{"id":49604,"date":"2017-11-28T11:55:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=49604"},"modified":"2017-11-28T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:55:47","slug":"the-nutcracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/the-nutcracker\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU\u2019s Ardrey Memorial Auditorium hosts \u2018The Nutcracker\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This December, one of the most beloved holiday ballets returns to Northern Arizona University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nau.edu\/cal\/ardrey\/\">Ardrey Memorial Auditorium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d tells the story of young Clara, who receives a nutcracker as a special gift from her godfather at her family\u2019s extravagant Christmas Eve party. Unbeknownst to her, there is more to this wooden figure than meets the eye.<\/p>\n<p>Experience this memorable classic as captivating choreography and enchanting music brings to life Clara\u2019s magical evening with a festive party, a battle against an army of sinister mice and a celebration in the Land of Sweets.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra and conducted by <strong>Charles Latshaw<\/strong>, \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d features the Flagstaff Youth Corale and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/CAL\/Music\/Academy\/\">NAU Community Music and Dance Academy Ballet Troup<\/a>, directed by <strong>Andrew Needhammer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Evening performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 and 2, with a Lollipop matinee for children at 2 p.m. on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased in person at the <a href=\"http:\/\/jan.ucc.nau.edu\/cto-p\/\"><strong>NAU Central Ticket Office<\/strong><\/a> in the University Union of the Flagstaff campus or by calling (928) 523-6661.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/the-nutcracker\/\">This December, one of the most beloved holiday ballets returns to Northern Arizona University\u2019s Ardrey Memorial Auditorium. \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d tells the story of young Clara, who receives a nutcracker as a special gift from her godfather at her family\u2019s extravagant Christmas Eve party. Unbeknownst to her, there is more to this wooden figure than meets&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":49606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}