwest Ballet's Kaori Nakamura and Olivier Wevers

Tickets are available to two performances of The Nutcracker by Lafayette Ballet Theatre at 7 p.m. Saturday, December 12th, and 2 p.m. Sunday, December 13th, in the Heymann Performing Arts Center.


Tickets may be purchased through the Heymann Center Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet. Anyone interested in purchasing tickets may call the Heymann Center box office at 337-291-5555 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and on weekends during scheduled events, or visit http://www.ticketmaster.com/ anytime. Tickets are priced according to seat location, as follows: front orchestra, $40; back orchestra, $35; first balcony, $30, second balcony, $20. Prices listed do not include Ticketmaster fees.

This full-length classical ballet in two acts features Lafayette Ballet Theatre professional company dancers, principal guests artists from Pacific Northwest Ballet of Seattle and more than 140 children studying ballet in local academies. Audiences will enjoy a magical experience as talented artists, dazzling stage sets, spectacular special effects and Peter Tchaikovsky’s delightful musical score bring this engaging E. T. A. Hoffmann tale to life before their eyes! An Acadiana tradition, this ballet presented this year by Lafayette Ballet Theatre only has sold out in the past, so organizers are advising patrons to purchase tickets early to ensure availability.

For more fun and to further support Lafayette Ballet Theatre – a nonprofit ballet company and arts education outreach organization – Nutcracker fans of all ages are encouraged to attend the annual fundraiser “Land of the Sweets.” This social event immediately follows the Sunday, Dec. 13, matinee Nutcracker performance (about 4 p.m.) at Iberiabank Tower, 200 W. Congress St. in Downtown Lafayette. Attendees may enjoy coffee or soft drinks while sampling hors d’oeuvres and sweets from area restaurants. Stars of The Nutcracker will be on hand for autographs as well as photos, so don your dressy apparel!

Tickets for “Land of the Sweets” are $15 in advance or $20 at the door and are sold only by Lafayette Ballet Theatre. For more information or for tickets to “Land of the Sweets,” call 337-262-0444 or visit http://www.lafayetteballettheatre.org/.